Uploaded October 2009 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago
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 children's 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 Verne's From the Earth to the Moon (middle centre)
Peter Cottontail (middle right)
Captain Harlock (bottom left)
Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (bottom centre).
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 children's 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 Verne's From the Earth to the Moon (middle centre)
Peter Cottontail (middle right)
Captain Harlock (bottom left)
Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (bottom centre).
![Palace Vibrant Video: from Commuter Husbands (1972) [edited]
The start and end of a Palace Vibrant Video, taken from Commuter Husbands (1972), with edits. This label released R-rated softcore and/or bowlderized adult films in Australia on video cassette for the rental market from 1984 onwards, for a few years. This particular one was released in late 1984.
It is as follows:
* R rating advice
* Palace Vibrant Video opening logo
* Delicious (1981) - trailer
* Oh Lucky Boy! (1973) - trailer
* The Pussycat Syndrome (1983) - trailer
* Stay watching advice (edited, with the titles of the movies added by me)
* Start of Commuter Husbands and some of the end credits
* Hot Legs (1979) - trailer
* The Pornbrokers (1973) - trailer
As with other retro start and end videos on my channel, this is presented here for its historical interest and educational value, and to give you an understanding of the type of promotional material they contained. I realise its weirdly edited and I am sorry for this. But very explicit content is not permitted on YouTube (see Community Guidelines). So its either this or nothing at all. It sits behind an age restriction and is not intended for viewing by minors.
The edited trailer for Commuter Husbands itself has also been uploaded and can be viewed by searching YouTube for commuter husbands trailer . It was taken from the release of Delicious.
Aside from the films listed above and in the stay watching advice, other earlier titles released by this label included:
* Emanuelle, The Porno Nights
* Sextoons
* Come Play With Me
* The Ecstasy Girls
* Bad Girls
* Desires Within Young Girls
* Nurses of the 407 ~
* Up n Coming ~
* Emanuelle 3
* Divine Emanuelle
* Love, Lust & Ecstasy
* Tropic of Desire ~
* Object of Desire ~
* Oriental Blue
* Sensations
* Temptations
* Teenage Sex Kitten
* A Scent of Heather
* Intimate Lessons ~
* Expose Me Now ~
And heaps more.
The titles above that have a ~ next to it were also released in their uncut, hardcore X-rated versions on Palace X Video label in 1984. Palace Vibrant Video: from Commuter Husbands (1972) [edited]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ajh-DyhhTeo/mqdefault.jpg)

![Palace Opening Logos (Films, Explosive, Vibrant, Family, Home, Academy), Promos & Ratings Advices
This video contains opening logos, trailer promos, and ratings advices, from the various Palace labels. It is not a definitive list.
Palace is an Australian company, and is not affiliated with a similarly named British company.
The video is as follows:
OPENING LOGOS FROM 1984 - 1986
* Palace Films
* Palace Explosive Video
* Palace Vibrant Video
* Palace Family Video
* Palace Home Video
* Palace Academy Video
followed by a...
* Palace Academy Club promo
TWO RATINGS ADVICES FROM 1984 TO 1986
* R ratings advice
* X ratings advice
MORE OPENING LOGOS FROM 1986 ONWARDS
* Palace Entertainment Corporation [with preview advice and trailer reel]
* Palace Entertainment Corporation presents
* Palace Films [armoured boy version]
* Palace Films [silent - armoured boy]
The various Palace home video labels commenced in 1984. It was a joint venture between Village Roadshow (VR), Blake Films, and a private investor named Antony Veccola.
The label released everything from G-rated kids movies (e.g. The Magic of Lassie, Legend of Hiawatha, Dunderklumpen, etc), to arthouse (e.g. Pixote, Mystery of Oberwald, etc), to the less mainstream titles acquired by VR (e.g. Lassiter, The Hotel New Hampshire, etc), as well as various exploitation and porn films acquired by Blake (e.g. Princess & The Call Girl, Insatiable, Bloodsucking Freaks, etc).
Zeccola bought out VR and Blake in 1985, and the opening logos eventually changed. Palace as a company has been operating since 1965, and Zeccola is still in the distribution business. It also runs a chain of cinemas. Palace Opening Logos (Films, Explosive, Vibrant, Family, Home, Academy), Promos & Ratings Advices](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b9SoUTECbKA/mqdefault.jpg)
![80s Horror Trailer Compilation
A selection of retro horror movie trailers from the 1980s, taken from VHS rentals tapes released in Australia.
Trailers are as follows:
* Spookies (1986)
* Demons (1985)
* Demons 2 (1986)
* Silent Night Deadly Night (1984)
* Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
[had to slightly edit this one, sorry!]
* Bloody New Year (1987) 80s Horror Trailer Compilation](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bc_mo4bMnvs/mqdefault.jpg)
![Indecent Pleasures (1984) - Teaser Trailer [edited]
Teaser for a US adult film.
Director: Phillip Jem
Starred: Jessie St. James, Bridgette Monet, Erica Boyer
DVD: Released in the USA on the Caballero Classics label.
Note: The trailer was heavily edited. About half of it was trimmed out. Indecent Pleasures (1984) - Teaser Trailer [edited]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cL_VdBQmKgg/mqdefault.jpg)




![Music Video Opening Logos
Various opening idents, for home videos that primarily consisted of music videos. The logos are as follows:
* Festival Video [Australia]
This one was used in the late 1980s and into the 1990s. Festival often obtain the distribution rights for other music companies, such as Chrysalis, and also had alliances with Mushroom.
* Mushroom Video [Australia]
Also from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Mushroom was eventually bought out by Festival in 1999, before both were acquired by Warner in 2005.
* WEA Music Video [Canada / Australia / New Zealand]
From the mid 1980s, includes copyright scroll. Its supposed to be silent, but has a strange audio test overlay. Warner is obviously the parent US company, but they used a special label in the countries noted. It is an acronym for Warner Elektra Atlantic.
* Warner Music Vision [USA]
From 1993. Somewhat similar to the existing ones on YouTube, though it is shorter and has a different music theme. It appeared on an Australian release.
* Virgin Music Video [UK]
From 1989. Was sometimes a licensed distributor for smaller record labels.
* White Records [Australia]
From 1992. Taken from a collection of hard rock music videos called Collision, as released in Australia. A lot of the bands on this video are signed to Warner in the USA, so I am presuming that White was an affiliate or subsidiary of that company.
* Rajon Vision [Australia]
I think this was from 2004, and appeared on music video collection DVDs. The Rajon Music Group is essentially an independent record label, but is owned by its parent company, being Sony Music Australia.
* Disky [The Netherlands]
From 2001. Disky tended to distribute music video compilation DVDs. Their music was apparently licensed from EMI. Music Video Opening Logos](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/edDLoe8xub0/mqdefault.jpg)
