Lights, camera, action. Three magical words that bring our dreams to life and spark our
hidden desires to be heroes and heroines, lovers and clowns. Let's face it, every one
of us is in love with the movies and all the glamour that goes with it. So it was a natural
choice to bring you the very first of our Freeman's Home entertainment programmes from
this treasure trove of movie memorabilia, the Museum of Moving Image here in London.
Well, for the next 30 minutes or so, we're going to bring you a very special collection
of clips from some of the most exciting films and programmes available for you to buy on
video. You can find further details of every one of these releases from our fourth issue
of the Freeman's Home Entertainment catalogue. So without further ado, let's enjoy the first
selection of clips from the Freeman's Home Entertainment selection.
I'll be back. Only in a rerun. Go!
Down front, two males. I got him.
Why, with the strength of my great army, can you not find one little child?
A dangerous world. That's why we need your help.
Your journey has just begun. You are great.
I'm Ivan Danko, Moscow Special Police. I'm here to track down dangerous Soviet criminal.
A Chicago police officer is helping me. Bigfoot with a badge. How do you Soviets deal with
all the tension and stress? Vodka.
This Russian cop's trying to clean up Chicago overnight. No way. Chicago cop never relinquishes
his weapon. Here.
He's a bright-eyed boy from Montana on his first trip to the big city.
Hello, bozos! That's my good friend, number Johnny Five.
And that's me with the dark hair on. Oh, urban in-class. You with porcupines.
Smile! Hello there, young urban professionals. I know what your heads are thinking.
It's Ramiya Tsubishi!
I'm back! I'm Baron Munchausen.
Grover's Bend. It's just a speck on the map of the universe.
Transform. They get a different class of tourist here.
Company's coming. Noisier.
Ghostbusters. Hey, anybody see a ghost?
They catch the ghost that won't stay dead. The city is headed for a disaster of biblical
proportion. Real Wrath of God-type stuff.
I didn't know that. Know what?
I didn't know that. It was your birthday today. No, it was yesterday.
Oh, well, you know, happy birthday for yesterday. I'm sincerely happy birthday, man.
Thanks. Maybe we'll stay alive long enough for me to
buy you a present.
Music and film have always gone hand in hand, whether your taste is Beethoven or Bananarama,
and Freemans have a great choice in music and videos, all with hi-fi stereo sound.
But there I first met you, the light in your eyes awoke in my heart, and now I see you.
You've broken my heart, sweet friend. So now, far away.
How long must I wait? How much more must I take?
Before I only know. What caused my heart to heartbreak?
No, I can't beg to live my life alone. I've grown impatient for love to call my own.
You ain't nothing but a hound dog. You ain't nothing but a hound dog.
My friends say I'm after the wildest boar. I'm all shook up.
You can do anything with the hope of my blue suede shoes.
That was Freemans' terrific selection of comedy and humor videos, but first, let's have a
break and a quick look at what's in store from the Freemans' main catalogue.
Remember, Freemans offer fast, free delivery. Straight to your door on any item, no matter
how big or small.
You can capture those golden moments on the Hitachi VM2300 VHS camcorder. Choke a block
with features, including built-in character generator, six-time zoom, tele-macro lens,
three shutter speeds, and four hours recording capacity.
For sensational value, the Crown CD MIDI system Hi-Fi is music to your ears. With CD player,
high-speed twin cassette dubbing, and six-band graphic equalizer, it's quality Hi-Fi for a
price. Or why not keep in touch, even when you're out, with the Super Audio Line 890
telephone answering machine. This incredible value advanced system phone has a 10-memory
soft-touch keypad with a built-in remote-activated call retrieval answer phone.
Finally, for 20 watts of Hi-Fi stereo sound on the move, how about the JVC RCX510 with
a built-in CD as well as twin cassettes and a four-band tuner, all for a staggeringly
low price from Freeman's.
Remember, Freeman's are out to save you money by giving you free home service on many of
their TVs, videos, and Hi-Fis. Check the catalogue for details where you see this sign.
My mother will be as pleased as Punch. If only she were as good-looking as Punch, Boris.
There is, however, one slight flaw in the plan. You're the worst cook in the entire
world.
Oh, yeah, that's right.
There are amoeba on Saturn who could boil a better egg than you.
Why's that, sir?
Because there's an air raid going on, and I don't want to have to write to your mother
at London Zoo. I'd tell her that her only human child is dead.
All right, sir, it's just that I didn't know there was an air raid on.
