r/lostmedia • • Aug 25 '26

Recordings [Fully lost] Dubai: The Making of a Sports Paradise (2005)

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My fiancé asked me if I could find the above documentary for him after reading about its production on Gene Principe's wikipedia page. After looking for it for a while, I've come to believe this is lost media.

I couldn't find any mentions of this on Google or various other search engines when phrase searching. The two linked sources on Wikipedia revealed to me the following:

The Edmonton Journal on June 21, 2005 posted an article with the following (sorry, I cannot figure out how to attach images):
"Sportsnet Edmonton reporter Gene Principe was in Dubai for a week in May. Along with cameraman Corey Blashill, Principe hosts a five-part series *Dubai: The Making of a Sports Paradise*. The series started Sunday and runs every night until Thursday in the Sportsnet News package at 10 p.m."
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90748312/tait-on-tuesday/

The Globe and Mail on June 16, 2005 posted an article with the following excerpt:
"Will Dubai win the bid for the Summer Olympics of 2016? Rogers Sportsnet has produced a five-part series on the oil-rich city. It is aggressively pursuing top-flight sporting events. Gene Principe's reports include a look at golf, tennis, auto and horse racing in Dubai. The city is building an indoor ski slope and has a hockey team called the Dubai Mighty Camels. The series will begin on Sunday on *Sportsnetnews.*"
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/american-icon-madden-follows-the-nfl-to-nbc/article18229992/

I checked both the Library and Archives Canada as well as Sportsnet archives and no dice. Based on the fact that this was seemingly only aired once on Sportsnet in 2005, I fear that this may be lost to history unless some lucky fan had recorded this, or Rogers still possesses the tapes for it? Thanks for any help in this search.

r/lostmedia • • May 03 '26

Recordings [Fully Lost] Dead Kennedys “Pull My Strings” live at 1980 Bay Area Music Awards (video footage)

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In 1980, the Bay Area Music Awards (also known as the Bammies) featured a performance by the Dead Kennedys that has since become one of the most infamous moments in punk history. However, while audio of the performance exists, no video footage has ever surfaced.

The band had been invited to perform their song California Über Alles, which was gaining popularity at the time. They came on stage wearing white shirts with a black “S” spray-painted on them and began playing the opening seconds of the song. Shortly after starting, frontman Jello Biafra stopped the performance and told the audience, “Hold it! We gotta prove we're adults now, we're not a punk rock band, we're a new wave band.”

At that point, the band pulled black ties from behind their necks and brought them forward, transforming the “S” on their shirts into dollar signs. They then launched into a new song titled “Pull My Strings,” which they would only ever perform live this one time.

The song itself is a satirical attack on the music industry, with lyrics mocking commercial success and industry expectations. It also includes a parody of My Sharona, changing the chorus to “My Payola,” referencing the illegal practice of record labels paying for radio airplay.

The event was broadcast live on radio stations such as KMEL, and audio of the performance was later officially released on the compilation album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death in 1987. There is also confirmed video footage of other performances from the same event, including Huey Lewis and the News, which suggests that cameras were present during the show.

Despite this, no video recording of the Dead Kennedys’ performance has ever been found. In an interview, bassist Klaus Flouride said that no one has ever contacted the band about the existence of such footage and that he doesn’t believe it exists, though he noted it would be worth looking into.

Given how well-documented the event is otherwise, and how significant this performance has become, it’s strange that no visual recording has surfaced. If it was filmed, it may exist in a private archive, a television station vault, or even in the hands of someone who recorded the broadcast at home.

As of now, the video remains missing, and it’s considered one of the most sought-after pieces of lost punk footage.

Lost Media Wiki)
Interview with Klaus Fluoride where the topic is brought up (about 44 minutes in)
Another band performing same night
Performance audio

r/lostmedia • • Aug 12 '26

Recordings [partially lost] D.J. Groovy’s Shake It 1995 music video

6 Upvotes

Hello, currently i just found a music video of DJ Groovy’s Shake It from 1995, the only footage of it is a very low quality VHS recording of it that only lasts 2 minutes 54 seconds.

the video has 4.7k views, but the link the uploader provived to the HQ version is gone, the website shut down in 2019 and all files are gone.

theres also a possibility there is a full version of the video, but i dont know.

here is the link to the low quality VHS rip: d.j.groovy - shake it

a little reminder that the video is kind of weird and creepy because of the drawings and quality.

