Oddity Archive: Episode 171 - Mystery 8mm Films/The Ballad of Ben & 8mm

[@LauraK308]

28:14 -- The exact second when this goes from being your standard informative and entertaining episode to being THE BEST ODDITY ARCHIVE EPISODE IN HISTORY. Ben's laugh was priceless.

[@steveg5122]

22:39 the famous last words.

[@C1NDR0N3]

that “oh dear” is just priceless

[@MinoTheShow]

Hillarious ending - Techmoan finds John Lennon recording a radio promo that was direct from a famous recording studio on his mystery reel-to-reel, while Ben is left with what was once stashed in the back of someone’s underwear drawer 🤣

[@The_Traveling_Clown]

We all know what's on those reels 😅

[@MinoTheShow]

Zach Gonzalez “The Master Tape: Beans, Bond, and Beatles””

[@hjalfi]

Before you destroy them... there _are_ people who preserve these things for genuine historical reasons. If the films are well known (no, I'm not going to go search for them online) that's one thing: but if they're the only remaining copies of a rare historical artifact, that's something else entirely. You may be able to find someone who'll take them off your hands.

[@kareliask]

Agreed, even if it offends *you* it is offensive to history in general to destroy potentially the only remaining example of a recording of anything

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

Hells yeh, needs to be preserved. There cant be archived masters of this stuff!

[@GoldandAppel]

Send them to me.

[@GoldandAppel]

SEND THEM TO ME.

[@audiodood]

@@GoldandAppel thats sus

[@RickinBaltimore]

Welcome to a surprise episode of Oddity Archive...After Dark

[@Fluteboy]

I just had to do an audio montage! else.fluteboy.co.uk/My%20music%20etc/Fluteboy%20-%20OA%20After%20Dark.mp3

[@RickinBaltimore]

Fluteboy Oh that’s just fantastic!

[@philipmadoc7023]

lol as soon as I saw the signature "Lasse Braun" I knew Ben was going to have a surprise! That name might not mean much in mainstream circles but Braun is a very famous Italian adult film director who worked for 30 years. Trivia - Braun was the first foreign director to be inducted into AVN's hall of fame.

[@plasquatch]

Braun's fame/notoriety was as such that influential electronic musician Klaus Schulze recorded two albums' worth of music for one of his films.

[@morrisonAV]

I looked at his IMDB page and he was a busy little.....ummm.....beaver!

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

So I've uhmm.."researched" the first film and I dunno what Ben was so shocked about(dicks? hairy pussy close-ups?). Typical "artsy" europorn of the 70s-80s, kinda gritty by modern standards but nothing exceptional. Hell, even Tinto Brass sometimes made critically acclaimed and more vomit-inducing movies than this. And they were shown at regular cinemas.

[@RocketboyX]

That's not the Salt and Peppa that I remember from the 90's.

[@5roundsrapid263]

But I bet they do “push it”! 😄

[@EddieMillerStudios]

Push it real good

[@matani2001]

In the first mystery film I anticipated it to be a film with nudity and was surprised to see it wasn't. Then I saw the second one which was exactly what I excpected it to be - vintage exotic pornography.

[@kandigloss6438]

Actually, at the end of the episode it's revealed that after the first minute or so the first film reveals it's self to be pronography as well.

[@Traumaqueenamy]

Then it turns out the first film was also "exotic", 😂

[@wacotablet1055]

Benny-boy is too pure for this world

[@OfficialDJUnikittyYT]

"And welcome to a another 8mm film edition of Oddity Archive... After Dark. " Seriously. this is my favorite episode of Oddity Archive

[@marxthedude]

SPOILERS - DO NOT READ UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE WATCHED UNTIL THE END!!! Well this is an Oddity first as:- 1) It's the first OA with a twist ending and 2) The first time we've ever heard a genuine riotous character-breaking Benny Boy laugh!! Be interesting to see in future comments if people are able to identify the titles and what country they hail from as most likely not American-made. Will anyone be brave enough to content match them :-p

[@TheGreenMeanie]

As soon as I saw the hearts in the tropical logo, I was like "this is porn, isn't it?"

