Oddities Screen Vol 1 No 5 1935

This 1935 silent newsreel, Oddities Screen Magazine (Vol. 1, No. 5), shot in black-and-white 16mm, unveils quirky U.S. tales. In Philadelphia, mystifying liquid air experiments dazzle as “black magic” science. New Straitsville, Ohio, smolders from an 1884 coal mine fire costing $50M. Yakima, Washington, births 500 lambs daily, while Lonoke, Arkansas, ships millions from its vast fish hatchery. Antique autos chug in Philly’s Derby, and San Francisco’s Itchy and Scratchy fish brawl. A pre-war oddities reel, it blends wonder with Americana.