Magnetic Videography - Viacom International

In 1978, a red FBI Warning was added to the start of the tapes. It would carry over to subsequent Fox Video labels. Some back covers listed the newly-released titles from Viacom (Spring 1978) and/or the estate of Charles Chaplin (Summer 1978), others listed those plus some more Viacom titles and the first 15 from Avco-Embassy (Fall 1978A), and others listed everything from Hello, Dolly! to The Sound of Music. Around this time, newer pressings of older two-tape films started filling the first tape more.

This part of the videography covers titles Blay licensed from Viacom International. Blay had access to the films of the late Elvis Presley (i.e. those that he did for Paramount; whether Viacom gained the syndication rights after his death or from some other deal prior to that remains unknown to the OP) as well as three of Jerry Lewis' films, and the theatrical Terrytoons cartoons (i.e. the Mighty Mouse inventory). The theatrical Terrytoon cartoons were originally distributed theatrically by 20th Century-Fox; those made for television were produced directly by CBS, who by this time owned the Terrytoons, only to later lose control of them to the fin-syn laws of the early '70s. The distributorship of this inventory are, in this century, the obvious property of Paramount Pictures and CBS.

Early Magnetic releases had a brown bar and a black band reading "Magnetic Video Corporation" at the bottom:

Later ones had the text "MAGNETIC VIDEO - A TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX COMPANY" in between two red bars at the bottom:

There is also a variation of that label where the "MAGNETIC VIDEO" font is significantly larger; I still have to do a scan of it.

Blay also launched Magnetic Video in West Germany. There was also a company called Magnetic Video in Argentina, but it had no connection with Blay's company.

Viacom titles intially appeared in a sequence beginning at 2001; Magnetic also had a UK-only series of Viacom titles starting at 2901. Releases from Viacom had the Magnetic announcer (at one point sounding different from the usual one) stating: "By special arrangement with Viacom International" and then "Magnetic Video Corporation is proud to offer the following motion picture entertainment on videocassette" (1978-79), "Magnetic Video Corporation is proud to offer the following major motion picture on videocassette" (1979-80), "Magnetic Video Corporation is proud to offer the Greatest Sports Legends on videocassette" (#2011-2016), or "Magnetic Video Corporation is proud to offer the following special video presentation." (later releases)

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CL-2001 Blue Hawaii (1961)
CL-2002 Fun In Acapulco (1963)
CL-2003 GI Blues (1960)
CL-2004 Girls Girls Girls (1962)
CL-2005 King Creole (1958)
CL-2006 Paradise Hawaiian Style (1966)
CL-2007 Roustabout (1964)
CL-2008 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Mighty Mouse (1978)
CL-2009 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Heckle and Jeckle (1978)
CL-2010 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Deputy Dawg (1978)
CL-2011 Great Legends of Baseball (1978)
CL-2012 Great Legends of Basketball (1978)
CL-2013 Great Legends of Football (1978)
CL-2014 Greatest Sports Legends Vol. 1 (1978)
CL-2015 Greatest Sports Legends Vol. 2 (1978)
CL-2016 Greatest Sports Legends Vol. 3 (1978)
CL-2017 All In A Nights Work (1961)
CL-2018 Last Train From Gun Hill (1959)
CL-2019 The Sad Sack (1957)
CL-2020 Visit To A Small Planet (1960)
CL-2021 Dont Give Up The Ship (1959)
CL-2022 Blood Of The Vampire (1958)
CL-2023 Hells Angels On Wheels (1967)
CL-2024 The Days Of Thrills And Laughter (1961)
CL-2025 The African Queen (1951)
CL-2026 Buck Rogers Conquers the Universe (1939)
CL-2027 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Adventures of Mighty Mouse I (1978)
CL-2028 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Adventures of Mighty Mouse II (1978)
CL-2029 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Adventures of Mighty Mouse III (1978)
CL-2030 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring The Best of Heckle and Jeckle I (1978)
CL-2031 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring The Best of Heckle and Jeckle II (1978)
CL-2032 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring The Best of Heckle and Jeckle III (1978)
CL-2033 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Little Roquefort (1978)
CL-2034 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring More Little Roquefort (1978)
CL-2035 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Tales of Deputy Dawg I (1978)
CL-2036 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Dinky Duck I (1978)
CL-2037 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Gandy Goose (1978)
CL-2038 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Sad Cat (1978)
CL-2039 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Astronut (1978)
CL-2040 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Sidney the Elephant I (1978)
CL-2041 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Terry Bears I (1978)
CL-2042 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Possible Possum I (1978)
CL-2043 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Hector Heathcote (1978)
CL-2044 Watch Your Step: Program I (1979)
CL-2045 Watch Your Step: Program II (1979)
CL-2046 Watch Your Step: Program III (1979)
CL-2047 Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
CL-2048 Conversation Piece (1974)
CL-2049 The Seduction Of Mimi (1972)
CL-2050 Leonor (1975)
CL-2051 Scruggs: A Festival of Music (1973)
CL-2052 Money Madness (1979)
CL-2053 All Screwed Up (1973)
CL-2054 Room At The Top (1958)
CL-2055 The Incredible World of Magic: Volume 1 (1978)
CL-2056 The Incredible World of Magic: Volume 2 (1978)

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None of the British movies listed below ever had an American release on Magnetic Video. Their earlier packaging was very similar to early Magnetic Video releases (1977-1980) in America. An additional title in this category, Long Weekend (made in Australia), was released by Magnetic Video South Pacific and no other worldwide division of Magnetic Video.
CL-2901 The Adventurers (1950)
CL-2902 Beat the Devil (1953)
CL-2903 Carrington VC (1954)
CL-2904 The Good Die Young (1954)
CL-2905 I Am A Camera (1955)
CL-2906 I'll Get You For This (1950)
CL-2907 Let's Get Married (1959)
CL-2908 Moulin Rouge (1952)
CL-2909 Storm Over The Nile (1955)
CL-2910 15 Famous Cartoons from Terrytoons (1978)
CL-2912 The Devils Men (1976)
CL-2913 Under Milk Wood (1971)
CL-2914 Long Weekend (1979)