[@marxthedude]

@@TheGreenMeanie The penny didn't drop for me until I saw the odd close up of the girl and then I thought "Ah....I think I know where this is going...."

[@GatorGirl]

Hey, maybe Benny Boy can get up to 30K subscribers with this one! Might have to show more of the movies, though.

[@OddityArchive]

@marxthedude I tried looking up both films, but found nothing. Honestly, I was kinda relieved.

[@lcmiracle]

Well nothing beats 60s hairy p

[@TweeterMan287]

Might wanna clean that projector again.

[@OddityArchive]

Would you believe I did? Just after I finished the episode. Strangely enough, the projector was gunk-free.

[@PlaidDin]

@@OddityArchive Not cum-free, I assume.

[@audiodood]

More like exorcise it

[@therealrockstargamer]

​@@OddityArchive controversial p*** films Nice!

[@imrustyokay]

28:13 That laugh is infectious!

[@NR23derek]

70's porn films always took the same format: short intro to a story, then fairly quickly into the bonking featuring a few close action shots of various bits and then the final climatic highlight. I recommend the one about the plumber on his rounds turning up at a house where the woman answers the door in her nightdress ... Yeeeesssss.....

[@mightyfilm]

28:12. Perhaps one of, if not the greatest, moments in Archive history.

[@brandonjustis]

judging from ben's laugh, one would figure he found some old gems to which he'd deposit into the international bank of spank. i had a feeling that first film was promiscuous. the heart over the "i" in "paradise," and then a woman in old, questionable film set in my suspicions. in all seriousness, you have to admire the dedication that people in that time had. going through that whole process and waiting all that time. we truly are spoiled.

[@Tazzer88]

Well then, that had to be the biggest left turn of any Archive episode ever. Was not expecting both of them to be like that.

[@bongodoug]

28:11 Your unbridled laughter brings me joy.

[@poody56]

My assumptions on the first film were correct, I assumed it was some sort of pornography by the title font.

[@negirno]

I knew it instantly that it's some kind of adult flick when I saw that the title (Tropical Paradise) had hearts instead of dots on the i's.

[@tadreaming1]

Lasse Braun, I've heard that name though listening to Klaus Schulze, German electronic musician. He did a soundtrack for him. It was a soft porn film called Body Love (I've never seen it, really), the soundtrack came out 1976-77 in two volumes, Body Love & Body Love Vol. 2, the music is excellent & would recommend, classic!

[@GeoNeilUK]

I thought the first name was Lotte.

[@excrono]

Found it! Thanks for the recommendation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYO3oIaPoZKgqbc

[@malfattio2894]

I have a load of short 35mm nitrate prints, mostly from lost silent films, that I'm currently copying. It's amazing what you can find on Ebay.

[@TheBronxBunnyMan]

That last one was WELL worth the wait.

[@zackb99]

I just knew Tropical Paradise was going to be porn. Look at the little hearts over the two Is. I hope you actually kept them, Ben. Although they might not be your cup of tea they are most likely extremely rare. You may have the only 2 prints left. Also, I would love to see them myself. I really enjoy vintage films, including pornography even though porn that old isn't enjoyable or arousing to me in the slightest.

[@adrienfourniercom]

my early youth is in all 8 mm. I never had the courage to look at them. Nor the projector (mine used to burn them)

[@OddityArchive]

I hear ya. It's terrifying when that happens.

[@adrienfourniercom]

@@OddityArchive yes, but since I don't think there is porn in my films, so maybe some day, I will pay a fortune to have them transfer. Note: the projector smells like burnt plastic even till that day.

[@danthemanwiththegarbagecan]

i will never get over benny boy's laugh. great episode!