I couldn't hear anything over the noise of the terrific display by our wonderful boys
of the Royal Flying Corps, sir.
What?
I thought to myself, now what part shall I give Eric? Something serious, something dramatic,
something really exciting.
I'd like to give the poor folks a wee nod before we start.
Oh, the Edmund Hillary's. Albert Hall, eh?
It's amazing that we don't know how to be honest. I mean, we can't. We cannot tell the
truth. You're in a restaurant, right? You're in a restaurant, and you're having a bit of
a meal with a partner of your choice, et cetera, and you're going, it's the worst food I've
ever had. It's the worst food. I can't believe this food. It's the worst. I can't believe
it. I cannot believe this food. It's the worst food I've ever had.
Here comes the waiter. How was your meal, sir? It's lovely. It's beautiful. Lovely. Thank
you.
Once upon a time on a rainy Saturday morning, much to the relief of our parents, we kids
were bundled off to the cinema club with sixpence in our pockets. Today, with the help of Freemans,
there are simpler ways of keeping the children amused.
Here comes Teddy. Hello, Teddy.
Look, Teddy's waving with his feet, because Andy-Pandy did.
Weeek! Weeek!
And up popped the first flowerpot man.
And he only had time to say, hello, little weed. Hello, little weed.
Before a sunbeam shone right in his eyes, and he shut them tight and popped down.
Yes, you can see from here, Paris, for 30 kilometers.
That is very expensive. I did not mean that. You get dafter by the minute. It means that you can see it for a distance of 30 kilometers from this very place.
The whole of Paris.
Say again?
Something else came down the drain. It was a powerful mutagen.
It caused whoever touched it to take on the form of whatever animal it had most recently been in contact with.
Wee turtles started becoming human, because we'd most recently been with you, but you'd most recently been in contact with the rats.
Almost there.
Well, master, how'd I do?
Three minutes, 26 seconds. Not your best time, Michelangelo.
We are approaching, men, the final phrase in the construction of the most concise mode of transport yet produced.
Or so its inventor, Erbcore, informs me. I is hungry.
Oh, please don't. Please don't eat me.
I spots what you is thinking. Because I is a giant, you reckon I is going to gobble you up and crunch your bones.
One envelope had a drawing of a cat on it, and the writing looked very much like Katie Potty's.
Why don't you open them? Then you'll know who sent them.
So Pat did. What a surprise. They were all birthday cards.
Katie stood them in a row along the counter.
The tide had come in. Both ends of Little Bay were now cut off, and his beach was getting smaller every minute.
What a mess. Took a huge breath and gave a super high, lonely puppy hyperlap.
Which end shall I open first?
That end. Just a tiny bit.
Now a bit more.
You finish it. I can't.
No, Grandpa, you do it.
All right. Here goes.
Television sports coverage has certainly come a long way since the days of the BBC at Alexandra Palace.
Not that I was around at the time, you understand.
And video technology today has made sports coverage even more exciting to watch.
Nowadays, sports videos are very collectible, and Freemans have got the best.
We've chosen ten matches that reflect all the excitement of Italian 90 and the final itself.
And, of course, the World Cup was given a send-off that was full of Italian elegance and charm.
I've had negotiations at length with Ferrari and for the film crew to be with me here today
and to be able to film the car as closely as we are and have a look at all the machinery is quite extraordinary.
I mean, I think in recent years it's never been done. I think in the past it's never been done like we're doing it.
Marciano hits Lane with a punishing left. That punch really hurt. Lane is tired now.
And you'll see how he lowers his guard. A dangerous mistake against Marciano.
Marciano throws a short right and Lane goes down and out.
Remember, on every item you buy from Freemans, you have 14 days to make sure it's exactly what you want.
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With its unique grip from the Torsen bar and special soft cell chamber, Adidas Torsen is the ultimate running shoe.
A perfect Christmas gift for anyone interested in sport is a designer hold-off for all their sporting equipment.
Featured here is the head Monte Carlo with zip-off end compartment.
But there are many other styles to choose from in the sports news section.
Get fit in the comfort of your own home with the DP Body Tone 300.
Ideal for people with limited space, this multi-gym instantly converts from a horizontal rowing machine to an upright gym in seconds.
For excellent value-for-money fitness anywhere.
A stage further brings us the York 1001 Fitness Center with over 30 exercise variations, graduated resistance and up to 60 kilogram pulling power.
