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I find it rather amusing I was not Fail-Safe posting this video! My bad guys. Here's the correct version.

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Larry Darrell

I’d love to see you watching more older films like this in the future. And they get older you know. ;-) Talking pictures became a regular thing in 1930. So many interesting ones to be discovered. There was talk of It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) last Christmas, and sadly it never happened. Maybe think about giving it another try this Christmas. It’s one of the greatest films ever made. I’m curious… what is the oldest film you’ve ever watched and how many have you watched from before 1964??

Larry Darrell

Also, now that you’ve seen this, Stanley Kubrick’s… Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)… is a MUST WATCH.

David Trumble

I am now vibrating with excitement to think that this might mean you'll finally watch "12 Angry Men" soon, also directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Fonda as well, it's Lumet's masterpiece, one of the best scripts ever written and easily one of the greatest movies ever made! A lowly film buff can hope.

robert laporte

Fun Fact. There is a 'post credits scene' that you may have missed... not a scene but a written scroll saying "The producers of this film wish to stress that it is the stated position of The Department of Defense and The United States Air Force that a rigidly enforced system of safeguards and controls insure that occurrences such as those depicted in this story cannot happen."

robert laporte

completely fair on black and white, directors of photography during the heydey of B&W had worked with the medium their entire careers, and had excellent black and white film. Just look at a color photo of the Muensters TV set on google...the colors and textures and how they would render to black and white were carefully chosen. There are still a good number of still photographers that work with real black and white. But even if you get your hands of real B&W movie film it would be difficult to show in mass release in large screen theaters it because it would have to be converted to modern (usually digital) projectors. But in a conversion (or if you just ask for "B&W" from your iPhone,) it is just a computer algorithm to take the color information from the digital sensor and make it black and white, and it is very obviously a poor replication of silver oxides on celluloid.

Jay Davis

I'm a bit surprised this watch came BEFORE Dr. Strangelove (assuming you ain't not haven't yet seent it, of course). But you're the first reactor I follah that's done this reaction so... yeah. I'm all in!

Ron White

I have made a few comments in the past hoping the Classic Movie Train would get rolling at some point. As Larry Darrell said I was VERY disappointed that It's a Wonderful Life did not show up last Christmas. There is SO much Great content out there it would be a wonderful addition to the channel.

Ron White

Just for a fun few minutes of lighthearted entertainment Google nuclear close calls and read through the list of DOCUMENTED list of close calls, accidents and mistakes by both sides during the Cold War. In 1983 a single Soviet Lt Colonel refused to pass a warning of a US missile launch to his superiors because he knew it was a false alarm. He knew his bosses were terrified of Reagan and his goal of defeating Communism and he thought they might disregard his warning and launch WW3 or WW4 ( whatever ) anyway. During the Cuban Missie Crisis it was later learned that there were in fact operational nukes in Cuba and the local commander had the authority to use them on his own volition. At one point one Soviet submarine believed it was being depth charged and the Captain actually ordered a nuclear launch. Only the happenstance presence of a more senior officer on this exact sub stopped the launch. As to the movie itself Henry Fonda was one of the greatest actors of the 20th century and he took on some very heavy projects shaped in part by atrocities witnessed in his youth. In addition to 12 Angry Men mentioned earlier he also made a Western called The Ox-Bow Incident. Its themes of class, equality and justice are timeless and confronted head on for a movie of its time. Both movies would be great watches. Your comment about the "charm" of these older movies being lost today is dead on. During the majority of our 41 years together my wife would refuse to watch anything black and white and would leave the room if something B&W came on the TV and the channel didn't get changed fast enough. And I mean FAST! As she has started to get burned out on the latest CGI terrorist thriller of the week she has started to watch more older content and is coming to appreciate it more and more. She recently started asking some rather nuanced questions about a couple of 'old time' stars we were watching and it was a thoroughly enjoyable experince sharing that with her after all these years. These movies are classics and many of them beloved because so many ordinary people saw something in them that touched them and that they could relate or respond to. I hope you will give more of them a chance on the channel.