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View-Master®
Atomic Tests in 3-D Three Reel Set 
 "Atomic
Tests in 3-D" features actual 3-D images of atomic
bomb tests. The custom produced View-Master® three-reel
scenic title blistercard is now available from Visual Concept
Entertainment (VCE). The 3-D images range from photos taken
in the 1950s prior to and during a nuclear explosion at
a test site in Nevada as well as photos taken of buildings
that still exist at the site today.
The Atomic Tests in 3-D three-reel set features a visit
to the Nevada test site in 3-D in 21 View-Master® images.
Through these reels, you are there for the preparation,
detonation and aftermath of an atomic explosion. Witness
images of a house being destroyed in 3-D. Images also let
you see the Nevada Test Site as it is today in three dimensions!
The 1950s era 3-D images on the reels are exceptional.
Some of the images show buildings being blown apart and
trees bending over from the shockwave of the bomb blast.
The images taken during the actual explosion are hyperstereos,
making the buildings, telephone poles and trees look like
toys.
Atomic Tests in 3-D Reel A (Printed in red ink)
1. Atomic Tests in 3-D title.
2. Entrance to the Nevada Test Site.
3. Houses and buildings were built to simulate an American
town.
4. Dummys were put into houses to represent American families.
5. Automobiles are readied for the Atomic Test.
6. Observers await the countdown to an Atomic Explosion.
7. "Apple-2" 29-kiloton atomic detonation, May
5, 1955
Atomic Tests in 3-D Reel B (Printed in green ink)
1. Observers are silhouetted by the flash of the Atomic
Explosion!
2. The heat burns the surface of a two-story house.
3. The shockwave slams into the two-story house.
4. Paint on the surface of a single story house smokes from
the heat.
5. The single family home is blown apart from the shockwave.
6. An aluminum shed is crushed by they shockwave.
7. Trees are blown back by the force of the explosion.
Atomic Tests in 3-D Reel C (Printed in blue ink)
1. Some areas are still radioactive after 50 years.
2. One of the two-story houses still stands in Yucca Flats.
3. A lone yucca tree grows near the remaining weathered
house.
4. A damaged concrete dome sits out in Frenchman Flat.
5. An old bank vault, damaged by a 37-kiloton blast.
6. The Sedan Crater was formed by a 104-kiloton H-bomb explosion.
7. The icecap tower represents the last underground nuclear
test
Images are copyright VCE.com. VCE is a leading provider
of technical and creative services to producers and distributors
of television programming, feature films and other media
product both domestically and internationally.
Visual Concept Entertainment began in 1982 after founder
Peter Kuran finished work as animation supervisor for Industrial
Light and Magic (ILM) on George Lucas' The Empire Strikes
Back. Kuran started his career in 1976 working as an
animator on the original Star Wars.
Since that time, Kuran and VCE have worked on over 250
theatrical motion pictures including both Addams Family
films and all three Robocop features. The latest
feature work from VCE was seen in Men In Black, The
6th Day, Thirteen Days and A Beautiful Mind.
This year, Kuran won an Academy Award in the Scientific
and Technical Achievement category for his RCI Color Restoration
Process.
As a filmmaker, Kuran has produced five documentaries on
the subject of Atomic history, weapons and testing. In 1995,
Kuran produced and directed the award winning film Trinity
and Beyond (the Atomic Bomb Movie) and has since produced
Atomic Filmmakers, Atomic Journeys and Nukes
in Space.
Kuran participated in a special showing of 3-D atomic test
footage at the World
3-D Film Festival held on Sept. 18, 2003. The film short,
Doom Town (1953, 13 min., b&w) received very
limited distribution in 1953, and had not been seen since.
Doom Town is the story of a nuclear test explosion
done on May 17, 1953. In addition to the short itself, newly
discovered and declassified 3-D footage of the bomb blast
aftermath featuring the buildings being blown over and the
trees being uprooted was presented for the first time. Kuran,
who discovered and preserved the footage, was on hand to
present the material and answer questions prior to the film's
screening.
The Atomic Tests in 3-D three-reel set is priced at $10.95
and can be ordered online from The Atomic Store at www.vce.com.
The reels are printed in different ink colors, in keeping
with how Fisher-Price currently issues three-reel scenic
titles. Reel A is printed in red ink, Reel B in green ink
and Reel C in blue ink. The Atomic Tests in 3-D blister
card is Stock No. C4635 for View-Master® collectors
who keep track of the factory numbering system.
View-Master®
Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon
 The
Evergreen
Aviation Museum is featured on a custom produced View-Master®
three-reel blister card set released in summer 2003. The
Evergreen Aviation Museum is the home of many historic and
interesting aircraft. The Museum's mission: "To inspire
and educate, to promote and preserve aviation history and
to honor the patriotic service of our veterans."
