Top 10 Lost Media Discoveries of 2023

[@oldfilmsandstuff4679]

James Fennell here. Words can hardly describe how I felt when I found that Ebay listing and was able confirm the identity of the included film. I really was left in stunned silence for a few minutes. I'm currently working on a video about Cleopatra and the discovery of the footage.

[@BeekeepOrBust]

You are a legend

[@BeekeepOrBust]

You’re channel is incredible. You have some REALLY cool videos and I love seeing it. Keep up the INCREDIBLE work

[@oldfilmsandstuff4679]

@@BeekeepOrBust Thanks John, I appreaciate the support!

[@Maxis_Mi]

These are huge finds and I haven't heard of many of them until this video! What an amazing year for lost media

[@HajimeKomaeda]

I've never heard about SpongeBob Behind Closed Doors but looking at the uncensored photos, it reminds me of Newgrounds tier crude content like the game collab animations, and I'm all in for it.

[@Thatguy55595]

Congrats on 130K subs Michael!!

[@shaamex2]

kzbin.info/aero/PLT32-tNC6BZ2XSIXtbKx-UT6lqgf8442r

[@johnnydropkicks]

Warshaw?

[@JamesLawner]

The entirety of JBVO being found thanks to someone’s mom working at CN was truly one of the most incredible lost media finds.

[@SolaireHighwind]

Yeah, "my [relative] works at [relevant company]" is a meme but sometimes it actually happens, LOL!

[@cassidyburke9499]

I actually got choked up when I learned that more footage of Cleopatra had been found. It's one of those pieces of lost media that I had always just accepted we would never find more of. Not only does the footage being found give me hope that more footage has been preserved that we might find one day, it gives me more hope that there are even more of Theda Bara's films out there just waiting to be found in some obscure way.

[@smittzero8463]

There were some massive lost media discoveries last year but the way that Cleopatra footage was rediscovered inside an old toy projector was wild. I'd be interested in learning more about that story. Is it possible that more footage was originally included with the projector? Or was the film taken from a complete reel?

[@orktv4673]

1:26 In the future, humour will be RANDOMLY GENERATED

[@uemochi9316]

They were right..... unfortunately

[@SolaireHighwind]

Larry's wonderful world of autotainment!

[@zoeledwards6617]

That SpongeBob Behind closed doors is my favorite found media. It was bizarre and funny to see it. That stuff is like Rule 34 type artwork lol.

[@Treppy_Gecky]

I don't think people realize just how stressful working in animation is. It was common for crews in the 90's to doodle crude stuff to blow off steam. It's not indicative of some awful workplace culture it's just a way to relieve stress and boredom.

[@viiuan]

finally, a youtuber that just pronounces a foreign name decently and doesn't apologise profusely for simply not researching the name's pronunciation edit: not ppl in the replies whose last names are probably something like Smith or Daniels 💀

[@jonasskjtt5542]

Yeah, that shit is annoying

[@mr.whimsic6902]

What if they cant find a proper pronounciation?

[@viiuan]

@@mr.whimsic6902 google translate text to speech feature ez, just set it to the relevant language (in this video's case, polish)

[@Eminster]

Ok so? They can't pronounce it. Big deal.

[@Hoshino_Channel]

⁠@@EminsterIt's about the effort they put into TRYING to pronounce it, not that they CAN'T. It's quite easy to look up natives pronounce words etc so it comes off as half arsed when you just excuse yourself for not being able to pronounce a word or even try to

[@uemochi9316]

Can all the lost media KZbinrs stop acting like the SpongeBob comic is some kind of scandalous proof that the SpongeBob animation team is a bunch of predators?

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

I know, right? Cartoonists in general have a pretty dark sense of humor, even going back to the early days when Disney and WB animators would draw Tijuana bibles anonymously, as did the the artists behind Superman and even Archie comics.

[@s_sunshower]

he didn't even imply anything like that in this video; they're just weird drawings, obviously, and with spongebob being such an internationally loved franchise, of course people are gonna be shocked by drawings like that from the official crew

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

I'm over 60 and have been a serious movie fan since the 1970s and all my life any footage from 1917 Cleopatra has been top five holy grail among movie buffs. This was a real shocker and pretty amazing to see. Excellent job on this list, my dude.

[@chobies5383]

A WILD BOOMER WATCHING A LOST MEDIA VIDEO!?!

