Background: American Video was a subbranch of Argentinian video distributor Magnetic Video S.A., formed in 1989 (as a successor to Vestal Video) to distribute American low-budget movies (hence their "films made in the USA" covers). They also launched sublabels Horror Video, Ninja Video and Western Video Home in 1992. The following year, softcore movie imprint Erotika Films was also founded.
(1989-1993)[]
Logo: We see live-action footage of various videotape machineries and cameras moving while projecting. The light flashes, and then we see a live-action footage of a girl sitting behind a space background, turning it around. The camera zooms out and brightens, and the light flashes from behind the girl, and turn it into a cloud background. We see the black word "AMERICAN" zooms out and we see a design similar to the Top Gun logo, minus the text, flipping in. The script word "Video" in yellow flips in from the center and settle bellow the "AMERICAN" word. Once it continues, we see a footage of a planet that sat from behind the girl.
FX/SFX: Other than the flipping, it's all live-action.
Music/Sounds: An excerpt of "In The Stone" by Earth, Wind and Fire.
Availability: Seen on American Video releases in Argentina.