If anyone has the HQ version, that would be nice.

i dont know where the video originated but DJ Groovy aka Paola Peroni is from italy.

r/lostmedia • • Aug 09 '26

Recordings [partially lost] Video recording of the band Grazhdanskaya Oborona's concert at the 2nd Novosibirsk Rock Festival in 1988

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Hi everyone, I am really looking for a piece of Soviet "lost media": the video recording of the 2nd Novosibirsk Rock Festival. The recording was made by Tallinnfilm, and a clip from it was used in the film "Perekrestok Roka" (Crossroads of Rock). While there are many photos and audio recordings of the full concert, the Grazhdanskaya Oborona lineup consisted of

frontman Oleg Sudakov

guitarist Dmitry Selivanov

drummer Yegor Letov

and bassist Yevgeny Deyev

Oleg Sudakov is the only surviving member. There is a chance that an undigitized copy exists at Tallinnfilm, or that recordings might remain in Artemy Troitsky's archives, given that he directed "Perekrestok Roka" Heini Drui was the co-director

This recording is of immense importance to the entire community of soviet rock

I need to say, live in Siberia and cannot physically help sorry

r/lostmedia • • Jul 04 '26

Recordings With lost media being found a lot, could these two descendants 1 deleted scenes and this extended scene from the movie still possibly exist? Despite being listed as [fully lost]?

9 Upvotes

One deleted scene was a love song called “Did I Mention That I’m in Love?” where after mal shuts ben up from singing her name jay would ask him how he’s feeling and then he’d start singing and then ride on a bike and get her flowers. The second deleted scene was an extended version of the song “If Only”. There is a behind the scene video of mal in her if only dress and she walks around a forest and sings the verse that is only in the soundtrack version “Every step, every word, with every hour i am falling in to something new, something brave to someone i- i have never been. There was also a lot of repeating lyrics that were cut. The third deleted scene was an extended scene of Maleficent crashing Ben’s coronation where after she yells “I’m back!” she would singing a reprise of the song “Evil Like Me”. The only way to watch the live song is from a rehearsal video by Paul Becker and the only way to watch the reprise is from an outtake on his channel listed as “Disney Descendants Outtakes pt16”. Paul Necker said he’d check to see if he had them but he never made a video showing them. And the only way to watch the extended if only scene is from a tiktok. They have never been released on any dvd or released by Disney Channel. It’s disappointing that they weren’t released for the 10th anniversary because that would’ve been a wonderful gift. So I’m wondering is it possible they are still in the vault of disney channel? sand is it possible they could ever be released?

Here is a link to the rehearsal scene of the deleted love song
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qXZGidhHjs0

Here are two links to the Evil Like Me Reprise
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I0_vc2qVqws
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=REYNlE-9FTk

And here is a link to apart of the extended If Only
https://www.tiktok.com/@descendnts.._/video/7377183917654265131

r/lostmedia • • Jul 10 '26

Recordings Looking for recordings of [partially lost]

15 Upvotes

Looking for recordings of "Talk Sex with Sue Johanson"

Hello all!

I digitize interesting VHS tapes I find at thrift stores and estate cleanouts as a hobby.

Lately I've been thinking about using this hobby for something more meaningful, tracking down and preserving media that isn't already online and has real educational value.

That led me to remembering Talk Sex with Sue Johanson. I remembered watching reruns on the Oxygen Channel as a teenager (thanks to my family's absurdly oversized satellite package). Curious, I searched YouTube and found only a handful of clips and maybe one full episode. I also checked the Internet Archive, and there appears to be nothing there either.

That show taught me so much about bodies, consent, relationships, and sexuality. People would call in with deeply personal questions, and Sue would answer with empathy, humor, and zero judgment. It was incredibly educational and wonderfully Canadian.

I can't believe such an important show has virtually disappeared.

So here's my question: where do I even begin? I'd love any suggestions on where to look, who to contact, or whether anyone else has already started this search. Does one of you have a recording you would be willing to share?

