Uploaded July 2009 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Trailer for a US film.
Director: Fred Dekker
Starred: Jason Lively, Steve Marshall
DVD: Apparently due for release October 2009.
Trailer for a US film.
Director: Fred Dekker
Starred: Jason Lively, Steve Marshall
DVD: Apparently due for release October 2009.
![Video Classics Opening Logos [various], MEDA & Media Home Entertainment, Electric Blue & VCL Idents](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XiBDJ943EXE/mqdefault.jpg "Video Classics Opening Logos [various], MEDA & Media Home Entertainment, Electric Blue & VCL Idents
Presenting a selection of opening logos from Video Classics, which also includes a variety of other logos for labels they managed for a time, from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. The company distributed throughout Australia and New Zealand, and for a short while had branches in North America.
The opening logos that appear on Video Classics releases were never consistent. For example, some of the Gold titles didnt have the Video Classics Gold logo, but a generic one. Some of the adult films had the second logo shown here, whereas some did not, etc, etc.
The video is as follows [years are estimates]:
* Video Classics Opening Logo [1978 - 1982]
* Video Classics Opening Logo [1983 - 1985]
* Video Classics Opening Logo & Preview Advice [1984]
* Video Classics Closing Promotional Sequence [1984]
* Video Classics Opening Logo Grid Sequence with Copyright Scroll [1983 - 1984]. Idents displayed are as follows:
~ Media Home Entertainment
~ Electric Blue (picture is from EB Vol. 007)
~ Sports World Cinema
~ VCL
~ The Nostalgia Merchant
~ Video Classics (first logo)
~ Wizard Video
~ Movies At Midnight (picture is taken from the cover art of the 1981 adult film Neon Nights)
~ Video Classics Gold
* Video Classics Gold [1984]
* MEDA Home Entertainment [1978 - 1979]
* Media Home Entertainment - PAL tweaked, pitched audio [early 1980s]
* Electric Blue - shortened version [1983 - 1984]
* VCL [1982]
* VCL [1985- 1986]
Note:
* I have since obtained Sports World Cinema but have yet to upload it. The Nostalgia Merchant or Wizard Video logos are easy to find on YouTube.
* There was no separate logo for the Movies At Midnight label.")
![Moonstone Entertainment Ident [USA]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZRv5bOyTjEA/mqdefault.jpg "Moonstone Entertainment Ident [USA]
Opening logo for an American film production and distribution company. From the late 1990s, though I cant recall where I got this one from.")
![Storytime Collection - Opening Logo [PBV Australia / NZ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_kmgvpG1JFI/mqdefault.jpg "Storytime Collection - Opening Logo [PBV Australia / NZ]
Storytime Collection was a sub-label of the Publishing and Broadcasting Video group in Australia and New Zealand, and was co-branded with Star Video. The label specialised in childrens animation films that were released on home video in the mid 1980s.
Their releases were often double features - two cartoons that were around 30 to 45 minutes long. Not all of the releases were double though; usually cartoons than ran for at least one hour were released as a stand alone title.
The anime scenes and characters shown in the grid are as follows:
Captain Future (top left, bottom right)
Candy Candy (top centre)
Little Lulu (top right)
Buster the Bear (middle left)
Jules Vernes From the Earth to the Moon (middle centre)
Peter Cottontail (middle right)
Captain Harlock (bottom left)
Jules Vernes Mysterious Island (bottom centre).")
