Gaumont Columbia RCA Video

Background
This was a joint venture between Gaumont and RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video to release titles from the Gaumont, Columbia and TriStar library, as well as third-party content, like the Carolco catalog. It was renamed to Gaumont Columbia TriStar Home Video in 1992, while retaining the original moniker until 1993.

1st Logo (1982-1989)


Visuals: On a black background, a white rectangle outline rises up from the bottom of the screen while spinning to the right, containing a white version of the 1979-1995 Gaumont logo inside of it. The box settles at the top part of the screen as the Columbia Pictures print logo, though horizontally-arranged and all in dark blue, flies and spins up from the lower left corner also clockwise, and when it settles below the top box, 2 pieces of another box stretch in and close up around the logo. Below, "RC A Arial", with the RCA corporate logo and "Arial" styled as an outline, zooms out slowly from the bottom of the screen, and finally, a white bracket rises up and connects with the other boxes, creating a 3rd row.

Technique: Simple 2D computer animation.

Audio: A fanfare with drums and brass instruments that sounds similar to the 20th Century Fox fanfare and the Superman theme.

Availability: Seen on French releases of Gaumont and Columbia Pictures (and TriStar Pictures) and even some Orion Pictures movies from the time.
 * It was seen on a French VHS of American Justice, Oublie-moi Mandoline, 7 Gladiateurs, The Amazing Spider-Man (1977), and many other titles.
 * It's unsure but doubtful if it appears on French-Canadian releases distributed by ISV, like Alone in the Dark (to name one).

2nd Logo (1989-1993)


Visuals: On a slowly-zooming space background, white dots zooms towards the background from many different directions, leaving trails as they do, as a 3D version of the Gaumont logo drops down from the top of the screen and swoops into the top center, turning into a flat 2D image in the process. As the dots stop appearing, thin lines stretch into view, which reveal themselves as a  version of the Columbia Pictures print logo, but now with "Serif" in a much smaller print size now, which zooms out and swerves to the left and right before turning into a 2D image itself. The letters of the RCA logo then fly in and twirl around a bit, with wireframe trails and a bright red color, before settling to the bottom left, and "Arial" in a outlined Arial font, zooms in on the right, making "RC A Arial". Finally, 2 halves of the 3-tier box outline from before slide in and close up the logos, filling their insides with black to remove the stars.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Seen on releases of material mentioned of the 1st logo, like on a French VHS of Lock Up.