[@marcovossenkaul8921]

​@@chobies5383 * A Cool Wild Boomer

[@RereAndRerun]

​@@chobies5383me when I insult someone for no reason

[@Marylandbrony]

Personally i would had the D-Day landing and Warsaw Ghetto uprising photos higher, But i'm perfect with Cleopatra at number one.

[@ChaunceyGardener]

I can tell apart a serious lost media researcher when the SpongeBob doesn't make the top of their list.

[@danielvahnke3369]

Ether Bunny - Papa Woody - cool dude!

[@tinovanderzwanphonocave544]

the toy film projector was probably a 9.5 mm pathé baby projector. the thing is with pathé baby reels is that you could order your own choice of a well-known movie on many small reels so to find lost media inspecting pathé baby reels is a must if we one day find a snippet of London after midnight it will be on a pathé baby reel. the format was in existence from about 1912 to the 1960s recordable cassettes could be ordered up to the mid-1980s. the format was on safety film and it was very stable and only deteriorate due to wear and tear so a neatly stored box will always hold nearly mint footage and is very crisp and clear for its small size I have never seen a badly damaged film from this format so archeo-lost media detectives do a deep dive on this format you might find more than expected.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

It’s rather hard to believe for most of today’s generation, but Pathé Baby reels are definitely treasure troves for largely lost media.

[@amazingbrancrunch]

Can we please get a "Oh hi there" compilation?

[@De19thKingJulion]

As for lostwave mysteries in 2024, another old one has been correctly identified: Digital Girl, by Janusz Bronakowski (2003), previously "Digital World" NOT "Digital Girl", which is still mysterious. "What Do You Want From Me" another song featured on 1 or 2 YT channels about lost media, was revealed to be a demo from 1983 by Steve Kipner: Don't Call It Love.

[@Johnwicklover1994]

Even though the lostwave mystery I was into wasn’t super popular, im very glad One Chance was found

[@twanam3943]

RTP-Funky (2005): 🥔

[@De19thKingJulion]

@@twanam3943 Potato yes?

[@ineedausername124]

my favourite lost media discovery of the year is the full recovery of "the complete and utter history of Britain" a british sketch comedy show created by two future members of Monty Python, of which only two episodes were thought to exist

[@ZzN2CzZ]

Wake up babe, new lost media video

[@zoeledwards6617]

Yes babe, I am wake. I’m happy now. Thanks to you

[@Brandebury]

This one is late on the topic doe. A few others have been released.

[@mightyfilm]

I think the lost media hounds out there are sleeping on the channel Kineko Video www.youtube.com/@KinekoVideo/videos If what they find isn't exactly lost, it is extremely rare. They're restoring old film reels, usually of old anime, and they've found some traffic safety shorts, old anime movie trailers, animation cuts from an episode of Captain N, and even the full Japanese version of Dracula Sovereign of the Damned (AKA the movie where Drac eats a hamburger).

[@scabbarae]

9:22 This moment is gonna go down in history next to that weatherman pronouncing that town in Wales

[@J0SHUAKANE]

3:40 the full game of death workprint was uploaded by Jocky(R.I.P.) over a decade ago, & was on my youtube channel up until last year when it got claimed by the company that put out the recent release.

[@jamesmoss3424]

R.I.P. Bruce Lee.

[@s_sunshower]

OMGGG im a huge bruce lee fan and i had no clue something that incredible happened??? that is truly amazing, i watched game of death and it really is a sad film to watch, knowing their reasons for certain creative decisions. so glad this stuff will see the light of day

[@panqueque445]

8:30 Some of the footage seems to have been shot during the landings too. You can see what appears to be soldiers getting shot and falling to the floor.

[@TheDigitalApple]

Man 2023 had so many bangers found!

[@cycklist]

You have to enjoy Americans trying to say 'Buckinghamshire'.

[@waverazor]

Maybe it's me but the SpongeBob artists drawing offensive drawings for private use isn't really that bad. People can let out steam in anyway they want. As long as they're not harming anyone, it's not my problem.

[@Adyman182]

7:52 smh, kids always recording concerts they'll never replay again, just live in the moment

[@amotaba]

"The Final Game of Death" is a masterpiece, both the parts (found footage commented and the cut they made based on the footage found)

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Oh my god!! Yeah!!