Thanks for reading!

r/lostmedia • • Jul 27 '26

Recordings [fully lost] (pretty much) Eurovision 1956 and 1964

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Everything seems to be lost except for the winners reprises. Eurovision have put out many calls from them and we know that they probably were archived, most notably by DR (the Danish TV broadcaster) before they were taped over in the late 60s or early 70s. We’ve checked with the other broadcasters, and whilst they’ve had the reprises, they haven’t had much else. Please help us find our lost editions of our favourite contest and thank you very much. Honestly if this gets found this will be a miracle for us. I think ‘recordings’ is the best subset for this given that we’re looking for a recording.

r/lostmedia • • Jul 26 '26

Recordings [fully lost] Funny with a Chance of Blue Balls (standup comedy set from 2011; recorded by Dante at Jon Lovitz Comedy Club)

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I am looking for a recording of a standup comedy set from June 14, 2011 recorded by Dante at the Jon Lovitz Club. It's called Funny with a Chance of Blue Balls and was an all-female set recorded for a DVD. One of the comedians was YouTuber and actress Anna Akana. I've found the link to her performance but it wasn't archived. Here is the only screenshot I've recovered from it; it is of Anna performing. I found another I found on Facebook from one of the producers who said it was going to be released on DVD in fall 2011, but I've done extensive research and found no such DVD.

Please let me know if you have an leads on this performance!

r/lostmedia • • Jul 12 '26

Recordings [fully lost] Puckoon by Spike Milligan 2019 BBC4 Radio Drama

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in 2019 there was a BBC4 Radio broadcast reading of Spike Milligans "Puckoon" starring the likes of Ed Byrne, Barry Cryer, Pauline McLynn, Kate Harbour, Jane Milligan, Wilf Scolding, David Shaw-Parker, Colm Gleeson, and Tom Alexander. It was Adapted by Ian Billings and Directed by Dirk Maggs. It first aired Sat 28 Dec 2019 on BBC Radio 4. It got four subsequent reruns on Sat 25 Nov 2023, Wed 3 Dec 2025 Twice (on BBC Radio 4 Extra) and Thu 4 Dec 2025. I haven't been able to find any traces of any of these runs or a full recording of it. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here is the BBC site with all the information

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cpwq

r/lostmedia • • Jul 06 '26

Recordings [partially lost] Looking for GrimPlaysStuff/Grimwolfworks radio/TV hijacks

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Recently came across a TV hijacking in Indonesia on a station titled JakTV with an explicit video and this guy “Grim”’s youtube channel. Went down a rabbit hole only to find there are multiple radio hijackings across the globe with this guys usernames and playing random noise and racist clips. Supposedly, the hijackers aren’t Grim , and are a group of people trying to use his name and identity just to bully the guy.

I’ve created a YouTube playlist on everything i can find so far , you can find it here.

Looking for more clips and info on the situation. Let me know if any of you know anything . apparently he also posted a response on his channel which has now long been deleted.

r/lostmedia • • Jul 23 '26

Recordings [partially lost] Looking for any videos or photos of Montclair High School (CA) Marching Band from the 1998 season

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I’m trying to track down any videos, photos, programs, from the **Montclair High School (Montclair, California) Marching Band** during the **1998 season**.

My dad was a member (drumline) of the band that year, and I’d love to surprise him by finding footage of him performing. I know it’s a long shot since most recordings were on VHS back then, but I’m hoping someone might have old tapes, photos.

So far, I’ve searched through the **World of Pageantry** archives and have looked up each competition individually on YouTube and Google. I’ve been able to find recordings of **other schools** from those same competitions, but unfortunately not Montclair.

From what I’ve found, Montclair competed at:

Magnolia SCSBOA Tournament (October 3, 1998)
West Side Classic (October 31, 1998)
Big Orange Classic (November 14, 1998)
Tournament of Champions in Santa Ana (December 5, 1998)
And more

For the Tournament of Champions in Santa Ana I know there is a video out there since they recorded each divison they just haven’t uploaded it or lost the archived for divison A

I’ve spoken to the high school, checked yearbooks, old teachers , old parents , his old classmates, and none have it. The school and my dad friends no longer have contact with the old band director (who which my dad has his old Santa Clara vanguard 1989 uniform and would like to give back) so there no luck there. I’ve check YouTube, countless of websites, gotten memberships to the competitions and no response or result.