[@PlaidDin]

Tropical Paradise has all the basics. (xHamster has a copy of the film, I watched it all the way through.) Floppy bobbe, floppy bacc, floofy lasaga, two passed out blacc doods on sand with floofy sosig fungorong womang's lasaga, blacc croccs in both bacc and lasaga, beefy french kiss and, well, loads of sand. Floof from e621 is better tbh.

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

Wolverine Data makes a decent high definition 8mm film scanner. Even stag films deserve to be preserved. Don't throw them out!

[@miata149]

Immediately I saw the name "Lasse Braun," I knew . . . .

[@hellomcflyy]

hey - at least you've got some money there - old stag films are good

[@VectraQS]

"And then it happened..." lmao

[@danmount9462]

I was hoping for the film version of Hired Stud: Will Travel.

[@JayDee284]

its kind of was lol.

[@GeoNeilUK]

According to Google, Tropical Film were a Puerto Rican film company, making touristy films to promote Puerto Rico. The director's name looks like Lotte Brahm, or it could be Lotte Braun. They were both German actresses who had small careers before the war (like 1 film) if those films were similar to what was featured here, I can certainly understand either of those Germany for Puerto Rico condiering what went down in Gernamy in the 1930s. Mind you, they couldn't have picked a more generic name and title. What was the other one, Salt and Pepper Orgy? Interesting!

[@Stevanhale]

Your reaction to the surprise adultness of the second film is priceless! Your voice sounds just like Curtis Armstrong.

[@luisreyes1963]

Learning about archaic technology from Benny is never dull! 📽️

[@helldog3105]

I knew the instant I saw the name on the first one that you showed that it *wasn't* going to be a nature documentary. Well, of the sort you had thought... The second one though, was absolutely hilarious.

[@martinda7446]

Luckily not titled under 'Ben's Junk'.

[@JGibbons513]

Hearing Ben's laughter in this really made my day!

[@plasquatch]

This instantly became one of my favorite episodes.

[@thekidfromiowa]

Yvonne, Renée, and Loretta in "What the Parrot Saw" and Renée, Loretta, and the parrot in "What Yvonne Saw."

[@JGibbons513]

I'm so glad I wasn't the only person who thought of this, LOL!

[@willheid]

@@JGibbons513 From the Tabasco film company of Havana, Cuba

[@Traumaqueenamy]

That was too funny towards the end. 😆 Yeah, not exactly SFW material there. lol Reminds me of this clip from an old Bugs Bunny cartoon with a stag reel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/anmZi6Cbe5d7m8k

[@JontyMaster]

LMAO I remember that bit from Looney Tunes "HEY!!!"

[@Traumaqueenamy]

Looks like Ben's gonna have to clean the projector again as those were.... dirty reels! :D XD

[@Moneytane1976]

Porno and lifestyle magazines in the 50s to 70s were full of ads for cheap 8mm "Stag" and "Bucks night" movies like these. Designed to be small and discreet so wifey would not see them stowed in attic or your underwear drawer.

[@Tornado1994]

That's right. I also forgot how Stag Films were often inconspicuous in their titles. So they would be vague enough that the Wife or Mom wouldn't know what they are. Alot of the Reason why Stag Films eventually got outlawed is because they became "Grooming" Tools for Pederasts and Pedophiles. There were also Underground and Illegal "Buck Films" that can be considered CP now in days.

[@jimmymelendez1836]

@@Tornado1994 *a

[@Musicradio77Network]

I did clean the same as Benny Boy mentioned, but I still have my GAF 3000S and it still works and runs film.

[@ChaunceyGardener]

Benny-boy is such a prude!

[@blainemason8218]

That was really interesting. You really have so much patience with cleaning the various equipment. Very admirable. I’d give up after about two minutes. Hilarious about the films 😀 Thanks for a great episode.

[@visaman]

As a nudist I expected that the "nature film" was really a "naturist" film.

