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HEY ERYBODY, we're trying out some new formats for the show! Starting with… Secret Histories!! Videogames about war are obviously super popular, and war itself is becoming more and more like a videogame (drones, anyone?). But do you know about the links between the government and the videogame industry, dating back almost 60 years?!?! Watch the episode and find out more!

ASSETS

0:20
Target You (1950s Nuclear propaganda US Govt. film)
youtube.com/watch?v=YOQswEHV5hE

0:24
US_Army_Missile_Man_Training_The_Big_Picture_-_1950_s_American_Military_Film_-_WDTVLIVE42
youtube.com/watch?v=f8MhpeAuSQs

0:30
Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle Civil Defense Film
youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60

0:54
The MGM-31 Pershing Ballistic Missile Testing - ICBM Testing 1960s
youtube.com/watch?v=sB1hyjqtFK4

1:02
Tennis For Two - The second ever computer game (Low)
youtube.com/watch?v=s2E9iSQfGdg

1:15
Preparation for Nuclear War - Nevada Test Site - Soldiers at Ground Zero - 1950's
youtube.com/watch?v=_mdeF_AK0u8

1:23
The Nike Hercules Story 1960 Army Film
youtube.com/watch?v=u-YCngMLg6I

1:39
1959 Donner 3500 Portable Analog Computer
youtube.com/watch?v=2HT7scFacZE

2:01
The Original Video Game
youtube.com/watch?v=6PG2mdU_i8k

2:25
Patsy Cline - I Fall to Pieces
youtube.com/watch?v=HG-8uZg2uV0

2:28
Chubby Checker - Pony Time
youtube.com/watch?v=JyaxcvHSyZY

2:31
Space War (1961) [Re-Uploaded]
youtube.com/watch?v=UP2OaKHaDxM

2:50
1963 DEC - PDP 1 computer, enabling computer games
youtube.com/watch?v=tyDZjEcCgaI

4:42
Gigantic Video Game Convention!
youtube.com/watch?v=iJERjQSrY_M

4:45
Christmas Video Game RAGE!
youtube.com/watch?v=AYCVxtqyVOk

5:42
FLYIT Helicopter Simulator
youtube.com/watch?v=F5suMUIEWm4

6:24
Crazy tug of war cat
youtube.com/watch?v=qEmrMoxLQkw

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Comments

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MUSIC:

"Oh Damn!" by CJVSO
soundcloud.com/downpitched/cjvso-oh-damn

"Digital Sonar" by Brink


"Mindphuck" by Known To Be Lethal
youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr7l9yBw

"After Hours"


"Lakes" by Chooga
youtube.com/watch?v=E8hnsQc9ST0

"Beautiful Days" by Extan
soundcloud.com/extandnb/beautiful-days

"Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix" by Foniqz
soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/foniqz-spectrum-subdiffusion

"Good Way Song" by Electronic Rescue


"Alice y Bob" by Javier Rubio and Parsec
archive.org/details/escala19_vvaa_escala_no_uniforme

"Sleet" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet

"Toaster" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster

"Patriotic Songs of America" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet
freemusicarchive.org/music/New_York_Military_Band_and_the_American_Quartet/Edison_Amberol_457/cusb-cyl3890d

"Lets Go Back To The Rock" by Outsider
jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider

"Run" by Outsider
jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider

"Fame" by Statue of Diveo
jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo

"Freedom Weekends" by Statue of Diveo
jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo

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And thanks to Iain Andrews for the use of his photos in the background: enwandrews.tumblr.com

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