PolyGram Video

PolyGram Video was the home entertainment arm of the Dutch-German media conglomerate PolyGram N.V. Headquartered in Baarn, a town near Hilversum (which is often cited as the Netherlands' media center), the company distributed a majority of the PolyGram Filmed Entertainment library, music videos related to labels owned or distributed by PolyGram, stand-up comedy videos and libraries of other companies and brands. They also distributed BBC Video tapes in Australia until 1996, when ABC Video (the Australian "ABC") took over distribution of the BBC library in that country through Roadshow Entertainment. PolyGram Video also distributed much of the library of Island World before it acquired the company in 1994, and distributed Palm Pictures releases during the first year of the latter's existence.

On December 10, 1998, PolyGram was sold to Seagram (the former parent of Universal Pictures, now part of NBCUniversal/Comcast), as a result, PolyGram Video was split off. For the North American division of PolyGram Video, this was sold to USA Networks, Inc. and renamed USA Home Entertainment, For the International division of PolyGram Video, in 1999, Universal pulled out of CIC Video and renamed the division as Universal Pictures Video.

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1st Logo (1982-1991)

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Visuals: On a black background, yellow dust begins to form the PolyGram Video logo, which is the text "PolyGram Video" in metallic gold, above a line of red stars, which drop down as the text begins forming. Like a roller-coaster (and the 1980s RKO logo), it zooms forward, dipping down, then flying back up again, also showing a dust effect as it does. The letters in "presents" fly in from the right one-by-one, and a white bar of light passes through the logo twice.

Variants:

• Releases from Spectrum had their own special variant of this logo including the German one, which can be found here.
• An extended version of the regular variant exists, which has the logo shining four times.
• Several international versions (bar the German and Danish versions) may have the "presents" text in their native language, like "presenta" in Spain, "presenteert" in the Netherlands, and "presente" in France.

Technique: Traditional animation.

Audio:

• A synthesized humming sound, complete with two "whooshes" at the end. Appears mostly on LaserDiscs and American releases.
• The Spectrum Video jingle. Appears mostly on international releases.

Availability:

• This logo is seen on the UK pre-cert release of An American Werewolf in London.
• This logo is also intact on the Image DVD release of Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, and the PolyGram DVD release of Magnum: On the Wings of Heaven, due to the source of the video being an old master.
• This logo is also seen on a few of RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video's Musicvision VHS releases featuring artists under the PolyGram umbrella (including Rush: Through the Camera's Eye), but other than that it hardly put in an appearance on U.S. VHS releases.
• This logo was discontinued around the time the company merged with its PolyGram Music Video subsidiary to expand beyond music titles.

2nd Logo (Germany custom variant) (1980s-1990s)

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Visuals: On a black background, a white outline of the previous logo starts to fade in along with several copies expanding and rising up from the bottom, forming a tunnel effect going forwards as the stars appear below it as well. The tunnel effect than starts to "echo" a bit as the logo starts to change between different colors. Eventually, the tunnel effects and color-changing logo go away.

Variants:

• At the end of tapes, a still variant is used.
• Sometimes, the Spectrum logo zooms in below at a larger size than usual.
• On some tapes, the Arena Records logo appears below, which consists of a rectangular box in white as well as a swoosh shape inside of it, and "ARENA" wipes in below to form an arena-like shape to it.

Technique: Scanimation.

Audio: None or the Spectrum Video theme.

Availability: Seen on German PAL VHS releases such as The Vindicator.

3rd Logo (Denmark custom variant) (1980s)

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Visuals: On a red background, "PolyGram" in white moves from the top right corner of the screen to the left-hand side facing the left, then faces the right and move downwards, creating a rollercoaster effect. A line of asterisks (meant to be stars) moves up underneath the PolyGram text. "HOME OF THE STARS" appears going down, then going up. An anthropomorphic cartoon parrot smiling while pointing its finger in the air fades to the right. The logo then fades out, leaving just the background. The warning screen follows.

Trivia: When the parrot fades in, some white areas fade in the right corners of the screen.

Variants:

• On the Spanish VHS release of Breeders, the logo fades to black instead of red, leaving out the warning screen.
• A modified version of the logo exists, which is seen on the documentary Pavarotti: Genius is Forever. The logo is also shortened, cropped to widescreen and has the red background replaced with an animated black background.

Technique: Computer effects.

Audio: None.

Audio Variants:

• On the Spanish VHS release of Breeders, three beeps are heard, followed by a sped up, muffled excerpt of "Tonight" by Boytronic.
• The Spectrum Video audio can be heard on occasions.