This View-Master® set is a timely release with 2003
being the 100th anniversary of the first flight of the Wright
Brothers. One of the images on Reel B features a replica
of the fragile-looking Wright Flyer, which started man's
ability to take to the skies. The true scale of the many
aircraft are pictured in the images. The images allow you
to peer into the cockpit of a World War II era bomber, stand
under the wingspan of massive aircraft that towers over
a Curtiss A-22 Falcon, and a very lifelike Howard Hughes
mannequin sits at the controls of the Spruce Goose.
The "WOW" factor 3-D quality on the reels is
spectacular. The excellent 3-D images featured on the reels
were photographed by well-known View-Master® photographer
Charley Van Pelt.
Evergreen Aviation Museum Reel A
1. Evergreen Aviation Museum
2. Spruce Goose flight deck
3. "Howard" at the controls
4. Spruce Goose cargo bay
5. Spruce Goose, museum interior
6. Spruce Goose, west side view
7. The Museum at twilight
Evergreen Aviation Museum Reel B
1. F-15 & Capt. M.K. Smith Memorial
2. Curtiss Jenny & DH-4M-1
3. Wright Flyer replica
4. Helicopters on display
5. DC-3A ex UAL
6. Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
7. Curtiss A-22 Falcon
Evergreen Aviation Museum Reel C
1. B-17G Flying Fortress
2. P-40 Warhawk
3. P-38 Lightning
4. P-51D Mustang, honors Oregon National Guard
5. British Spitfire/German BF-109
6. TBM Avenger
7. FG-1D Corsair
Copyrights to Spruce Goose and its images are held by the
Captain Michael King Smith Educational Institute and Evergreen
Aviation Museum. The Evergreen Aviation Museum View-Master®
set is sold through Finley-Holiday exclusively through the
Museum.
More than 250,000 people have visited the museum in the
first 14 months that it has been open. The Evergreen Aviation
Museum is best known as the home of the world's largest
wooden airplane, Howard Hughes' famous "Spruce Goose."
There are more than 40 vintage aircraft on display, along
with aviation artwork, the Spruce Goose Cafe and Museum
Store. Miss America 2002 Katie Harman chose the Evergreen
Aviation Museum for her wedding reception.
The Museum schedules numerous guest speakers such as a
reception featuring Walter Cronkite or the legendary Capt.
Al Haynes, a 33-year aviation veteran, who on July 19, 1989,
piloted United Airlines Flight 232. The flight departed
Denver at 2:09 p.m. and climbed to 37,000 feet. At 3:16
p.m., the flight crew notified Minneapolis Air Traffic Control
that the No. 2 engine had failed and the aircraft was marginally
controllable. Capt. Haynes directed the crippled aircraft's
spectacular, but lifesaving, crash landing at the Sioux
City, S.D. airport. The plane, which had suffered hydraulic
failure along with loss of the engine, catapulted upon landing,
split in two and erupted in a fireball. Of the 293 on board,
184 survived, due to the determination and skills of the
pilots, flight crew, attendants and those on ground at the
airport.
This soaring glass, steel and wood museum is the West Coast’s
latest addition to the preservation of flight history and
innovation. The Evergreen Aviation Museum's hours are 9
a.m. to 6 p.m., daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas Day,
New Year's Day and Easter. An extensive museum store and
friendly cafe add to the Museum experience. The Museum is
located at 3685 N.E. Three Mile Lane, across the road from
Evergreen International Aviation and about three miles southeast
of McMinnville, Oregon, on Highway 18. Regular visitor admission
is required. Call (503) 434-4180 for more information.
The reels are printed in different ink colors, in keeping
with how Fisher-Price currently issues three-reel scenic
titles. Reel A is printed in red ink, Reel B in green ink
and Reel C in blue ink. The Evergreen Aviation Museum blister
card is Stock No. B8111 for View-Master® collectors
who keep track of the factory numbering system.
View-Master®
General Motors Overdrive 2003 Models Reel
 In
early 2003, General Motors produced a special View-Master®
single reel to promote its new line of 2003 automobiles.
The reels were handed out with a red viewer at the Automobile
drive at Disney's Epcot.
The GM logo with the words "Overdrive, 2003 Models,
gm.com" is printed in black ink on the single reel.
Images on the reel include
1. Chevy SSR
2. Pontiac Vibe GT
3. Cadillac CTS
4. GMC Envoy XL
5. Buick Rendezvous
6. Hummer H2
7. Saturn VUE
PhotoEd
Magazine Winter 2003 3-D Issue
 The
winter 2003 issue of Canada's PhotoEd magazine is dedicated
to stereo photography. The magazine is a must-have addition
to your 3-D magazine collection. The issue is loaded with
free-view and anaglyphic images. Some of the advertisements
also feature 3-D images.
