The uploader of the video "had to fuck about with [his] VCR because it had broke on [him] and [he] thought the mechanism was pretty interesting so [he] filmed a short video." The result is nothing short of masterful, a 2 1/2 minute demonstration of how the way in which a VHS tape interacts with the VCR and it will amaze you all the way through.

"...although depending on your ability to understand accent might as well be talking German anyway." - The gentleman who made the video