Availability: This logo is known to be seen in a Spanish VHS release of Breeders.

4th Logo (May 1991-August 3, 1993)

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Visuals: On a white background with a heavy blue tint, two crosses appear, sending out two ripples each right before shrinking, with two striped grey discs forming along with a solid pair of them with two concentric rings on the outside of them. They then shrink and reveal two tape spools, which start to become more visible and sketches of the outer tape shell start to form as the video tape parts appears along the rollers set up. A black oval with a large white "P" then wipes in and drops down, followed by an outline of an oval as well and drops down with it, pressing like a button to reveal a red upside-down triangle, representing a "V". All of these previously-mentioned actions happen at an extreme close-up as well. The text "PolyGram Video", in a Univers font, appears one-by-one in sync with the music, and all of the blue tint and close-up action fades away, clearing the logo up.

Variants:

• On several LaserDisc releases, the animation shows a LaserDisc being formed instead of a VHS tape, and also even gains a realistic look and sits inside of a tray. At the end, the logo forms quicker and the disc fades out earlier, the text appears all at once and aligned to the left, and a grey LaserDisc logo (which is the LaserVision logo with "LASER DISC" below it) forms next to it. The closeups then fade out slower than usual.
• On French releases, such as Cabaret, the white and black circles are colored yellow and blue.
• At the end of the 1992 UK VHS release of Newcastle United: Ten out of Ten, a still variant of this logo appears with a copyright notice below it, reading "© POLYGRAM VIDEO 1992".
• A variant where after the logo is formed and then fades into the PolyGram Video's 1984 warning screen also exists, which can be found on some UK VHS releases from 1991 to 1993.

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: A mellow synth-rock theme combined with a whirring sound, with two final notes that echo out at the end.

Audio Variants:

• On several LaserDisc releases as well as some UK VHS releases, the theme is slightly rearranged.
• The still variant of the logo is silent.

Availability: Seen on VHS and LaserDisc releases by PolyGram Video from 1991 to 1993.

• This logo can be found on many sport documentaries released on VHS, such as NFL Crunch Course and the Buffalo Bills 1993 Video Yearbook.
• It is also seen on PolyGram's first three known rental releases in the UK (The Crying Game, Dust Devil, and Braindead); a fourth, Reservoir Dogs, ended up being delayed until 1995 due to the lengthy pass through the Parliament of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill, which was drafted in 1993 as a response to the murder of James Bulger and was designed partially as an amendment to the Video Recordings Act 1984, so it ended up using the 1992 PolyGram Filmed Entertainment logo instead.
• Its first appearance was on a trailer tape for PolyGram's June 1991 releases, and its last appearance was on a series of pre-season NFL VHS releases from 1993, including 100 Greatest Touchdowns.
• This also plasters the PolyGram Music Video logo on later prints of The Moody Blues: Legend of a Band.
• It is also seen on the 1991 LaserDisc releases of Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin, Genesis: A History, and the 1993 LaserDisc release of NFL Rocks.
• This logo is also seen on UK VHS releases of Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90, Space: 1999, Roy Chubby Brown: The Helmet Rides Again, the 1992 UK VHS release of The Gingerbread Man, Roy Chubby Brown: The Helmet's Last Stand and the 1993 UK VHS releases of The Gingerbread Man: More Tales from the Kitchen and The New Magic Roundabout, respectively, among many others.
• It is also seen at the start of the 1992 UK VHS releases of the Bevanfield Films versions of Cinderella and The Jungle Book, respectively.

5th Logo (July 20, 1993-1998)

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Visuals: On a black background, the words "PolyGram Video" in the Univers Bold font quickly unfold letter-by-letter. A red line then appears underneath, zooming out. The line appears to glow as it zooms out.

Variants:

• On rental-priced and early DVD releases, there is a version with a blue wallpaper with PolyGram Video logos in the background. The PolyGram Video logo also leaves a small shadow.
• A variant with "Coming Soon From" on the screen before the logo plays as normal exists, with the finished logo under it. So far, this has only been spotted on Posse, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Fargo and Die, Mommie, Die! with the black background, and on The Basketball Diaries, The Portrait of a Lady, The Usual Suspects and Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh with the blue wallpaper background.
• A still version exists.
• Another still version also exists where it's in mid-formation, which is seen on The Crayon Box.
• On the 1996 U.S. VHS release of The Best of NFL Follies and the 1995 U.S. VHS release of Quarterbacks on Quarterbacks, the NFL Films logo fades in below the logo, with "NFL" either shown in white or blue.
• On the 1994 UK VHS release of The Busy World of Richard Scarry, the logo is extended, with it staying on-screen for 14 seconds until it cuts to black. This occurs at both the beginning and end of the tape.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: A series of loud "scratching" sounds as the letters appear, a "whoosh" as the line appears and shrinks, and a bang.

