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 film may interest you.
This is a compilation that the owner has put together using 3x 200' films. The first two films are related, the last film is not related to the first two.
The first two short films are Abbot & Costello while the last film is a full colour sports action film showing us the first Alpine Hang Gliding Championships
Now, on with the detailed description ...
COMPILATION (3x Short Films) - Super 8 Film
Castle Film (the first two films only)
Film 1: Abbott & Costello - Mexican Haywire (No Bulls Please)
Film 2: Abbott & Costello - Hit The Ice
Film 3: Free As A Bird (Hang Gliding - documentary style)
Labelling is on one side of the reel, using dynatape.
600 feet 8" smokey unbranded reel (marked as Made In Japan)
Leader film is fitted, but no film clips.
First two films are Black & White
The last film is Colour
Sound on all three films
NO case is supplied, but I have well packed and protected these now - it will not be sent as a "loose reel"
USED
CLEAN
Film stock is undamaged
NO whiffs of the dreaded "vinegar Syndrome" e.g I could NOT detect any vinegar type smells coming off this film
NO personal names have been written on the reel
TESTING:
Test projector is the ELMO 1200 that I have on hand at the moment.
Each film reel looks to be clean and in good condition, sprocket holes are not damaged. White leaders all fed through the ELMO projector fine.
I test viewed the ENTIRE reel as I needed to check that each film was as stated on the labelling and to make an overall judgement of the picture/sound quality.
The Black & White films are great, just as I would think they should be
The last film is stunning (from a colour aspect) as it has a lot of the colour left in the film, Yes the sky is Blue and lots of colours in the general film. Interesting too, I haven't seen any other hang gliding films from this person's film library yet.
The audio across all three films is very good, clean and easy to understand
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... in real life, the pictures are quite an improvement to the photographs you can see here.
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 this movie has a LOT of movement)
In my opinion, after this running this entire reel, I am happy that the film reels contain the short films as stated on the reel and that the film stock appears to be in pretty good technical condition.
I am very fastidious and careful with these films (I am after-all doing this on behalf of another person) and I have decided to repack the film with a little extra care ... a couple of packets of Silica Gel have been added within the reel and then sealed in clear plastic. This reel has then been placed into a very stiff cardboard base and once again, sealed in clear plastic.
