What old movies have you seen that are no longer shown on television?

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I tend to like science fiction movies and I miss some of the old '50's sci fi movies that they used to show on TV on Saturdays. Some of them were kind of trashy or silly but others were a bit more earnest. Two of these I'd love to see again. The first is called "The Next Voice You Hear". This was a 1950 film starring James Whitmore and Nancy Davis (later Nancy Reagan, the former first lady). The story revolves around a voice that comes over the radio worldwide claiming to be the voice of God and giving instructions to humanity and how different people respond to the voice. The second film is called "Red Planet Mars" made in 1952. In the movie, Peter Graves plays an American scientist who build a machine that allows him to communicate with what he thinks is Mars. The messages Graves receives claim to be from God (or Jesus) and are critical of things on Earth, mainly the rise of Communism. However, at the same time as Graves is doing his work, there is a former Nazi scientist working for the Communists who is working with his own machine. Although the US government tries to hide the messages, word gets out and the Communists are overthrown despite scenes of them machine gunning worshipers. The Nazis machine is destroyed in an avalanche, however, he shows up at Graves lab and claims that he was in fact the person sending the messages. He fires a gun that triggers and explosion blowing up Graves lab (and everyone in it) just as another message comes through that says something like "My chilren, you have done well ..." I realize both of these movies might seem hokey. They were made in the US at a time when the Cold War was heating up and the threat of nuclear war was rising. However, the movies might have worked to ease people's fears and since they don't show them anywhere anymore, I'd just like to see them.