Audio Variants:

• Sometimes, the logo is silent.
• Rarely, the ending theme would be played.

Availability: Seen on PolyGram releases from the time-period until 1998.

• Such examples include Mr. Bean VHS releases, A Gnome Named Gnorm, Gridlock'd, Jason's Lyric, Fargo, Canadian Bacon, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, Posse, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, When We Were Kings, Barb Wire, Home for the Holidays, The Usual Suspects and the releases of The Adventures of Tintin and The Busy World of Richard Scarry, among many others.
• It is also seen on the 1995 U.S. VHS release of Wishbone: The Slobbery Hound.
• It is also seen on the original PolyGram DVD releases of Portrait of a Lady and Kalifornia, among others.
• It is also seen on mid-'90s releases of Atlantic Releasing Corporation films, including a 1995 U.S. VHS release of 1984 and a 1996 U.S. VHS release of Teen Wolf.
• The "priced for rental" variant can be found on Shallow Grave, The Basketball Diaries and Fargo, as well as PolyGram's early DVD releases.
• This logo is also seen on the UK VHS releases, such as the 1993 UK VHS releases of King Kong: Director's Cut (1933), and The Beano Video, the 1994 UK VHS releases of The Beano Videostars, Hurricanes: Hot Dog/Reunion In Rio, and Barney in Concert, Roy Chubby Brown titles (from Exposed to Obscene & Not Heard), the 1995 UK VHS releases of Zig & Zag: Million Quid Vid, and Thunderbirds: Great Rescues, the 1996 UK VHS releases of The 3 Little Pigs, The Smurfs: Big Mouth's Room Mate, The Smurfs: 'Tis The Season to Be Smurfy, Masked Rider: Volume 1, Dennis The Menace: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Loch Ness (1996), and The Singing Kettle Christmas Party, and the 1997 UK VHS releases of The Treacle People: Treacle Trouble, Mr. Holland's Opus, and The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), and the UK VHS releases of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from 1994 to 1996, respectively, among many others.
• Sometimes, at the end of UK VHS releases such as the 1996 UK VHS release of The Smurfs: Big Mouth's Room Mate, and the 1997 UK VHS release of The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), among others, the logo is shown before the warning screen.
• Its first appearance was on KISS: Konfidential.
• The still version of this logo is seen on the 1997 UK VHS release of ReBoot from 4Front Video.
• This logo also makes an appearance on the 1998 Image/PolyGram Video LaserDisc releases of The Game and Bean: The Movie (both 1997), even though both were released the same year during the 7th logo’s lifespan.

6th Logo (1996-1997)

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Visuals: On a background with what appears to be dark clouds, the usual "PolyGram" text is seen with the usual red line below it. Below that, there is "VIDEO", aligned to the right of the line. The text, in a Helvetica Neue font, zooms in at the beginning, and the entire logo fades out at the end.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: A male announcer saying "Only from PolyGram Video."

Availability: Seen at the end of a PolyGram DVD promo, which can be found on the very first DVD releases from PolyGram Video from 1996 to 1997.

• Examples include the 1997 DVD releases of Ghost in the Shell and Fargo.
• The main graphic was also used as a print logo, and an example of the U.S. VHS release in which the print version is featured was Gridlock'd.

7th Logo (November 4, 1997-September 14, 1999)

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Visuals:

• Long Version: On a dark cloudy skyscape is a transparent, crystallized winged man (like the legendary Icarus) standing against some mountains. The camera pans outward as he jumps up and remains in the air, as his wings move back and forth. The camera pans to his left as he freezes in the air, where several white streaks appear across his body. The silver word "POLYGRAM" flies under the man and centers in place as he flashes white all over and becomes still. "VIDEO" appears under "POLYGRAM", and everything shines.
• Short Version: On a slightly different cloud backdrop, the Icarus and "POLYGRAM" text are shown already in place as a bright aura of light shines from behind the logo before dying down. Below, "VIDEO" zooms out and settles under "POLYGRAM" shining with a lens flare running across the top of it, and everything shines.