[@rodrigomarcondes5857]

I have a video suggestion for you: Can lost ancient texts be considered Lost Media? I saw a video talking about greek mythology and it talked about the theory that the poem describing the titanomachy, a battle between gods and titans, was lost during the burning of the library of Alexandria. I wonder what other lost ancient texts are there that left a gap in human history

[@colonelweird]

My understanding is that most books from the ancient world are lost. The ones we have are only a small fraction of the total. Aristotle is supposed to have written many dialogues in the style of Plato, for example, but none survive. And there are references to a great number of Greek tragedies and epics that existed, but now are also lost.

[@peterstangl8295]

100℅ they are, in fact i'd say they're the original lost media

[@gordonfreeman2634]

That filthy frank song was the least interesting and important find of 2023

[@xythrr]

Dude, animator humor is literally just prn. Im sure nothing has changed at any studio since behind closed doors.

[@dylansandas920]

I still think the finding of the last 9/11 Muzak song "Windless" deserved some form of recognition in these 2023 found media lists.

[@cptwigglefuffle]

It probably doesn't count as lost media but Gekisatsu Uchuuken and Pretty Executor's manga being fully uploaded online last year is pretty cool

[@sophiehanssel2017]

Blue Prints getting found was the best way to wake up on the morning after it got found

[@GodLovesYou828]

Lost media , a band named Nuts Can Surf, aka NCS the album is called Acorn Biscuit Crap it was only on cassette, anyone know where it is plz say

[@mii9010]

That is not remotely close how you're supposed to pronounce "Warsaw"

[@hdofu]

As a Steely Dan Fanatic, the Second Arrangement release was a hell of a find, and with a little help from AI and this better recording the impossible studio quality release was achieved by some other serious Dan Fans.

[@hypnotised-clover]

My personal favourite find is Episode 1 of Wolf Rock TV being found in whole.

[@ModwalletOFFICIAL]

If you don't know, new Beebylon footage was released.

[@Pmhyt]

2:43 but it was tho 💀

[@georgejpg]

How do you always manage to pronounce shire wrong. Seen you do it at least 5 times now

[@F1BastiPH]

Fond My Mind is my most favorite lostwave song in my opinion Also, the best story of how it was found cuz of all the Edde Edman drama lol

[@jadedheartsz]

For me Journey of Allen Strange is definitely in my top 10, the fact that i'm the reason it got discovered does admittedly make me a bit biased but still.

[@Wnick1996]

2023 was certainly a good year for lost media.

[@beatryzvieira4400]

Just a small correction, William Paiva closed the case with the full tape, but was SkrrTey who bring the Artists and Real name of the Song, with the final leads on this lost media case.

[@cjlister8508]

A couple of those in the list weren't even lost.

[@randomcharacter6501]

I remember AMC airing a documentary of game of death with a bunch of unreleased footage in the early 2000's

[@bluebaron6858]

Do the lost 4kids ultraman tiga English dub please...

[@sonicthehedgegod]

putting spongebob behind closed doors in the thumbnail is CRAZY

[@ollipark3r]

PLEASE MAKE A VIDEONON MICHAEL JACKSONS “get your weight off of me” PLEASE

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Wow, I didn't know about most of these being found! The only one I knew about was the Game of Death one because I preordered it as soon as I found out about it. You already mentioned the worst parts of the awful theatrical version of the movie, but another really stupid thing is that they had the character Bruce Lee plays get shot in the face early on in the movie to explain his changed appearance, but most of the footage that actually has Bruce Lee in it is at the END of the movie. I'd heard about Turn On but didn't know it had been found. Numbers 1 and 2 are really cool, I just didn't even know about them at all, either their existence or their being (partially) found. I probably would've put the WWII footage ahead of the music stuff, but that's just my personal preference.

[@Miracle7Seven]

The SpongeBob behind closed doors to me is a funny find, and imo isn’t a depiction of the internal culture at the time, but instead just ruins the “magic”, if the official media, because people just kinda tend to do this kinda stuff lmao

[@Kroopahatsune]

Holy shit. I never new fond my mind was discovered!!!! I have been listening to it for so long!!! 😭😭😭

[@TheMontyPythonMuseumOnline]

#10 was never lost. Just not available.

