Strand Home Video

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Background

Strand Home Video was the second name of the North American division of Video Collection International (then known as The Video Collection) that distributed special interest and children's videos. In December 1993, the company was acquired by, and in 1994 absorbed into Video Treasures.

1st Logo (1992)

Logo: On a gray background, a black rectangle with "HOME VIDEO" on it slides up, followed by a red rectangle with "STRAND" on it flying in and rotating in from the right.

Technique:2D animation.

Music/Sounds: The Strand VCI Entertainment music.

Availability: Ultra rare. Only known to have appeared on Wild and Wacky Sports Moments, Volume 1.

2nd Logo (1992-1994)

Logo: On a starry sky background, a globe of Earth flies in from the bottom right corner of the screen, rotating clockwise and donned with dark gray oceans and gray continents. As the globe freezes on a tilted North America, a grid pattern is wiped in from top to bottom. Then, a shiny black rectangle drops down from the top of the screen as it rotates around. Along with the rectangle, a red rectangle with a silver border and a silver "STRAND", in a Windsor Elongated font, flies and rotates in from the right of the screen and the silver text "HOME VIDEO", in a Futura font, come in from both sides and flip around once. When they all meet up, the logo flashes a thin white outline and freezes into a 2D image.

Trivia: Since Strand Home Video was the American counterpart of The Video Collection, a white star appears on the globe right where London is.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 1986 VCI logo, except without the quiet beeping sound at the start.

Availability: Uncommon.

  • Can be seen on later Thomas the Tank Engine releases in the US from 1992 to 1994.
  • Also seen on Kino's Storytime.
Strand VCI Entertainment
Strand Home Video
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