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Retrofuturism - the Future From a 50's Perspective

01/06/2021 10:48 PM

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01/07/2021 2:08 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_1999
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01/07/2021 9:15 AM

Obviously all the engineering in this video was done by Wile E. Coyote...

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01/07/2021 1:26 PM

Engineering is much simpler in the virtual world of animation without those pesky laws of physics complicating things...
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01/08/2021 2:19 AM

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01/09/2021 5:59 AM

An early 1900's trip down Market street in San Francisco....doesn't seem to be any traffic rules at all...lol

We are viewing through a camera mounted on the front of a trolley....

Later that same year...The Earthquake and resulting fire took place...

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01/11/2021 4:59 PM

I've heard this song many times, but never knew the words...It really shows what a desperate situation we were in, and the justified hate for the Nazi's...

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