Mar11 90 ARCHIVE.tar

Mar\_90\_ARCHIVE.tar Compiled in June 1991

***Mar11\_90\_ARCHIVE.tar*** is the first unlisted video in Kane Parsons's Backrooms series. Upon its release, it accompanied *The Backrooms (Found Footage)*. It is a slideshow showing seemingly unrelated images, which together make up the file ***Mar\_90\_ARCHIVE.tar***. The images were compiled in June 1991, which is strange (see below).

## Full analysis

The video is a montage compiled in June 1991. The montage generally shows people with their eyes censored (likely to avoid facial recognition) at work making something, possibly a facility or a device. The technology seen in the video seems to be from the 1960s to 1980s.

The video begins with a couple seconds of black, which become a staticy screen replaced quickly by text. Interestingly, the background changes. The text reads:

"data not accessible"

"reformatting..."

"Loading ARCHIVE.tar"

Afterwards, a slideshow begins. The pictures are:

1. What appears to be a region of the Backrooms. The walls are grey and white, and there appears to be white pillars.
2. A picture of a blueprint or schematic.
3. A picture of water within a room. A pipe runs along the wall, and what appears to be a faucet is spraying water into the water. This might be in the Backrooms.[1]
4. A person (possibly an ASYNC researcher), likely at work at something, with binders and a strange machine. This person's face is blacked out.
5. Between pictures #4 and 6, the slideshow temporarily stops, and is replaced with a background similar to those at the beginning of the video. However, the slideshow soon continues.
6. A person, likely an ASYNC maintenance person, inspecting wires and other electrical equipment. This person's face is blacked out.
7. Large machinery set up in a room. This could be part of the Backrooms, however, it is not like any part seen so far - it has a tiled floor and is large. It is likely that this is the ASYNC facility on Earth.
8. An ASYNC employee working at a desk within the Backrooms. On his computer is a part of the Backrooms which is different from the one seen through his window. The person's eyes have been blacked out.
9. A picture of the Backrooms with writing on it. One hallway/room is identified as "Null Zone 4," while writing is seen on another hallway/room. The writing has been identified as "Due to the elevation discrepancy between panel 225 and 234, a small kx field is created."[2]
10. A room which is either a machine (likely within the ASYNC facility) or within the Backrooms. Several pipes run across the room, and there seems to be a bright light at the end.

Throughout the slideshow, the song "Sealed Away" plays. The pictures are often distorted due to static.

## Within the series

The video provides the first information that there is some organization or company that plays/played some role in investigating/creating the Backrooms. The organization is not identified in the video, but it is almost certainly confirmed to be ASYNC by *The Third Test*.

## Confusions

There are two main questions surrounding the video itself: When the video was created, and what the name of the file is.

Though the name of the video is *Mar11\_90\_ARCHIVE.tar*, suggesting that it was created on March 11, 1990, the description reveals that the video was compiled in June 1991, over a year later. In addition, the description also calls the file that the video is made up of Mar\_90\_ARCHIVE.tar, creating three possible dates for the video's creation: March 11, 1990, sometime in March 1990, or sometime in June 1991. It is also likely that the pictures were taken on March 11, 1990 and the file that the video is made up of was created in June 1991. However, this is a little unlikely.

The other question surrounding the video is what the file that the video is made up of is called. There are three different titles: Mar11\_90\_ARCHIVE.tar (from the video's title), Mar\_90\_ARCHIVE.tar (from the description), and ARCHIVE.tar (from the video). So far, it is likely that Mar11\_90\_ARCHIVE.tar is the real name. The .tar format was originally released in 1979, and is used for collecting many files into one archive file. *tar* itself stands for "*t*ape *ar*chive."

## Notes

1. The picture is popular online, and is rumored to be a picture of a water cistern in Germany. See https://www.reddit.com/r/LiminalSpace/comments/krx29r/drinking\_water\_cistern\_in\_germany/.
2. See one of the comments within the original video.