Trivia: This is basically a modified version of the logo from its movie and television counterparts.

Variant: On some promotional trailers for PolyGram releases and Franklin VHS releases from Reader's Digest, the print logo is used instead. It also has a slightly more stylized, more detailed version of the logo flanked by two wings on each side, and the font is also smaller, more spaced out, and presented in one line. The logo is also either in B&W or a solid blue.

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: None.

Audio Variant: On the U.S. screener VHS release of Bean, it uses the audio from the 1993 logo, and may possibly be even the first tape to use the logo.

Availability:

• In the U.S. and Canada, it can be found on Barney's Great Adventure, What Dreams May Come, Bean, The Borrowers, The Game, Kansas, The Land Girls, Cats, Very Bad Things, The Last Days of Disco, The Proposition, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Clay Pigeons, Elizabeth, U.S. VHS releases of Noddy's Toyland Adventures, and The Big Lebowski, among others.
  • It is also seen on reissued VHS releases of Troll 2, The Graduate, Misery, Needful Things, Platoon, Escape from New York, Howling 2, The Curse, The Sure Thing, and The Producers, among others.
  • It is also seen on the original DVD releases of Pulp Fiction, Ghost in the Shell, Mr. Saturday Night, Return to Paradise, What Dreams May Come, Malice, Needful Things, and Misery, as well as the first DVD releases from Palm Pictures and Manga Entertainment.
• The long animated variant can be found on the UK and international VHS releases, including the European VHS release of The Real Macaw, the 1998 UK VHS releases of The Borrowers and Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie (both 1997), The Ultimate Comedy Collection, Rolf Harris: Amazing World Of Animals, Hard Rain, Chubby Goes Down Under & Other Sticky Regions and Father Christmas (1991, 1998 re-release), the 1998 Japanese VHS release of Super Mobile Legend DinaGiga, the 1999 UK VHS releases of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, The Complete Bagpuss, The Big Lebowski, Sunderland AFC Champions! and Animal Farm (1954, 1999 re-release), and the 1999 Japanese DVD release of Magic Knight Rayearth (Disc 1 only), respectively, among many others.
• This logo is also seen on the U.S. VHS releases of both the 1998 World Series and the 1999 San Antonio Spurs NBA Championship Video.
• Like the fifth logo, sometimes, at the end of UK VHS releases such as Chubby Goes Down Under & Other Sticky Regions, the logo is shown before the warning screen.
• This logo's last ever appearance was on the 1999 UK VHS release of Citizen Kane.

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1st Bumper (August 24, 1994)

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Visuals: On a dark blue background with a PolyGram Video logo wallpaper, the silver stacked words "FEATURE PRESENTATION" zoom out ultra fast. A crimson red sparkle appears on a silver F, and the words shine twice.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: A low, drawn-out dramatic synth note, with a whoosh sound as the text appears, and a higher synth note when the sparkle appears.

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Media Title	Format	Date of Release	Country / Region	Additional Notes
Four Weddings and a Funeral OSCA	VHS	August 24, 1994	United States	Only appearance

2nd Bumper (October 12, 1994-June 30, 1998)

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Visuals: On a blue background with a PolyGram Video logo wallpaper, these white stacked words.

• COMING SOON FROM (PolyGram Video logo)
• COMING SOON ON VIDEOCASSETTE
• COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU
• NOW AVAILABLE FROM POLYGRAM VIDEO
• NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS EVERYWHERE
• NOW AVAILABLE AT MUSIC STORES EVERYWHERE
• FEATURE PRESENTATION

either by fading in with the 1993 PolyGram Video logo animating or zooming in ultra fast.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: None, except for the 1993 PolyGram Video logo audio on the "COMING SOON FROM" bumper.

Availability: This bumper is seen on some VHS releases from PolyGram Video.

• Some of the last releases to use this were the 1998 U.S. VHS release of The Graduate and certain prints of The Borrowers.

3rd Bumper (July 7, 1998-2002)

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Visuals: On a blue gradient wallpaper of the words "POLYGRAM VIDEO", one of these large and silver texts in 3D fly down from both the above right from the screen and the bottom:

• COMING SOON ON VIDEOCASSETTE
• COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU
• COMING SOON ON VIDEO CASSETTE AND DVD
• COMING SOON ON DVD
• NOW AVAILABLE ON VIDEOCASSETTE
• NOW AVAILABLE ON VIDEO CASSETTE AND DVD
• NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD
• FEATURE PRESENTATION

The words shine and fade away via a stretch effect.

