A.A.P. Associated Artists Productions 

This logo appeared before initial TV prints of several of Warner Bros. pre-1948 feature films (including "Footsteps in the Fog") when A.A.P. began syndiciating them in 1956.

I LOVE THIS LOGO! That percussion is so cool, especially with the cymbal crashes for each letters' entrance. I used to see this at the beginning of an old WB movie (FOOTSTEPS IN THE FOG?) on TV.

Reminds me of DC Comics superhero The Atom. He has a similar logo (minus the letters, of course.)

This version was probably used only for feature films syndicated by AAP.

The "Atomic" logo wasn't used on the cartoons they distributed, though. Eliot Hyman started AAP with a shady Canadian named Lewis Chesler - they bought the Warner Bros. library (sound features and color cartoons made till 1948) and syndicated it to TV stations. Hyman sold AAP to United Artists, then started Seven Arts... which bought WB itself in 1966.

Scary? It's cool! (And wasn't there later a color version with the "a", "a" and "p" red, blue, and green respectively??)

So now there's an "Atom of Doom" logo. Never heard of this one, but it does look freaky.

This logo is made of WIN. Bongo fury and really cheesy animation. Yeah, scary as all git out. Love it love it love it. Hated it when I was a little chibi-chibi. Love it now.

A.A.P. also acquired the 1933-'55 Popeye theatrical cartoon library from Paramount in 1956 (eventually adding the 1955-'57 cartoons after their theatrical engagements), eliminating the original Paramount titles with their own. This logo was seen on TV prints before several of the early Warner Bros. theatrical features.

AS a little kid all kinds of things scared the b'jeesus outta me, but not this... I LOVED THIS!!! I can remember bein' like 4 yrs. old watching TV just waitin' for this to come on.

I was also just a kid when this intro was shown on TV. It kinda scared me too, but in a rather fascinating kind of way.

I found this logo which was taken from an 8mm version of "Bedtime For Sniffles" with the same logo which was cut shorter instead of the full logo. It starts abruptly with the same logo where an atom goes away without putting the words A, A and P on there and no bongo drums being heard in that version.

I would love to see this logo in front of some kind of film.

Wong rnigma. Ziv was acquired by UATV and became "Ziv-United Artists" in 1960. Only it was reverted back to UATV in 1962 after Ziv Television was phased out.

I remember seeing this at the begining of popeye cartoons back in the 60's

@wmbrown6 - yup, and UA then merged UAA with its other syndicator acquisition, Ziv, to form United Artists Television.

rnigma, I said UA acquired Ziv Television Programs to form "Ziv-United Artists". Ziv Television was phased out in 1962 and it was reverted back to "UATV". Ziv wasn't merged with UAA.

Very recent and different from the ones that would precede the Popeye and Merrie Melodies cartoons.

0:01 samsung logo was born. Oh wait

That drum beating makes it all the more scary.

I wish there was a better version of this...the beginning really blows it. I'd also love to see the color version as well. Yeah, Bongo Fury AAP. Accept no substitutes. I also would love to reanimate this so you would see the word "geek" as in Ms. Geek spelled out. I know someone who's a really awesome percussionist who would probably be able to do something even cooler than the bongo riff on here. If only I could find a Flash animator who could make my dreams come true...sigh...

I've tried to find with no success this logo on AAP syndicated movies, nost of them or had the early logo or didn't have any!

Marzipan sampled this in their song "Fury".

@ShaDeed329 Yes, I said Ziv was acquired by UA, and it was merged with UA-Associated, to become UATV.

Ya it scared the shit out of me too! when I was in bed at night and my dad had the black and white TV on with all the lights out. It was definitely the music I think and those splash symbols!...something was coming to get me! (Maybe Eddie Murphy's "Aunt Bunny"?

@rnigma - After the AAP sale, UA turned it into United Artists Associated - UAA for short.

Ziv wasn't merged with UA-Associated, rnigma. United Artists Television was already formed in 1956.

I'm sure someone probably has it on 16mm someplace but no interest to making a transfer of it just to have it up here.

New to me, it makes me think alot more that it would be best suited for telly fare that was broadcast by P.B.S.'s predecessor N.E.T. Just my tuppence there, m8's.... :-/

Where can i find the drum beat music at??

1955-1959

AAP = creepy in its various forms.

@rnigma Carroll Rosenbloom (Colts and Rams' owner) was involved too, wasn't he?

reminds me of 'untamed world"

What year is this from?

from an old videotape

sounds like i'm in africa!!!

Creio que esta vinheta da antiga AAP seja raísisma. Eu mesmo a vi apenas uma vez, no começo dos anos 1970, ainda nos tempos do preto e branco, antecedendo um filme da Warner que pasou na "Sessão das três", que a TV Record tinha na época e antecedeu a "Sessão da tarde" da Globo.

a little bit scary

dispicable!