[@The_Davo_Domain]

So me and some friends have been working on an investigation into a former anime producer who is suspected of killing off his own company through bankruptcy and later promoting financial scams and using shill companies to build his wealth. It's not entirely lost media however one of their shows was cut short due to bankruptcy with 12 episodes being cancelled and the rest that aired being stuck in legal limbo in Japan. I sent you an email with more details as I feel this deserves more attention among lost media enthusiasts and anime fans.

[@deadeye_john]

Number 9 doesn't count as media. It Was never meant to be released.

[@jadedheartsz]

I personally like that there's "official" NSFW art of Spongebob and co, I found it funny as hell personally. Nowadays I think people at Nick do these kinds of drawings on their laptops and keep it for only personal use.

[@teptime]

Got to mention the alternate cut of VOODOO HEARTBEAT, now available through vinegar syndrome.

[@abanana]

woo!!!

[@RingoWaters-kl4vo]

It makes me really happy that that Beatles show was found. They’re prob my second favorite band after Pink Floyd (look at my username for proof they’re my fav bands 😭)

[@mattwolf7698]

This was a pretty good video. I'm glad that stuff that was actually important was in the top spot instead of some kids cartoons. And I like cartoons but I dont like how they overshadowed so much historic stuff in the community.

[@thelostmediagift3639]

Off-Topic: You know what isn’t discussed on KZbin that much? Object Show Lost Media.

[@benamisai-kham5892]

I'm sorry, I burst into such a huge laugh when you said 41 seconds 😂 Its an impressive find but i thought it was gonna be much more for it to be first spot.

[@bigjohncenahead6667]

second video in row and you still can't say *WARSAW* correctly. it's not -shaw. it's -saw.

[@kreb_]

I thought I had found all the good lost media channels. I stand corrected. Immediately subscribed

[@flaky9999]

I hope to see The Vampira show episodes and a few Theda bara films before I die. I feel like Maila nurmi and Theda bara are legends and not alot of people know how Legendary they were and i hope if a Theda bara film or the Vampira show people will realise how ahead of their times these women were. Theda bara and Maila have been a influence on me becoming a happier version of myself and i truly am fascinated by them even though they died long before i was born.

[@willbunnell889]

10: Behind Closed Doors 9: Super Why and Bubble Guppies 8: Turn On 7: Shrek Test 6: Game of Death 5: World War 2 Clips and Photos 4: The Second Arrangement 3: Amazon: The Longest River in the World 2: Blue Prints 1: 41 Seconds of Cleopatra

[@arliskstudios]

Hello!!!

[@Ce13stialBunny]

I got chills about that Cleopatra (1917) discovery. I’m a big cinema fan and that’s a super cool discovery!

[@Gert-c2b]

I cannot believe they found more footage of Cleopatra 😮 audible gasp

[@raderallen1]

KZbin videos about lost songs that never play the song get immediate "unsubscribe" from me.

[@JohnStanworth]

Could someone link me to the Bruce Lee footage? Either online or blu ray?

[@unknownk7168]

Can anyone find Eco-Tech season 1 all five episodes Discovery/science channel

[@Sotau890]

the Spongebob "Close Behind Door" is a perfecr example of letting someone cooked

[@2mrwario]

All the ww2 shit is is just watching the west go to the dogs lol

[@basicallyabush]

Ayy

[@pryzzm_1]

Oh hi there! :]

[@TVFan810]

Can you make a video on a fan made SpongeBob parody vocieover dub of the episode The Secret Box by 24thPowerProductions? Thats the only dub from him that's missing and its been lost for over 13 years. 24thPowerProductions was a mildly popular channel that had around 500 subscribers before termination, so now it's up to finding someone who downloaded the dub before it's deletion.

[@coyoteartist]

Certainly quite the amazing year.

[@Peq92]

I remember in 2018 or 2019, there was this one flappy bird ripoff on iOS. I think it was called something along the lines of, "Extreme flappy bird" or "Worlds hardest flappy". It was quite different from flappy bird aside from using the same assets. The game would run verticly, each click would have you go up, and each time you crossed an obstacle you would gain 1 point. There was saws, pirana plants, closing and open pipes (which would sometimes have saws in them), and possibly fireballs if I can remember. The points would add up to a total count, which you can spend on 3 other skins. Happy bird, a blue reskin which was 250 points. Fantasy bird, a purple reskin which costed either 500 or 750. And angry bird, which was slightly angrier as well as being red, but still was very similar costing 1000. The starting bird was just called flappy Bird and was yellow. All of them weren't the same as the normal flappy bird, they were all front facing. The also might of have been a green one, called lucky bird or something along the lines of that which would cost around 300. It used the same flappy bird sound effects, and you would die if you hit the ground or fell off of the screen. The app icon was the yellow flappy bird which pipes on the side, the bird was giant almost taking up the whole icon. I cannot find any info about the game searching for it, this is all off of memory. I can see either searching for it on old devices or from gameplays of it (Both of which didn't work for me)