[@Tornado1994]

I just finished watching a few minutes of "Tropical Paradise" and...yeah I'm with Ben on this one. Throw this 8MM Reel in the Garbage. The ONLY thing I'll comment about it, is that everyone involved was clearly HIGH on LSD. "Nuff Said.

[@maxHeadroom325rayxerin]

@@Tornado1994 where did you find it?

[@Tornado1994]

@@maxHeadroom325rayxerin You can google it.

[@maxHeadroom325rayxerin]

@@Tornado1994 several different ones tho

[@WillOnSomething]

28:14 it's so hot, we *HAVE* to scramble

[@joeblow8593]

You know you could upload that second film to one of the free porn sites

[@TheBronxBunnyMan]

Pornhub, my friend.

[@OM19_MO79]

Then again, it will be in really poor taste. Most of the people in those could be dead or in geriatric institutions by now. He should auction them and let someone who is into vintage porn to upload them or preserve them. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy porn from time to time like anyone else, but I'd be embarrassed to watch these.

[@joeblow8593]

I read that one of the free porn sites have a few vintage movies from the 1950's and 60's... I'm sure they are long out of copyright, that's if they were copyrighted in the first place...

[@heggy_69]

If anyone's wondering, there's a video on xhamster called tropical paradise from 1976 that may be the one from this video but it doesn't have the start. I'm not sure tho, correct me if I'm wrong lol. I can't be certain about the karma sutra one but there's one on xvideos that looks like it, but it's in high-ish quality so I'm skeptical

[@TheGoreguts]

If you adjust your cameras shutter speed to like 1/60 or so it should take care of your pulsing issues. Then adjust Fstop and ISO to balance out the corresponding exposure.

[@OddityArchive]

I wish my camcorder had those kinds of toys.

[@caesarorzell600]

Wow, what a twist!

[@martinda7446]

On a slightly different note, these can be important historical films to someone? Don't incinerate them - only one bunch used to burn stuff. Unless they do go outside the boundaries.

[@artistwithouttalent]

28:11 WOW. 😳 Harkens back to the days of Manhattan public access.

[@TheApoohneicie]

We moved into our house YEARS ago and we still have boxes in the garage we need to go through.

[@derekroberts6654]

So..... is this the improved version of “Oddity Archive After Dark”?

[@fartzgurl5997]

Can't imagine anyone getting THAT skeeved out by run of the mill regular pron. I'm guessing that the film Ben burned was something a lot worse. I'm guessing either Cheese Pizza or Zoological stuff.

[@MinoTheShow]

FartzGurl Nah, you can look up the box art and description (hey, I was wondering why he was so freaked out too!) - it’s possible there’s gross sex acts but definitely nothing illegal, it’s from John Holmes’ production company. Just seems to be a dude and two gals gettin’ it on

[@fartzgurl5997]

Really? old fashioned vintage porn and he burned it? WOW I didn't think anyone that puritanical was still around!

[@OddityArchive]

LOL. You really think I went out and bought an incinerator? Did you even watch to the end?

[@5roundsrapid263]

He’s not a prude. He did a whole episode on the first XXX TV channel.

[@Tornado1994]

@@MinoTheShow Probably Scat and Cornucopia. No Thanks. NO THANKS.

[@rarbiart]

hmm, somewhere i still have a Super8 cutting tool of "HAMA" make that half-automatizes not only the alignment and cutting, but as well the application of the glue strip on the upper and underside.

[@cessnaace]

When you said that you were going to burn them I thought "NO! Something Weird Video may want them." I guess not.

[@jeenkzk5919]

Benny Boy has destroyed my innocence.....

[@Fluteboy]

For once it wasn't the D****y logo he was blocking out!

[@Tornado1994]

Which logo?

[@5roundsrapid263]

Tornado1994 The company famous for a cartoon rodent.

[@Tornado1994]

I’m asking about the OTHER logo. Not D*****.

[@5roundsrapid263]

Tornado1994 I don’t think it’s a logo as much as it is the human body.

