Noah gets the word: build an ark in seven days. His sons cut the necessary trees in three days, and much furious sawing and hammering follow. But there’s no rest, as they need to round up all the animals. Noah boards the animals, then his sons, their wives, and his wife (who packed a ferocious…

A commercial short made for the Bristol-Myers Co. (plugging their toothpaste) features the characters from the “Reg’lar Fellers” syndicated newspaper comic strip by Gene Byrnes. The plot concerns a boy who has an old grouch for a dad, runs off, meets a dog, and joins a gang of children. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature…

A destructive little boy with an air rifle shoots a baby bird and is mortified when the bird’s parents, and all the other birds, go into mourning. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it…

Five children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve, and decide to give him some extra help around the workshop. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.”…

TOKYO—Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday but remained near multi-year highs, supported by a global supply shortage and strong demand in the United States, the world’s biggest consumer. Brent crude was down 55 cents, or 0.6 percent, at $85.44 a barrel by 0922 GMT. U.S. oil dropped 56 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $83.20. “There…

Short interest on the Nasdaq fell 0.07 percent in the first two weeks of September, the exchange said on Friday. As of Sept. 15, short interest fell to about 11.014 billion shares, from 11.023 billion shares as of Aug. 31. Investors who sell securities “short” borrow shares and then sell them, on expectations the stock…