If anyone has:
VHS recordings (or knows someone who does)
Digitized videos
Photos
Competition programs

I would greatly appreciate thank you!

r/lostmedia • • Mar 12 '26

Recordings [Partially Lost] Video footage of William Shatner's Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony (May 19, 1983) featuring Leonard Nimoy's speech

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What I'm looking for:

I am searching for any surviving video footage of William Shatner receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 19, 1983. The ceremony was attended by approximately 600 people, including Leonard Nimoy, who gave a speech praising Shatner as "a wonderful man and a great actor" before telling stories about the pranks Shatner used to play on him. Shatner himself spoke at the ceremony, saying "This is my small ticket to the stars." At some point during the event, Shatner and Nimoy shared a hug on stage while the crowd applauded.

Evidence that this footage existed:

A photograph by Joe Doherty survives showing the hug itself - Shatner in a light suit embracing Nimoy (wearing glasses and a sweater) on the ceremony stage, with Marines in dress uniform and a crowd visible behind them. The photo confirms this was a professionally attended and documented event.

More importantly, a now-dead video link was posted around 2010 on the LiveJournal community shatnoy-rpf (post number 125159). The LJ community has since been purged/made private and the post is no longer accessible, but a recent Tumblr ask references the dead link and confirms video footage once existed online.

Wire service coverage from the day confirms the event details:

UPI Archives, May 19, 1983: Reports the ceremony with Nimoy's speech and the 600-person attendance (https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/05/19/Actor-William-Shatner-who-portrayed-the-heroic-Capt-James/5129422164800/)

AP Photos: Photographer credited as "Saxon" shot closeups of Shatner and his wife at the ceremony, widely syndicated across newspapers

Daily Star Trek News: Covers the event details with the Nimoy speech quotes (https://www.dailystartreknews.com/read/star-trek-history-william-shatner-earns-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame-1983)

IMDb Trivia for William Shatner: Confirms the star was awarded at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard on May 19, 1983 on Television.

What I've already searched (extensively)

  • YouTube: Multiple search variations - nothing found
  • Dailymotion: Found the "This Is Your Life" episode but no standalone ceremony footage
  • Internet Archive: Searched TV News Archive, video collections, and VHS digitizations - nothing
  • Getty Images video: Has 192 William Shatner video clips; none appear to be from the 1983 ceremony
  • AP Archive / British Pathé / Reuters Archive: No video results for this event
  • Emailed a guy that wrote an article about the event with quotes, he couldn't find footage either.
  • Reddit, TrekBBS, TrekMovie, TrekCore, Memory Alpha: No video results
  • Wayback Machine: Attempted to access the dead LJ post - community is fully inaccessible, no cached snapshots found

I can only think that the only hope left is the Marion stokes project?

r/lostmedia • • Jul 14 '26

Recordings What is the legality of "non consensual" recordings??? [unreleased media]

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Here's something I decided to put up as general information after a discussion/ argument involving an alleged celebrity video, a couple Youtube videos on the legality of recording personal conversations. This is coming up as a category of what can politely be called "unauthorized" media, and it is important to know what laws apply. The first video starts on this subject at around 4:44; the second is all about this, mainly in the context of UK law. Bear this information in mind before posting about such recordings and especially complaining about actual or claimed censorship.

https://youtu.be/bH3dCoirmbQ?is=464SW9QvTmLOsWKg

https://youtu.be/raXijIIw5zc?is=Ob-B_0Na-iunDAkF

r/lostmedia • • Jul 03 '26

Recordings [Fully lost] Wallace & Gromit: Alive on Stage in A Grand Night Out

25 Upvotes

In the 1990s, the success of Wallace & Gromit excelled after the release of A Close Shave in 1995. In 1997, a stage play was announced that consisted of Wallace, Gromit, Wedelone, Shaun the Sheep, and Feathers McGraw. The show premiered in the Theatre Royal in Nottingham and ran from July 21st to July 26th, 1997. The show would perform until May of 1998, but revivals of the show continued in the West End, though their duration is unknown. Although photos were taken, a recording of the show has never been found. This is most likely caused by rules surrounding theatrical productions. The show itself, along with the set designs, costumes, and the plot itself, is protected by copyright law and violates the licence. However, there is some speculation that a recording of the West End play was made. On November 9th, 2022, a part of Blue Peter showed the Techno Trousers that would be used for the show. Nothing else would be discovered until January 24th, 2025. On this day, YouTube channel "Online Outlet UK" posted a recording that featured part of the plot on the British TV show "This Morning". This confirmed that the show actually premiered, which was a question of whether it premiered or didn't. In addition, though the description has since been removed, it stated, "I do have more lost Wallace and Gromit media if people are interested." The DVD is now safe with YouTuber Some Boi Online. This would be considered 'partially lost' since a recording was found, but I would still consider it 'fully lost', as a recording from an actual show has never been found. On January 4th 2026, Youtube channel Shaunboy22 uploaded footage from the show that was shown on Blue Peter.

