United King Video

Logo descriptions and captures by DreamMechanic Video captures courtesy of 077YoniX and KOYOelevatorfan

1st Logo (1980's-1986)
Nickname: "The Filmreel".

Logo: In a blue background, we see the text "יונײטד קינג וידאו" in script and a filmreel with 2 filmstrips sticking up, both in yellow.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Just a trumpet fanfare.

Availability: Unknown.

Editor's Note: This logo is absolutely boring, right down to the trumpet.

2nd Logo (1986-198?)
Nicknames: "The Filmreel II", "Zooming Filmreel", "Gold Filmreel".

Logo: We see the 1984 Cannon Films logo starting with the already formed logo, but the flash at the end is replaced by an explosion that reveals the 1957 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer logo. The logo cuts off to reveal the filmreel from the last logo on a space background. The filmreel starts to zoom in, and the screen cuts to the filmreel, tilted to the right. "יונײטד קינג וידאו" appears next to the filmreel.

FX/SFX: Everything in the logo.

Music/Sounds: The sound of the Cannon logo, an explosion, the roar from the MGM logo, and a music track ("Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" by Ollie & Jerry) continuing to the warning screen.

Availability: Seen on rare pre-cert VHS movies from this company.

Editor's Note: Decent animation.

3rd Logo (198?-1995)
Logo: There are 2 versions in the logo.
 * The Globus Group logo in blue zooms in, then flies away to make room for the United King Video logo, which also makes room for "גולן גלובוס יונײטד קינג וידאו מציגים" ("Golan-Globus United King Video presents" in Hebrew). The screen then fades to a blue background, where various screens showing videoclips of various films flip in. The last screen flips out to reveal the warning screen.
 * On a space background we see 2 flying screens (which initially show the Cannon logo before it burns off to reveal another movie) settle to the left and right parts of the screen. The Globus Group logo in magenta flips in before moving out of the screen to make room for the United King Video logo. The logo then makes room for "מציגים" ("presents" in Hebrew), which also moves away later. The Cannon Films logo then flips in, the segments of the hexagon fly toward the screen one by one, and the screens (the left now showing the warning screen and the right the Cannon logo) merge, with the warning screen covering the screen.
 * A variant of the above has the screens show movies from the beginning. After the United King Video logo moves away, the A.D. Matalon logo animates itself in, with the screens connecting and showing the 1981 Columbia Pictures logo when it's done. The logo then moves away and the left screen covers the screen.

FX/SFX: All the animation.

Music/Sounds: The music "Spacehunter - Adventures in the Forbidden Zone" playing in the PAL pitch, until it stops until the warning screen. The second variant has the A.D. Matalon music play after the United King Video logo moves away.

Availability: Unknown.

Editor's Note: TBA

4th Logo (Portugal, 1980's)
Logo: On a sunrise background, we see a blue version of the filmreel logo spinning as it zooms in to settle to the upper center of the screen. We see the text "united king video lda." zooming out before settling under the logo. The word "APRESENTA" ("PRESENTS" in Portuguese) wipes in.

FX/SFX: The zooming and spinning.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 3rd Israeli logo.

Availability: Seen on Portuguese United King tapes.

Editor's Note: None.

5th Logo (1995-1997)

Nicknames: "The Filmreel IV", "Relaxing Filmreel".

Logo: We see a light blue background with lighter blue and orange copies of the filmstrip moving on it (the former to the left, the latter downwards). The filmstrip, now in silver, slides down with the company name "יונײטד קינג וידאו" appears below.

Variant: An variant has the logo stretched with the Globus Group logo on the top.

FX/SFX: Rather simple animation.

Music/Sounds: A peaceful synthesized theme.

Availability: Rare.

Editor's Note: This is a very relaxing logo.

6th Logo (1997-Late 1990's)
Nickname: "The Flying VHS Tape", "A VHS Tape Goes to the Movies"

Logo: On a dark grey background, we see a white rectangle with rounded edges (the label on a VHS tape) showing the logos for United King (a film reel with two curved lines, surrounded by stars, coming from both ends) and Globus Group (a G shape with another G shape flipped horizontally to form one globe-like logo, also surrounded by stars). Below it is text in Hebrew, translating to "United King - Globus Group Video" (with "Video" spaced out slightly below the words). Then the image zooms out, revealing it is on a VHS tape as the camera angle lowers to show it is in zooming into a movie theater with the logo on a marquee and two squares on the sides of the theater as well as to the sides of the entrance. As the VHS flies into the cinema, we see cars passing by the cinema and the squares change to show various logos (including Warner Home Video, A.D. Matalon, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Kids, ABC Video, unknown company, Israeli Educational Television, MGM Home Entertainment, Nu Image, Regency, Saban, Shapira, Summit Entertainment, and United Artists). As the VHS reaches the entrance to the cinema, a set of doors opens, showing a glowing yellow light as the VHS zooms in and the camera follows it. Once the camera goes past the doorway, the glowing yellow changes to a red curtain that opens to reveal a black background (with a white spotlight in the upper-right corner) with a warning, in Hebrew, scrolling up as the tape zooms into to the top of the screen until it disappears. Eventually, the warning scrolls up to reveal the same logo from before which later fades to a message which includes the copyright date (1997) as well as what seems to be a phone number.

FX/SFX: The VHS tape zooming out and zooming into the cinema, the cars passing by the cinema which changes logo images, the yellow light glowing as the doors open, the curtains opening and the warning and logo scrolling up before fading to the message at the end of the logo.

Music/Sounds: A dramatic orchestral fanfare with whooshing sounds (such as when the tape zooms out)

Availability: Uncommon, unless you live in Israel or own tapes from the company; it can be found on Israeli tapes of films/TV shows from any of the companies featured in the logo at the time.

Editor's Note: None.