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.
Vinegar Syndrome: my nose came up NEGATIVE on this reel ...
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 ...
Film stock is on an unbranded Black plastic 800 foot reel and has been stored in a POSSO library case (drop down front door) with very basic labelling on the library case and none on the reel.
ENTER THE DRAGON (1973)- Super 8 Film
Catalogue # Not Stated on packaging
Enter The Dragon (Bruce Lee)
Bruce Lee plays a martial-arts expert determined to help capture the narcotics dealer whose gang was responsible for the death of his sister.
The unbranded reel is housed in a POSSO "like" heavy duty plastic case, Brown drop down door.
Leader film has been fitted, although it is pretty short and there is no film clip.
600' Black reel with feet & metre measurement scales but no branding or country of origin indicated.
I have only "test viewed" the first 5 minutes or so
Colour
Sound
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
Film stock and the reel is undamaged, straight and true
Labelling has been applied to one side of the POSSO library case only and a small handwritten sticker on the reel.
NO Vinegar odours coming off the film at all.
NO personal names or other writing on the library case or the film reel
TESTING:
Test projector is the ELMO 1200 that I have on hand at the moment.
The projector film path has been completely cleaned prior to running this film through the machine. I now have a "running sheet", my maintenance schedule if you like - I record when each maintenance is performed (usually after just 3~4 films each clean) because I am running a lot of films through the machine.
Film looks to be clean and in good condition, sprocket holes are a bit dodgy I think ... I suspect this is why the leader was so short in length. I had trouble when reversing the film after playback and it was around the splice area. The sprocket holes feel a bit "bumpy" if that makes sense. Watch out for this!
I ran the film through the projector for the first 5 minutes or so, to observe the picture and sound and the colour is not bad (not all Red) but a bit strange and seems to change as the film progressed.
When the film begins, colour is quite Brownish then I can see Greens (or are they Blues) but then colouring changes to a Purple and then back to the Brownish colouring with some Greens showing themselves at times - so the colour is not wonderful but at least it is better than being all Red!
The sound is fine, and it is clear and easily understandable.
SPECIAL NOTES:
I always include a couple of "off screen" snapshots ... now my digital camera is antiquated and it's limitations are definitely showing up in these sample photographs. The photographs do not do the film justice but my aim is to show that I have confirmed the reel contents and make a quick judgement about the condition of the film. In all cases, the actual picture views much better than my rather crude screen shots.
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 (it doesn't even have a White balance control) is tending to emphasise the Red's in the photographs anyway - in reality the on-screen picture is not as Red as recorded in the photographs.
In my opinion, after this relatively brief test viewing, I am satisfied that this reel does indeed contain Enter The Dragon and the film looks to be reasonable ~ fair technical condition.
As with many of the films I am sorting through, I add a couple of satchels of Silica Gel (for moisture absorption) and then seal the reel within clear plastic. I then also seal the outer library case. This is done in an effort to preserve the current condition as much as possible.
