http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/02/news-parade-of-the-year/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/02/news-parade-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1092398 Alan B. Barley Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:39:51 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/02/news-parade-of-the-year/#comment-1092398 Theya are selling 100 ft reels of 16mm film for $2.75 In 1946 the minimum wage was $0.40/hr [wiki.answers.com] $2.75 would be almost a full days pay after taxes 100' of 16mm is 2.78 minutes, or ~2 minutes and 45 seconds These defintely are going to be the "highlights" of 1946. Costing a full days pay, they had better be good! Theya are selling 100 ft reels of 16mm film for $2.75
In 1946 the minimum wage was $0.40/hr [wiki.answers.com]
$2.75 would be almost a full days pay after taxes
100′ of 16mm is 2.78 minutes, or ~2 minutes and 45 seconds
These defintely are going to be the “highlights” of 1946. Costing a full days pay, they had better be good!

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/02/news-parade-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-43675 Stannous Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:10:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/02/news-parade-of-the-year/#comment-43675 And a bunch more there too: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Castle+Films%22&search=Search And a bunch more there too:
http://www.youtube.com/results.....rch=Search

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/02/news-parade-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-43674 Stannous Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:08:52 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/02/news-parade-of-the-year/#comment-43674 Castle Films' Great Boxing Moments on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLLQiZODFTU (thanks to Rotoscope!) Castle Films’ Great Boxing Moments on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLLQiZODFTU
(thanks to Rotoscope!)

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