Features include leg curl, thigh extension, lap bar and pulley bar. Fitness for everyone.
With Freemans you can be sure that ordering your item could not be simpler.
That new models and fashions are constantly catered for, that value-for-money can be found throughout the catalogue.
Sport and sporting goods of the kind you've just seen are not the only special interest items available from Freemans.
Indeed on the video side, Freemans cater for a wide variety of tastes.
Dr Runcie's birthday tribute from the pulpit of St Paul's Cathedral echoed the thoughts and feelings of millions for this great lady.
The longest lived of all the kings and queens in British history.
So long that over the past 90 years she's come to represent a quite different image to the different generations.
For the last 30 years she's been the Queen Mother.
Don't lean too far forward, reach for the ceiling, tummies are tight, last one.
Okay, take the arms down, knees are soft, tummies tight, side bends and centre, side.
Are you letting it all hang out? Oh no you don't.
Because if you've just had an operation, a baby, or just let those tummy muscles completely go as you've piled on the weight, there are no more excuses.
Start right now losing weight and getting back into shape. Hi, how's your tummy?
So exercise can actually avoid that kind of risk.
So before we get down to it, tell us Doctor, how often should we exercise?
Well it's now known that twice a week if you have a good hour session you can exercise.
But ideally two or three times a week or if possible half an hour, a good brisk walk every day will actually make your bones much stronger and you a much fitter person.
Pull up out of the hips by holding your hands above your head and lean to your right side. Now hold that stretch and up.
Bend your right leg, pull up out of your hips and stretch directly to your side. It helps if you look down to the foot.
Most people have at least heard of cholesterol and understand that too much of it isn't good for our health.
It's actually cholesterol in the blood that does the damage in increasing the likelihood of a heart attack.
But it isn't just the cholesterol that we eat that raises the level in the blood.
Other dietary fats which we'll be discussing later have an even greater effect on raising the level of blood cholesterol.
We all know that some of the best videos we watch at home are chosen by the kids, even big kids like Frankie here.
They seem to instinctively know what's good or bad. Well here's some more releases chosen just for them.
Oops. Hi there.
Hi, I'm the one called Patch. Welcome aboard sir, speaking with the boys and myself.
Oh, you must be the missus.
Me?
Yeah, well we were expecting someone nice but not someone so young and pretty, pretty and young were we boys?
No.
Those years were vintage ones for Blue Peter as the program broke new ground in making television for children.
Besides Val and Chris there are three other presenters who will always be linked with Blue Peter in those days.
John Noakes, Peter Purvis and Leslie Judd.
How can you throw a pot?
That's the quickest how I've ever seen you do. What's next?
All right, you've seen a potter and a potter's wheel before. I know that.
But I've never ever tried it and I want to have a go at throwing a pot.
I've got my pottery wheel here. I've never had a go before, I promise you.
But my good friend Alan White from Pool Pottery has run me through the theory of all this.
This is impossible.
Have you built it?
It's a magic car. You always said it was a magic car.
I did?
Look, it's like a boat.
I knew Judy would save us.
Hang on everybody.
A floating car. What do you think of the Chancellor?
Yeah, but a car floating, floating on the waterfall.
Time to say good-bye. Hello, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late.
Oh, what fair hand!
I have an excellent idea. Let's change the subject.
I'm going to...
A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down, the medicine go down.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Oh, Ubisu, I want to be like you.
Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities.
Forget about your worries and your strife.
You know just where to stop, Thomas, lapped his driver.
You could almost manage it without me.
Thomas had become conceited. He didn't realize his driver was joking.
Later, he boasted to the others.
Driver says I don't need him now.
Don't be so daft, snorted Percy.
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Shiver me timbers, Lego has hit the Spanish main with their pirate sets.
Everything you'll need to hunt for buried treasure is here.
From galleons to dungeons, from working cannons to Treasure Island itself.
Sail on me, hearties.
The Ninja Scooty can be a modern stylish trike one moment.
A state-of-the-art rocker the next.
Or even a fabulous fun scooter.
The Ninja Scooty is a three-in-one marble for youngsters everywhere.
Something they will never grow out of.
Scalextrix, fun for all the family.
And Freemans have five different sets to choose from.
Including the brand new Batman Chase.
Finally, for the girls, how about a very special little baby.
From Hasbro, the Oopsy Daisy doll is just like the real thing.
Always getting into trouble.
Oopsy Daisy? Better keep an eye on her.
