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Blogs Cliopatria Gizmo!

Apr 29, 2007

Gizmo!

by Cliopatria

In 1977, Howard Smith used old newsreel footage of exhibitionists, fitness gurus, and eccentric inventors to create his documentary,"Gizmo!" It is now on Google Video:

The last seven minutes of it are from a David Letterman interview with Smith about his documentary. Hat tip.