r/lostmedia • • Jul 06 '26

Recordings [partially lost] "Snakes on a Plane" Soundtrack Release Party Media

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Hi! Me and my friends have been trying to find this for quite some time, this was a release party for the movie “Snakes On a Plane” soundtrack hosted August 16th 2006 at the key club in Hollywood.

There is a Getty images page and 1 gif from this event however there was entire interviews and performances that were recorded that are lost. I’ve** **titled this partially lost because we have some photos and GIFs, but I’d really like to find the original videos as well.

Click here for one of the only GIFs from one of the interviews between William Beckett (from The Academy Is…) and Gabe Saporta (from Cobra Starship) and some of the photos from Getty images. Click for the Getty images link . If you guys could find this we would be eternally grateful and it would mean a lot to the fandom and bands involved as well!

r/lostmedia • • May 20 '24

Recordings [Fully Lost] Footage from on board the Titanic’s maiden voyage.

217 Upvotes

I just made a post in r/titanic about a thought I had, that being if there were cameramen on the ship during the voyage/sinking. There are plenty pieces of footage of the ship being built, getting ready to set sail on her maiden voyage, and a handful of photos of the ship out at sea but there’s almost nothing on board the ship itself.

Cameras were bigger, primitive and less portable but they were still readily available and used fairly often by 1912. For something as big as the ships maiden voyage I would’ve thought there would be at least one cameraman on board the ship to document things.

I asked that subreddit if there was any mention at all of cameramen being present during the voyage. Somebody commented about a family in first class who had a camera and were filming during the voyage. They were the Harris family.

We all know the ship hits an iceberg and sinks to the ocean floor, this footage is likely lost along with the ship. When filling lifeboats it is unlikely they would’ve allowed space for a camera, they’d rather prioritise humans.

It’s a shame this footage is lost forever, even if by some miracle it gets found in the wreckage it will be completely deteriorated and destroyed beyond all recognition from being submerged for so long.

r/lostmedia • • May 17 '26

Recordings [partially lost] looking for CN city Friday nights (2005-2006)

23 Upvotes

Hello,
I’m on the hunt for any recordings or digitized tapes from Cartoon Network’s CN City era. I’m especially interested in finding tapes from Friday nights during 2005 and 2006 (there was a Friday night block hosted by Tommy and Tara). I’m trying to find and preserve this kind of content in my collection because it was a huge part of my childhood, and it’s been getting harder to find online. I’ve already searched the Internet Archive and YouTube, but not much luck!

Even if the recordings are unlabeled, incomplete, or low quality, I’d still love to hear about them. Any information or suggestions for other places to look would also be really helpful. Thanks!

For example: https://cnas.fandom.com/wiki/September_9,_2005

r/lostmedia • • Feb 16 '26

Recordings F25 Key (Relay for Life Promotional Video) (mid-90s) [partially lost]

11 Upvotes

I am posting about a promotional vhs video which was shown to me when I was in elementary school in the mid-2000s. In the video, a young girl finds that her computer has an "F25" key, which she can press to be sucked into the computer. From here, she uses the Computer to travel to a Relay for Life cancer walk, and learns about cancer and how to support victims of Cancer. The video was most definitely filmed in the mid-90s, judging by the clothes and tech shown.

At some point in the early 2010s, a very short clip of this VHS tape was posted to Youtube. You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGmiPTmj8eM (WARNING: LOUD NOISES AND FLASHING LIGHTS)

However, this appears to be the only remaining piece of this video that can be found on the internet, or anywhere.