[@KejnTheImmortal]

Time for a stag party.

[@jimmymelendez1836]

Stag party at Ben's house, lol!!

[@The_Traveling_Clown]

It's just vintage erotica. Most likely softcore by ' two girls one cup' standards.

[@5roundsrapid263]

I was just going to ask if you found any stag films...

[@Tornado1994]

And he did. How is beyond ME.

[@leejtam0914]

id have the same reaction discovering my grandparents had that film

[@KentuckyRanger]

And that's how ya reel em in, LOL!

[@TheMoogleMaster]

Ever deal with 16mm and 35mm film?

[@dorourke105]

28:11 HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA beautiful man. I needed that

[@lutello3012]

I found about 25 feet of b/w hairy 70s porn at a family thrift store not too long ago. Also got a 200 foot reel of The Flight of Apollo 11 but unfortunately it's almost completely red.

[@JL-sm6cg]

Dude I hope you didn't truly throw those away!

[@randywatson8347]

I also use an artist paintbrush for cleaning electronics. 28:45 Oh yeah

[@SirLordMasterSaverKangDrPaulAs]

22:37 Famous last words

[@netsurferx1]

I'm mildly bummed you didn't put a (semi) humorous *[VERY CENSORED]* or somesuch in your censor bar.

[@OddityArchive]

Alas, my editing software isn't that advanced.

[@norbelbert1988]

The porn might be worth archiving and sharing. There is not a lot of pre-VHS porn on the internet. I would be careful with uploading it to video sharing sites, though. There was no documentation back then, and the whole business was illegal anyway, so only God knows the age of the performers.

[@Musicradio77Network]

I wish Benny Boy might upload the whole Super 8 film to PornHub if they allow to post vintage porn content from Super 8 and regular 8mm films.

[@Tornado1994]

Alot of the Reason why Stag Films eventually got outlawed is because they became "Grooming" Tools for Pederasts and Pedophiles. There were also Underground and Illegal "Buck Films" that can be considered CP now in days.

[@jimmymelendez1836]

@@Tornado1994 Dude, please use own words.

[@Windo0ows]

Will you ever do a premiere

[@CodaGardner]

Did you add light grain to your intro?

[@OddityArchive]

For this episode, yes.

[@Bob.martens]

0:31 to 0:37 what movie is this from? Would appreciate to know. Thanks.

[@hmich176]

Manos The Hands of Fate. Search on KZbin and you will easily find it. It's in the public domain and been converted to HD quality and released on Blu-ray and DVD.

[@Bob.martens]

@@hmich176 Wow! I never heard of this one. Makes The Room look like Pasolini.

[@fixman88]

One Name: Mystery Science Theater 3000. Manos is one of the legendary movies they made fun of (and in my opinion, the only way to watch it).

[@bunnybismuth]

I think we all knew where this was going

[@neilforbes416]

You should've stopped the video camera while rewinding the reels of film.

[@Ecto_Eric]

You rule Ben

[@johnsmithson]

Ben found a blue movie :^3

[@danksmokaz]

Ya bish we back. !

[@robfriedrich2822]

Standard 8 is 16 fps, super 8 is 18 fps, commercial films from the talkies era are 24 fps. Pretty often, home movie was used for erotic content.

[@dudstep]

I had a feeling they'd be pornos.

[@IanGorton]

Benny ended up with a couple of pornos. 😅🤣🤣😅🤣😅

[@SleepyAdam]

Man sinister 3 looks good

[@koltinn]

Loffe Brown I think it is-

[@Jared_Wignall]

28:12

[@spiderlime]

the subscribers have the right to know!

[@luisreyes1963]

No they don't. 😯

[@memyopinionsche6610]

What's with the weird gloves.. Are you IRON MAN in disguise Ben?

[@knd1379]

I think the man doth protest too much...

[@SirChubbyBunny]

OwO

[@therealrockstargamer]

Porn films from the 60s and 70s Ben