Variant: USA Home Entertainment VHS releases have their respective logo in the background.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: None.

Availability: This bumper can be found on some PolyGram Video and USA Home Entertainment VHS releases from the era, such as What Dreams May Come, Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie and certain prints of The Borrowers.

• The PolyGram Video version of this is also preserved on the 2000 MGM Home Entertainment U.S. VHS release of Malice.

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1st Warning (1993-February 20, 1996)

Visuals: Over a blue background is the following text in white:

This tape is the property of
PolyGram Video. It is not for
sale or rental. If you rented it or
purchased it, please contact us
at 1-800-223-7781 ext. 1414
with the retailer's name and address
and we will refund your money.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Most PolyGram demo tapes don't have this screen at all (although some tapes do have it), but it can be seen on the 1993 demo VHS of Posse.

2nd Warning (February 27, 1996-1999)

Visuals: Over a green background is the following text in white scrolling up:

This videocassette is a promotional copy and shall forever remain the property of Polygram Video and must be returned upon demand. It has been distributed on loan, free-of-charge, for promotional purposes only and under no circumstances may any person copy it or sell or rent it to anyone, including any member of the public. Any such copy, sale or rental may give rise to civil and criminal liability.

If you have rented or purchased this videocassette, please call the anti-piracy hotline at:

1-800-NO-COPYS (in the U.S.A.)

or

1-800-363-9166 (in Canada)

All calls confidential.

Technique: Chyron effects.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on the 1996 screener VHS of Wishbone: The Prince and the Pooch and the 1999 screener VHS of Elizabeth.

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North America

1st Screen (1982-1990)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a blue bar with "WARNING" (with a black drop shadow) in white and italics. The following white text is below the bar:

THE COPYRIGHT PROPRIETORS HAVE
LICENSED THE CINEMATOGRAPH FILM
AND SOUND RECORDINGS CONTAINED
IN THIS PROGRAM FOR PRIVATE HOME
USE ONLY. ALL OTHER RIGHTS RESERVED.
ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE INCLUDING
COPYING, EDITING, EXCHANGING,
EXHIBITING, RENTING, LENDING, HIRING,
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, RADIO OR TELE-
VISION BROADCASTING OR OTHERWISE
DEALING WITH THIS PROGRAM OR ANY
PART THEREOF IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

2nd Screen (Canada, 1992-2003)

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Visuals: Over a blue background is the warning text scrolling up. The word "WARNING" is above a red line. It is then followed by its French translation with the word "ATTENTION" above a red line.

Variants:

• Most releases use only the English or French version of this warning, depending on the language.
• On some VHS releases, it uses both languages.
• From 1992 to 1993, the warning was spaced.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on all Canadian PolyGram Video releases from 1992-1999, such as Mr. Bean, and on English VHS releases by Malofilm from 1992-1997.

• It can also be found on some Périodica Vidéo releases, on a Koch International VHS release of Backlash: Oblivion 2, and on certain Seville Pictures VHS and DVD releases from 1997-2003.
  • It is also seen on the Canadian VHS release of Air Bud and TVA International VHS releases.
    • It is also seen at the start of the late-period Alliance Atlantis VHS releases, most notably The Constant Gardener.

3rd Screen (February 28, 1995-2005)

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Visuals: On a black background, there is a red bar with the silver words "FBI WARNING". Below is the following white text:

Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties for the unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or exhibition of copyrighted motion pictures and videotapes. (Title 17, United States Code. Sections 501 & 506) The Federal Bureau of Investigations investigates allegations of criminal copyright infringement. (Title 17, United States Code, Section 506)

Variant: Starting in 1997, the warning is completely 2D and includes the following changes:

• "FBI WARNING" is now white with a black border.
• The bar at the top is now a solid red without a border.
• The warning text is also in a different font and arranged differently.
• "FBI WARNING" is also smaller.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on most Manga VHS releases distributed by PolyGram Video in the United States, including Black Magic M-66, the Patlabor movies, and Psychic Wars.

• It is also seen on all VHS releases distributed by Palm Pictures, including X, The Castle of Cagliostro, and Rayearth, among others.

United Kingdom and Australia

Screen (1984-2002)

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Visuals: Over a black background is this following text in orange:

"WARNING"
All rights of the producer
and of the owner of the
work reproduced reserved.
Unauthorised copying,
hiring, lending, public
performance, radio or TV
broadcasting of this
video recording prohibited.