Remember, the shops are never closed with Freemans.
You can place an order 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on this number.
Hello, one at three and six, please.
Thank you.
Well, there it is, my ticket to see the big film in the museum.
And you'll find that Freemans is just the ticket for big screen entertainment in the comfort of your own home.
Great movies to keep, like these.
I don't believe you know my cousin, Madame de Vellange.
This is Chevrolet, and Madame's daughter, Cecile.
Tell us what we should think of the opera.
Oh, it's sublime, don't you find?
Monsieur Dorsini is one of those rare eccentrics who come here to listen to the music.
Niko! Niko!
He's got hooks over there!
Good luck, people.
Lamada fighting out of a head crowd.
Reeves is up against a tough fighter,
a man who doesn't know how to back up.
Lamada continues to bore in.
Lamada out of his mind, Reeves is down.
But did Lamada do it soon enough?
Jack, Jack, come here!
It's no good! It's Ohio, not New York!
Do I like to see your driver's license and proof of insurance?
Jamie! Jamie!
Boo!
Hold on.
Leland, we're ready to go with the contracts.
Leland, what's wrong?
My daughter's dead.
I've gotten them accustomed to me by mimicking them,
and they're fascinated by my facial grimaces
and other actions that I wouldn't be caught dead doing in front of anyone.
I feel like a complete fool,
but this technique seems to be working,
and because of the increased proximity,
I've been able to observe a lot never recorded before.
OCP spokesmen claim that the fearless machine has cooks on the run in old Detroit.
Today, kids at Lee Iacocca Elementary School got to meet in person
what their parents only read about in comic books.
Robo, excuse me, Robo, any special message for all the kids watching at home?
Stay out of trouble.
We want a uniform presence out in the street.
They're flying their colors, we're flying ours.
If I do something, I expect you to back me up.
My partner McGavin, new partner.
You get them off the street.
Lady, we're trying.
I am sick and tired of going to the funerals of black men who have been murdered by white men.
They are powerless against us if every single Anglo-Saxon Christian one of us stands together.
The rest of America don't see it that way, Mr. Mayor.
The rest of America don't mean a damn thing.
You and Mississippi, now.
Steve.
Kate.
Lemon.
Horton.
It could have been worse.
It could have been called Hitler or Tampon or something incredible's happened.
What's that?
I've fallen in love.
Great.
Two people.
Alone.
In the middle of the afternoon.
I'm not tired.
Ideal circumstances for Scrabble.
Perhaps you'll even learn a little bit about yourself and how you can bring happiness to those around you.
If that's the kind of movie you and your family will be looking for, then you won't want to see Dirty Rockin' Scoundrels.
I got the hippie hippie shakes.
Well now you shake it to the left.
They thought he was good.
They were wrong.
He was the best.
Where are you from?
Cleveland, Mayor.
Obviously, Vietnam's not that much of a change for you.
To the Vietnamese, he's a friend.
Give me some skin.
Yeah.
To his superiors, he's a problem.
What's he gonna be like when he's ten times as popular?
Robin Williams is Adrian Cronauer.
Big dogs landing on my face.
Jessica and Roger.
A man, a woman, a rabbit in a triangle of trouble.
Hide me, Eddie.
Please.
Roger's wanted for murder.
Jessica's wanted by Eddie.
Eddie's wanted by Roger.
Jessica.
Daddy.
Oh, honey bunny.
It's the greatest adventure a man, a woman, and a rabbit ever had.
The story of greed, sex, and murder.
I build 50-story skyscrapers.
I assemble cities of the future.
I can certainly put together a diaper.
Will somebody please tell me what the hell is going on around here?
Figure it out for yourself.
Are they always this strange?
Yes.
Since they got involved with another woman.
I hope it's just you that's loaded.
Cookie, what are you doing?
What did you do, Mother?
What exactly have you told her?
Enough.
And it all makes sense, too.
She forced Nick to stop seeing me.
What, so Nick was worthy of your charity, but he wasn't worthy of your daughter?
Is that it?
Well, I hope you enjoyed our little taste of the Freeman's Home Entertainment selection.
As you can see, there's a wealth of titles to choose from and the simplest of ways to order them.
Full details are all in the catalogue which accompanies this programme.
Remember, everyone loves the glamour and excitement of the movies,
which makes a video the perfect gift for a friend or relative.
All that leaves me to say is goodbye from this edition of Freeman's Home Entertainment
and the Museum of Moving Image.
Goodbye.