Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genesis 0:0’ - The Light from the Darkness (1997)
Genre : Documentary, Animation
Runtime : 27M
Synopsis
A promotional video for the film “Death and Rebirth.” Released on January 25, 1997, it contains an overview of the series’ plot, cast interviews, a music video for “Soul’s Refrain,” and several trailers for the film.
Edward G. Robinson talks to the audience about the history of gangster films and introduces his latest vehicle.
A promotional video celebrating the 1994 Barbie Show at Epcot and various Barbie products.
A young doctor and his home economics expert sister teach us about the benefits of meat.
Animated segments which might have originally framed live action footage of bakers at work making Wonder Bread and Hostess cakes.
Promotional short produced for the opening of the Metro Cinema in Cairo in 1940.
This short plugs the new tunes written by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel for the movie "College Rhythm" and shows the audience how they were written and rehearsed. Naturally it also advertises the movie.
A series of 26 net movies, comedy-themed shorts (one for every letter of the alphabet) that were released by Toei to promote the Kamen Rider W summer movie, Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate.
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An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at the time. Such as The Women, Thunder Afloat, Siren of the Tropics, Ninotchka, Northwest Passage, and At the Circus.
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.
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Clip-filled promotional short by MGM Studios celebrating the body of work by producer David O. Selznick.
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Dore Schary presents clips from upcoming Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films.
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