After a few moments, the text fades out and this duplication text fades in:

This video cassette was
duplicated by Rank
Video Duplication on behalf
of PolyGram Video
and with their approval.

Variants:

• On some UK VHS releases by Channel 5 Video from 1986, such as Terrahawks 3: Terror From Mars and Thunderbirds in Outer Space, the text is slightly thicker.
• Sometimes, the duplication notice is absent, which can be seen on all 4Front Video and Channel 5 Video VHS releases and the 1986 Marks & Spencer UK VHS release of The Adventures of Noddy.
  • When PolyGram Video debuted their "VHS Assembly" logo in May 1991, the duplication notice was now permanently removed.
• On 4 Front Video UK VHS releases starting in 1998, the warning text is now arranged like this:

"WARNING"
All rights of the producer and
of the owner of the work
reproduced reserved.
Unauthorised copying, hiring,
lending, public performance,
radio or TV broadcasting of
this video recording prohibited.

Starting in mid-1999, it would also primarily be shown before either the 1997 Universal logo or the 1997 Macrovision logo.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen at the end of all UK VHS releases from PolyGram Video (as well as 4 Front Video and Channel 5 Video) from 1984 to 1998 (also continuing to appear on the extended 1994 UK VHS re-release of The Busy World of Richard Scarry: The Three Fishermen and other stories and other 4 Front Video releases until 2002).

• Starting in May 1991, coinciding with the PolyGram Video "VHS Assembly" logo's debut, the warning now appears at the start and end of later PolyGram Video releases until 1993, such as Thunderbirds: Countdown To Disaster and Roy Chubby Brown: The Helmet Rides Again, among others.
• The original version of the warning screen is also seen at the end of the 1986 Marks & Spencer UK VHS release of The Adventures of Noddy.

Germany

Screen (1993?-1999)

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Visuals: On a black background, the 1993 PolyGram Video logo animates as normal, however, once it's done, the following text in blue begins scrolling up as the logo fades out:

Der Copyright-Inhaber hat
das Programm auf dieser
Videocassette ausschließlich
zur privaten Nutzung
freigegeben. Er verbietet die
vollständige und teilweise
anderweitige Nutzung,
insbesondere die Kopierung,
Vervielfältigung, Überspielung,
die Öffentliche Vorführung
und den kommerziellen Verleih.

Following the scroll, publish info scrolls up and settles on the center of the screen.

Trivia: "PolyGram GmbH" and the publish symbol are noticably spaced so far apart.

Variant: Some releases have the text in a more plain blue color and in a slightly different font. The publishing info also varies depending on the release.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: For the first few seconds, just the sounds of the logo. Afterwards, the warning screen is silent.

Availability: Seen on German PolyGram releases including Barney's Insel der Fantasien (Barney's Imagination Island).

Spain

Screen (1993-Late 1990's)

Visuals: On a black background is the following text, all scrolling up:

El propietario del copyright ha licenciado el film (incluyéndo su banda sonora) contenido en este videocassette sólo para su uso doméstico. Todos los demás derechos quedan reservados. Cualquier copia, edición, adición, reducción, corrección, exhibición, alquiler, intercambio, contrato, préstamo, difusión, proyección simultanea en videos comunitarios u otras actividades y/o emisión de exhibiciones públicas de este videocassette o de alguna parte del mismo, sin autorización expresa, están terminantemente prohibidos y la realización de cualquiera de estas actividades haría incurrir en responsabili- dades legales y podría dar lugar a actuaciones penales.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on Spanish VHS releases by PolyGram Video, such as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series.

France

1st Screen (Mid 1980's-1997?)

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Visuals: Over a black background is the following text flipping in:

Tous droits du producteur
et du propriétaire de l‘oeuvre
enregistrée réservés.
Sauf autorisation,
la duplication, la location, le prêt,
et l'utilisation de cette vidéo
cassette pour l'exécution publique
et la radiodiffusion sont interdits.

Variant: Pre-1993 VHS releases had the warning text in all-caps. On pre-1991 VHS releases, the background is blue. It also fades in and out.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on French VHS releases by PolyGram Video, such as Cabaret and Rai.

2nd Screen (1997-1999)

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Visuals: On the same background as the 1997 PolyGram Filmed Entertainment logo (and other PolyGram logos at the time) is same warning text in white from the previous warning. After 15 seconds, the warning text fades out, and the word "EDV 764" fades in.

Technique: Fading effects.

Audio: None.