1981 in home video:
Industry milestones[]
March[]
- March 22 - The analog format called SelectaVision which were Capacitance Electronic Discs (popularly known as "videodiscs") is introduced by RCA.[1]
June[]
- June 9 - The parliament of Sweden adopts a law to ban the spreading violent video movies to children under the age of 15, and even hinder, but not ban by law, adults from watching video movies with "brutal and sadist violence". The adult case, however, is seen as a constitutional change and requires the proposal to first stay dormant for at least 9 months.[2]
- June 10 - The LaserDisc format is introduced in Japan.[3]
October[]
- October 20 - The Ninth Circuit Court reverse an earlier ruling to refuse to grant an injunction against the sale of Betamax VCRs in the Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. case, ruling that home taping is a clear copyright violation.[4]
Date unknown[]
- "LaserDisc" becomes the common name for the format originally introduced (in 1978) as "DiscoVision".
Film releases[]
The following films were released on video on the following dates:
| U.S./Canada Release Date |
Title | Studio | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | |||||
| M A R C H |
30 | Flash Gordon | MCA Videocassette Inc. | Laserdisc release[5] | |
| June | |||||
| J U N E |
2 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | MGM/CBS Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 26 | The Absent-Minded Professor | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Dumbo (1941) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Gus (1976) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| October | |||||
| O C T O B E R |
15 | Alice in Wonderland (1951) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Amy | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Walt Disney Home Video | LaserDisc release VHS release | |||
| Blackbeard's Ghost | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Condorman | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Darby O'Gill and the Little People | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Devil and Max Devlin | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Herbie Rides Again | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Old Yeller (1957) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Pollyanna (1960) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Shaggy Dog (1959) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Sign of Zorro | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release CED Disc release[6] LaserDisc release[7] VHS release | |||
| Treasure Island (1950) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Watcher in the Woods (1980) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 27 | Airplane! | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | MCA Videocassette Inc. | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| All That Jazz | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Bananas | MGM/CBS Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Magnetic Video (United Artists) |
Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Fame (1980) | MGM/CBS Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Fiddler on the Roof | MGM/CBS Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Kramer vs. Kramer | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| My Fair Lady | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Nine to Five | Magnetic Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Shining | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Stir Crazy | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Watcher in the Woods (1980) | Walt Disney Home Video | LaserDisc release | |||
References[]
- ↑ CED in the History of Media Technology (accessed 8 April 2011)
- ↑ Horisont 1981, Bertmarks förlag, page 154 - Videovåldet barnförbjudet
- ↑ "News of laser disk player production end". 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 March 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090319161255/http://pioneer.jp/press/2009/0114-1.html. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ↑ "Day-By-Day News Summary, Oct. '81--Sept '82". Daily Variety: 283. October 26, 1982.
- ↑ "Flash Gordon". Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Flash-Gordon-LASERDISC-Widescreen/dp/6302788269/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1534708905&sr=1-1&keywords=flash+gordon+laserdisc&refinements=p_n_availability%3A8219609011. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ↑ "Star Trek: The Motion Picture". LaserDisc Database. https://www.lddb.com/ced/01659/RCA00636/Star-Trek-I:-The-Motion-Picture. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ↑ "Star Trek: The Motion Picture". LaserDisc Database. https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/38583/LV-8858/Star-Trek-I:-The-Motion-Picture. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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