Old kinds movie that features fantastical television circuitry and strings

Experimental film about early television

This is a vintage stop-motion animation produced for Philips Radio. The concept was developed in 1948 and released in 1951. In a vintage sci-fi setting, a man jumps into his radio amplifiers and visits a fantastic fair that represents a "kermis" or "kermesse." He embarks on an extraordinary journey but realizes it was all just a dream. Or was it?

When an old man fixes a busted projector, he is able to relive home movies of the past, and starts to believe he can change them.

The film is described as a weird and wonderful merging of shades of folk horror, the supernatural with dadaist humour and a quaint British eccentricities that are long gone in the cinema of today.

With Western Electric Vacuum Tubes in the starring roles, this film tells the fascinating story of tube development from the first crude bulbs of Edison and De Forest to the powerful and efficient tubes in use today, and shows the prominent part they play in radio, long-distance telephony, public address systems, sound motion pictures and the phonograph.

In this 1940 entry from Columbia Pictures' "Color Rhapsodies" series, three television pioneers demonstrate how TV works. Featured is singer Madame Dish, followed by trips to India, Egypt, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Venice. With the original main titles intact, this 1940 Screen Gems cartoon, with animation by Art Davis and Herb Rothwell plus music by Joe De Nat, was directed by Sid Marcus.