HISTORY:
My "world" is 'the arts' and more specifically, music, artwork and hand crafted/decorated chinaware's.
I am not a film enthusiast but an associate has asked me to find new owners for THEIR large collection of photographic and film items ... this is one of those items.
While the world of 8mm/Super 8mm is not my area of expertise, I am doing my best to establish the condition of each item that I am listing.
I tend to be quite detailed in my item descriptions, please READ all the details to decide if this item may interest you.
Now, on with the description ...
CAMERA THRILLS IN WILDEST AFRICA
UNIVERSAL 8 FILMS
Circa 1970's
Catalogue # 2453
200 Feet
Printed in USA
Full Colour
Sound (Mono)
Run time: approximately 8 minutes
Content:
Quite mundane by today's entertainment standards but you have to remember that there was no Youtube, streaming services and even colour television was not common back in these days. Antelopes prancing around, fighting, Rhino's doing what Rhino's do best - wallowing and of course Elephants. Exciting and exotic back in those days.
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
Very good
Film stock and the Blue reel (made in USA) are undamaged, there is no leader film, just a short length of blank (clear) film and away she goes.
Outer all plastic White case is in good condition, no cracks or pieces broken and it is clean.
NO writing on the reel and just the front cover colour graphics plus a small paper label to the side of the case, identifying the contents.
TESTING:
Test projector is the ELMO 1200 that I have on hand at the moment.
Film looks to be clean and in good condition, sprocket holes are not damaged.
I only ran the film for the first couple of minutes or so to observe the colour and sound.
The colour has definitely shifted badly towards the Red end of town still watchable but Africa looks more like a Red dust bowl! The Blue dye has substantially failed which just leaves the Reds to dominate along with White.
Sound is good, very excitable American male accent, good level and not muffled
SPECIAL NOTE:
I always include a couple of "off screen" snapshots of each reel as it is played ... now my digital camera is antiquated (colour balance? what's that - like I said, this is one OLD camera) and it's limitations are definitely showing up in these sample photographs.
I take the screen shot in very low light levels, the camera flash is turned off (otherwise the picture is flooded with White) and the camera shutter speed is very slow.
This means I have trouble getting sharp photographs, especially when there is movement on the screen and I have noticed that after viewing quite a few films now, that my poor OLD digital camera is tending to emphasise the Red's in the photographs anyway - in real life the on-screen picture is not as Red as recorded in the photographs.
In my opinion, after this very brief test, I am happy that the film is as stated on the box but the film stock has substantially degraded Blue dye, not full colour (or even a hint of a colour spectrum) any longer.
Anyway, I am very fastidious and careful with these films (I am afterall doing this on behalf of another person) and I have now packed it back into the original plastic box AND sealed the film within clear plastic - waiting for a Super 8 film enthusiast to "enjoy"!
