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Dr Dre Makes HP Beats
Viral Ad for HP
Dr Dre shows how to make music with the new HP Beats laptop…
Source: YouTube/BigHappyVideo
Time Travelling Charlie Chaplin Extra
There’s a lot of buzz in videoland about this particular YouTube post supposedly showing an extra in the Charlie Chaplin film The Circus brandishing a mobile cell phone.
We suspect this will be the first of many similar ’spots’ over the coming months as ‘time-traveller-extra’ becomes a new internet meme.
Source: YouTube
Get Yourself a Buddy App
We Say:
What with all those fancy geo-locational apps for smartphones such as the iPhone and Androids, isn’t it about time someone launched a Buddy App?
Too late. First Direct got there, well, first.
They Say:
Official Buddy Launch. Introducing the First Direct Buddy, the pinnacle of customer service. There to help with any problem, 24 7 365. Watch how the Buddies, who are highly trained in everything, come to the rescue time and time again and inject some much needed human interaction into people’s everyday lives.
Incredible Prague Light Show
UFO sighting UK
Viral Ad for C4
We Say: So now we know where those darned crop circles come from.
They Say: Has to be some of the closest footage of UFOs released. Can’t believe new crop circles are appearing all the time on this guy’s UK farm.
Fordson Snow Machine – 1929 Concept
With snow falling afresh in the UK wouldn’t it be cool if you could trade your motionless modern motor car for one of these Fordson Snow Machines from 1929?
Sadly it was only a Concept Vehicle apparently.
Source: YouTube/LETHLSS with thanks to LP from B3ta for the spot.
The Smallest Car in the Largest City in the World (1913)
Following on from Snow (1963) and Rush Hour (1970), here’s The Smallest Car in the Largest City in the World (1913) – the third film we’ve plucked from the wonderful British Film Institute (BFI) Archive.
The film featured in ‘The Big Smoke: Films from a Lost London 1896-1945′, a touring programme of films from the BFI National Archive and depicts a test drive around central London in a miniature Cadillac car ordered by Queen Alexandra for Crown Prince Olav (later King) of Norway.
The Edwardian back drop is fascinating but nothing beats the deadpan expression on the mini-vehicle’s driver’s face.
More from the BFI Archive:
Snow (1963)
Rush Hour (1970)
Tea Making Tips (1941)
Piccadilly (1929)
Trafalgar Square Riot (1913)
We Are the Lambeth Boys (1959)
Colour On The Thames (1935)
Rush Hour (1970)
Following on from what proved a very popular post last week – Snow (1963) – we’ve decided to bring you more from the BFI archive.
First up is this 1970 short film, Rush Hour, which condenses the commuter rush at south London’s Waterloo station to just three minutes. Directed by British Transport Films’ regular Nick Nicholls, it uses time lapse photography to cram everything in.
Special Big Happy Video Awards go out to the two chaps at the cafe stand sporting historic sideburns and the dedicated fellow pulling the signal knobs. Top notch.
More from the BFI Archive:
Snow (1963)
The Smallest Car in the Largest City in the World (1913)
Tea Making Tips (1941)
Piccadilly (1929)
Trafalgar Square Riot (1913)
We Are the Lambeth Boys (1959)
Colour On The Thames (1935)
Root vegetable cannon
We say:
Geek science at its most spud-tastic.
They say:
“For a recent Kitchen Science, we made a simple spud gun using bits of a biro. Despite it’s small size, it actually had a very good range (though lacked accuracy somewhat). Seeing as the video came out quite well, especially the high speed firing shots, we decided to youtube it…”
Source: NakedScientists.com via TheAlmightyBeev at B3ta.com
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