Yet another [American] Civil War, for Abraham Lincoln's birthday (1809).

 

Shot as fainted fragments* based on an Ambrose Bierce story, and outtakes from Karl Marx's diary, Amerikai anzix (litt. American Postcards) follows Hungarian-American cartographer Fiala, one of many of his countrymen fighting in the American Civil War.

 

*Using a technique described by Bódy as “light editing”, the footage looks worn and grimy.

Convicts: a convict settlement in Sydney Cove on January 26, 1788 marks what is considered the founding of Australia.

A scratch video from 1984 on the date Orwell died (1950). Date of production is either 84 or 85.

A heroic act for (National) Heroes' Day.

“You were so scared that you knocked out two tanks? Out of fright? Everybody hear? I wish everybody were so scared.”

– The General

“If that's Americanism, it's very hyphenated.”

– narrator

“Whoever dies for the country hasn't lived in vain. I, on the contrary, will live for the country because I'm not that stupid.”

– George A. Custer

“One… two… three… four… five… seven… six… six… eight… nine… nine…”

– Daisy Girl