[@AqueousConch573]

Behind closed doors chain

[@twanam3943]

WHY DID MY COMMENT GET DELETED

[@VideoAssaultSaturday]

i must have gotten my hands on some crazy bootleg, because i had that bruce lee as a kid (or is this mandela again?)

[@boltvanderhuge8711]

bruh how do you not know how to pronounce Warsaw it's not even like it's got an ambiguous spelling

[@TRex-fu7bt]

Probably influenced by the Polish pronunciation.

[@JerrySmith-og2db]

Hi, I am just asking if anyone knows what happened to some of Mr nightmares lost videos. More specifically his milestone 1 million subscriber special. I remember watching it at one time but can no longer find any sort of reupload of it. If you or anyone in the comment section knows what happened to it, I would love to know.

[@klocus2824]

My favorite finds are the songs, but the ww2 photos and film are just... Wow

[@BeIlG]

I feel like the ww2 video and photos are the most important as a whole to the world. steelie dan doesn't exactly need to be remembered LOL and kinda isn't LOL

[@migueldiaz2050]

Did you receive my comments from your last video? Here is my copy paste about lost media album of Lorie Salvatera's "It's a Groove Thing". Hope you & everyone enjoyed it: Hi All Lost Things, I hope you have time to talk about a mystery lost album of "it's a groove thing" by a young singer name Lorie Salvatera (which no one ever mentioned about her and her music), and I don't know if she ever have her own music video from the 90's. Also, she even participate/ Perform her songs ( "I'll Always be your Friend" , "Music and Me",& "Love Is" at a talent show called " Brown Bags to Stardom ", from Hawaii ( don't know why there's no live footage or home video on there channel "Brown Bags" & on KZbin ) that is so mystery & that is why I'm here to know about what happened? Wish I could talk more, but I can't write too long or write slower because of my LD ( which I still write & on the speaker on my phone, but too much time ). But you can find my comments on other KZbinrs channel on there video commentary, Like LSuperSonicQ, BrayBray, KlonoaPrime, Hector Holtz, & Stay Up Late Production. Please, Hope you have time to talk about this lost album & the singer of Lorie Salvatera. Thank you so much for sharing all these lost media from your video, keep it up. 👍✨ Also, so excited/happy that few of her songs here on YT, Thanks to Ka Lahui o Hawai'i Nei for uploading, but 4 more others hasn't uploaded yet. Here is here songs: Always there on YT: "I'll Always be your Friend", "143 mean I love you", " Music and Me", & "Love Is". 😊🎧🎶🌈💖 Found 2023: "It's a Groove Thing" , " Everybody get on up and Dance", " All Coast Flava" , "Give Love on Christmas Day", & I'll Always be your Friend (with Reprise Version)" 😭🎶🎧😊✨🌈💖 Still Lost: "Once Upon a Kiss", "If We Try", "Could This Be Love", and " Turn to You ( which is at a separate third album on BBTS, Also, don't know if she even sing on her second album, if it's exist or not, let's hope)". 🙏🥺😭⁉️🎶🖤

[@instantlymeatified]

a few of the explict spongebob images can be seen in the source code of supersponge i think, as one of those looks familiar

[@buzielo]

damn i didnt expect coming in hear and hearing poland its truly amazing that pices like that are still getting discovered

[@ShamanJeeves]

I hadn't heard that more material from Game of Death had surfaced. I'm definitely going to look into that.

[@YellFisherStudios]

Just found out that Barnyards test pitch footage was found recently.

[@unofficialmajima617]

thank god bluey isn't on this one, bro knows he came off as a creep

[@mathieuleader8601]

the Normandy footage & Ghetto photos are priceless historical finds

[@EddieRF_33]

Yes, Amazon is still the longest river in the world.

[@akifaiman7388]

best lost media is something that should kept lost

[@gertywhatagash_]

Warsaw. Not "shaw".