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Lost Media, Part Two: We Didn't Start The Fire
Lost Media, Part Two: We Didn't Start The Fire
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Oct 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Silent films took the world by storm, but the material they were manufactured from was notoriously -- cartoonishly -- flammable. Soon multiple studio buildings were burning to the ground. There wasn't always a spark involved, either: sometimes this stuff just spontaneously combusted. In part two of this two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max explore how silent films became so endangered in the modern day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Oct 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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