3-D Rarities Volume II - Deluxe Blu-ray Edition - Blu-ray 3D

Now this one actually does belong in the 3D collector world.

3-D Rarities Volume II – Deluxe Blu-ray 3D Edition is a niche archival release designed specifically for enthusiasts of classic stereoscopic cinema. Unlike modern blockbuster 3D titles, this set focuses on restored vintage 3D shorts, trailers, and experimental footage from the early and mid-20th century.

This is not a mainstream movie release—it’s a preservation project.

The collection showcases rare historical 3D content originally created for theatrical “dual-strip” projection, carefully restored and formatted for modern Blu-ray 3D playback where possible.

What makes this release stand out:

• Archival restoration of vintage 3D film material

• Includes rare shorts, demos, and historical stereoscopic footage

• Deluxe edition packaging aimed at collectors and film historians

• Designed for true Blu-ray 3D home theater setups

• Focus on cinema history rather than narrative storytelling

3-D Rarities Volume II is essentially a museum-style release for home viewing—less about plot, more about preserving how 3D filmmaking evolved long before modern CGI-heavy productions.

Important context:

• This is one of the few legitimate Blu-ray 3D-focused releases still made for collectors

• It caters to a very small but dedicated home theater niche

• Playback requires a compatible 3D setup to fully experience the format

If you’re building a serious Blu-ray 3D library, this is closer to a “reference disc” than entertainment—think film history archive rather than a typical movie night pick.

Blu-ray. 2020 release, the long-awaited follow-up collection of extraordinary 3-D wonders, including the feature-length El Corazn y la Espada, all expertly restored in a Blu-ray world premiere. For over 35 years, it has been the mission of the 3-D Film Archive to locate, save, assemble, and restore previously lost 3-D films. 3-D Rarities, Volume II spans over 40 years of international 3-D film production, and is appropriately presented in three segments. The first is a superb collection of short 3-D oddities, including the long-lost A Day in the Country; 3-D master Raymond Spottiswoode's The Black Swan; Stereoscopic Anthropologist Hillary Hess s presentation of Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo; the mysterious Polaroid-filmed Games in Depth; a prologue for Frankenstein s Bloody Terror, a West German-Spanish coproduction originally filmed in Hi-Fi Stereo 70; and a trailer for the 1983 documentary The 3-D Movie, which serves as a brief historical showcase for a wide swath of classic 3-D films. Up next is the feature-length, historical romance/adventure from 1953: El Corazn y la Espada (aka The Heart and the Sword, aka The Sword of Granada). The first 3-D movie ever produced in Mexico, the original Spanish version of El Corazn y la Espada has not been viewed in it's intended format since 1955. Scanned in 4K and restored frame-by-frame from the original left and right camera negatives, the film stars Cesar Romero (The Thin Man; Batman) and Katy Jurado (High Noon; Broken Lance), alongside a veritable who's who of top Mexican actors of the time. Last but certainly not least is a special sampling of homemade stereoscopic photographs from silent film icon Harold Lloyd. Presented by Lloyd's granddaughter, Suzanne Lloyd Hayes, these slides are choc-full of Hollywood stars, and many of the images have never been seen at all by the general public! All of the material included on 3-D Rarities, Volume II is presented in high-quality digital 3-D. Restored and mastered direct from archival materials by 3-D Film Archive Technical Director Greg Kintz, the films and images have been meticulously aligned shot-by-shot for precise registration of the original left/right elements. This Blu-ray Can Also Be Viewed in 2-D, Playable on Your Standard Blu-ray Player.