The quality of images found in this magazine is outstanding.
Printed on high gloss paper, the level of detail on the
anaglyphs are some of the finest ever printed. The cover
photo features an anaglyph of a dinosaur skeleton photographed
by John LaRoucque. "Miners and Packers Climbing the
'Golden Stair' Trail, Chilkoot Pass on the way to the Klondike
Gold Fields" is a Keystone stereocard from 1898 converted
to anaglyph for the article about the history of stereoscopy.
A free pair of Kodak Professional anaglyphic glasses is
included with the magazine.
Articles in the magazine include
3-D 101
Getting started in stereo photography by Stan White
A Stereoscopic History
by Robert G. Wilson
How-To
Free Viewing Stereo Pairs and Making Anaglyphs
Stan White
Fine Art Stereo Cards and Table Top Stereo Photography
Nathalie Daoust
A Photographer's New York Hotel Story by Emily Sharpe
Why I Shoot 3-D
by Simon Bell
Photo Gallery
Submissions from readers
PhotoEd magazine editor Felix Russo notes, "Photography
is now so common that we often take for granted its "WOW"
factor. One area of photography that has retained the ability
to fascinate and delight is stereo photography. Get started
in 3-D with Stan White's article. Read about the history
of 3-D and the part it played in educating and entertaining
a generation. Robert Wilson's article shows the part stereo
photography played in our photographic heritage. The How-To
section will have you free-viewing and making anaglyphs
in no time. The fascination continues and stereo photography
is alive and well. I am sure you will be inspired and motivated
by the work of Stan White, Nathalie Daoust, Simon Bell and
the many readers who submitted stereo images."
The 3-D issue of PhotoEd
magazine can be ordered for $6 in USA funds by sending
your name, address, city, state, ZIP code and e-mail address
to PhotoEd Magazine, 2100 Bloor Street West, Suite 621B,
Toronto, Ontario M6S 5A5. You can subscribe for the entire
2003-04 series of PhotoEd magazine for $16, which includes
the Winter 3-D issue.
Marvel
ComX3D Features Spider-Man, The Hulk and X-Men Comics in
3-D
  Now
Spider-Man swings off the pages of the comics right into
your face. The Incredible Hulk smashs his way out of your
computer screen. The entire universe of Marvel Comics characters
come bursting off the PC screen on the new Marvel ComX3D
comics.
The mini-CDs feature collectible CD-Rom packaging with
each unit including a show-through lenticular 3-D character
view. Retail price is $4.99. Promotion includes Multi-Character
Point of Sale Displays featuring Marvel characters. Launch
titles include Spider Man, X-Men
and The Incredible Hulk - Marvel's three biggest sellers
of all-time. One full, interactive comic book is featured
per disk with Special X3D Glasses™ folded into each
unit. The Spider Man box contains two comics. A 3-D version
of Spider Man #30 and a Marvel Team Up between Spider Man
and The Incredible Hulk.
The first limited release collection features six comic
book titles on a "mini" CD-ROM as a first edition
release in 3-D. ComX3D
Deluxe #1 features Spider-Man (2 issues), Hulk (2 issues),
Wolverine, X-Men (2 issues) and Marvels (20 Super-Heroes).
The limited edition CD-ROM is not available in store. You
can only order it online at a cost of $14.95 plus shipping.
Future collections let viewers embark upon 3-D adventures
to experience key moments from the comic and encounter a
variety of the Marvel Universe's personalities, environments
and sub-plots in 3-dimensions for the first time.
X3D has the rights to republish more than 50 Marvel superheroes
characters from the last 40 years. X3D promises over 4,000
exciting titles to come including modern, classic and retro
collections.
Lord
of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers
and The Return of the King Action Flipz Lenticular 3-D Cards
 Artbox
released a box set of Action Flipz lenticular 3-D cards
for the each of the three Lord of the Rings movies, The
Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return
of the King.
The box sets each include 24 packs of cards per box, four
Action Flipz and one sticker per pack. Each Lord of the
Rings Action Flipz box is sealed.
There are 60 3-D Action Flipz, six rare action flipz randomly
inserted, three ulra-rare action flipz and 24 chromium stickers.
Lord
of the Rings - The Two Towers and The Return of the King
5x7 Promotional Lenticular 3-D Card
 Actor
Elijah Wood is pictured as the Frodo character from The
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers. The oversized 5"x7"
lenticular card shows Frodo looking down at the one ring.
When the card is moved, Frodo lifts his head and looks straight
at you.
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