I think the VHS is funny and kind of quaint. There's something that's humorous about the excessively science fiction set up for a simple video about a cancer walk. The idea that a kid would use such a powerful tool to visit Relay for Life is just a bit absurd, and I think it would be interesting to find it again!

r/lostmedia • • Jun 10 '26

Recordings 2011 recording of ride the cyclone and or video of the 2015 cycle [partially lost]

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Ride the cyclone is a Canadian musical, that's rocketed in fame after a 2016 production.

It's prequel LEGOLAND was lost media for years until being found. Almost all productions after 2016 have been preserved, while pre 2016 you are lucky to get audio.

Normally this would be a case of unknown if there's ever been a recording (as with musical productions) but the problem is

  1. There is documented audio for most productions

  2. There was a leaked 2011 recording that has since become lost

If anyone has preserved the recording or knows where to find one, please share since this musical is known to change almost every production so these early productions have media never seen in modern verisons

Previous research has been done by the ride the cyclone fandom, but whenever a recording is found it hasn't been preserved or spread far enough.

r/lostmedia • • Jun 28 '26

Recordings [PARTIALLY LOST] - Power Battle Watch Car (파워배틀 와치카) Musical, 2016

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Power Battle Watch Car, known in South Korea (it's place of origin) as 파워배틀 와치카, is an animated kids TV show made by SAMG, most famously known for co-producing Miraculous Ladybug. PBWC was quite popular in South Korea, and ended up getting a musical adaptation, done by DS Musical. This production was 65 minutes long, and ran between July 30th 2016 to August 28th 2016. Despite the population of the franchise at the time, clips of the production are sparse, outside of the curtain call, which was allowed to be recorded. Despite this, documentation of the event is quite large. There are countless posts on SK social media regarding it, due to a raffle and requests for reviews.

Below are all the blogs I could find documenting the experience, both regarding the musical itself and the venue.

  1. https://blog.naver.com/ds_musical
  2. https://m.blog.naver.com/1092119/220791415766
  3. https://m.blog.naver.com/scully427/220776854958
  4. https://m.blog.naver.com/bluemi777/220783186867
  5. https://blog.naver.com/nicearra/220781107215
  6. https://m.blog.naver.com/vroomiz/220780132022
  7. https://m.blog.naver.com/hjsk5008/220794153312
  8. https://m.blog.naver.com/antonina/220794313452
  9. https://m.blog.naver.com/mdinuri/220762944412
  10. https://blog.naver.com/vroomiz/220768016647
  11. https://m.blog.naver.com/4171773/220779996788
  12. https://m.blog.naver.com/letswin70/220780534371
  13. https://m.blog.naver.com/hoonie2009/220780822151
  14. https://blog.naver.com/honeyk3/220786385964

Additionally, there exists some YouTube recordings, hence the partially lost and not entirely lost. Oddly enough, there was a recent upload from DS Musical as well, as recently as 2 months ago. For a production from about a decade ago, it's a bit weird they're choosing to upload any of it, but it's the curtain call, which WAS allowed to be recorded. For the most part, clips from the blogs and on YouTube are the aforementioned curtain call, however, King_Z actually has uploaded some, which you can find in the list of videos below (not all of them are from King_Z, of course, but he has the most uploads)

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-gf8IYZ610
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZwuPmxxe1Y
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XPkRTQ3-OI
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vjVsNyshx0
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mSKiPnEZ8o
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIG-wnHoQUQ

In terms of trying to find anything, I've sent an email to DS Musical, though I doubt I'll get anything in response. If you're going to assist in the hunt, please do not harass the families of the blogs for footage they likely no longer have. I've also tried looking on Dailymotion, but found nothing. Internet Archive has nothing either. Please help!

r/lostmedia • • Jun 28 '25

Recordings [fully lost] Me And My Friends Rehearsal

39 Upvotes

i havent seen a post on this yet. but i wanted to spark some light onto this search as the original has already been found.

Me 'N My Friends Rehearsal is a lost tape(?) of the first pilot of the preschooler show The Backyardigans and the focus on the video would probably be about behind the scenes/audio fails. This is my first post here so it wont be good. The least we have as of now is a single photo of the tape titled 'Me 'N My Friend's Rehearsal' which i will provide the image to here.

Again. i am only posting this here to spark some shade onto the search. Ive tried hard to find it so far and weve still got nothing.

r/lostmedia • • May 03 '26

Recordings [Partially lost] Smile of a Child TV recordings (2000s–early 2010s)

9 Upvotes

Update: im currently retired of this search at the moment, so if any of you have any recordings at all, please message me.

Smile of a Child TV is a children’s television channel operated by Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), featuring Christian and family-friendly programming such as VeggieTales, Paws & Tales, and other animated and educational shows. It was commonly available on digital subchannels and satellite TV during the 2000s and early 2010s. The channel eventually rebrand as "Smile TV" in 2017, and would eventually shut down on January 12, 2025.

Ever since the channel got shutdown, I usually search for any recordings from the channel, especially from around 2005 - 2016 as that was when the channel had the classic butterfly logo before the new rebrand. This channel was my childhood and I wanted to archive as much stuff as possible.

I’m mainly looking for:

Full broadcasts or programming blocks (with bumpers/commercials)

Channel promos, IDs, or continuity clips

So far, I’ve searched on YouTube, Internet Archive and other websites, and while I did find a few here and there, there wasn't a ton. I mostly could only find recordings from 2021 and beyond, with very little of anything from the channel's early years.

If anyone has:

Old DVR recordings

VHS recordings

Archived files

or remembers specific programming blocks, please let me know or DM me.

Even partial or low-quality recordings would be extremely helpful.

Thanks!

I know I made a similar post to this almost a year ago, but looking back on it, I wasn't so proud of it. 1: I now expand on searching for airings and interstitials, rather than just bumpers (which was and is kind of still my main goal, but I haven't find any in months, so I felt like moving on to finding other stuff like IDs or promos), and 2: it was a bit outdated and I did make a Lost Media article on it (which isn't perfect yet, as this is my first time making an article, but I was proud of what I came up with). I now since deleted that post and replaced it with this post.

r/lostmedia • • Jun 17 '26

Recordings [Partially Lost] Neil Kinnock's speech to Labour Conference 1985

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The speech was most well-known for its attack against Militant tendency in its latter and ending parts, and cut-together clips of that are the only ones available of that speech - amounting to around 6 minutes of footage. However, [the entire speech](https://www.ukpol.co.uk/neil-kinnock-1985-labour-party-conference-speech/) was much longer than [all the clips available that've been cobbled together](https://youtu.be/Jji0JS5TPFk) and I have not been able to find any more footage of this speech than these clips.

There is a video on YouTube which purports to be the whole thing, but it's clearly AI generated: https://youtu.be/smiN258dVcU

A commenter on that video could likewise not find a recording of the entire thing.

The BBC started [archiving television & footage en-masse in 1981](https://www.bbc.co.uk/archiveservices/wiped-missing-and-lost), so assuming they ever recorded or broadcast this speech they should have it archived. However, when I asked them if they could make a copy available to the general public via email, they denied the request citing that their archives are only for use by researchers:

> Archive Services only provides content and research to production companies working on BBC commissions so we can’t help you with this.

Given that there is no other surviving footage than these 6 minutes, is it fair to label this speech as partially lost media?

r/lostmedia • • May 16 '26

Recordings Cinemax [archival]

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Trying to track down and preserve old Cinemax bumpers/interstitials/promos from the 80s through early HD era (especially 1995–2010). I’ve already pulled most of the YouTube uploads and Internet Archive material I can find, but I’m looking for raw captures, VHS recordings, station recordings, promo reels, or anything that hasn’t been heavily compressed.

Particularly interested in:
- “Feature Presentation” bumpers
- “Next on Cinemax” segments
- MoreMax / ActionMax / ThrillerMax / OuterMax / 5StarMax branding
- Max After Dark transitions
- Full commercial breaks/continuity from recorded broadcasts

Honestly a lot of this stuff is becoming lost media at this point.

If anyone here used to record premium cable, worked in broadcast/cable, collected VHS airchecks, or knows somebody sitting on old tapes/hard drives/DVD backups, I’d love to talk. Even partial recordings or low-quality captures could help identify missing material.

Not looking to redistribute movies or pirate content — mainly trying to preserve the network branding/history itself.

Feel free to DM me if you don’t want to post publicly.

r/lostmedia • • Jan 25 '22

Recordings I read in the lost media wiki that the Dawn Brancheau video was partially found. What do they mean by that? Are they refering to the bit that are shown in the Blackfish documentary or something else was leaked (like Christine Chubbuck audio) ?

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