BACKGROUND INFO:
I am not a 'film enthusiast' and my past working life has revolved around electronics (many fields including communications, industrial and audio) and "The Arts", more specifically, creative arts such as handcrafted fine china, ceramics and landscape artworks.
An associate has asked me to help find new owners for HIS large collection of photographic and film items ... this is yet another one of those items. I am frequently asked "THE QUESTION"
So how many films do you have, Russ?
My response is ... boxes and boxes of them, perhaps 350+ films are now left for me to look through ... plus a few projectors
Another question I am often asked "Can I come and have a browse through the films?" Sorry, but the answer has to be a flat NO!
ALL film stock is safely away in my storage units, nice n cool and out of harms way, each day (or so) I will retrieve a few films, take a look (and smell!) at each film ... absolutely NO ONE can just casually "browse" the collection. My associate wouldn't like that and neither do I.
There is a lot of detail on this page plus even more HERE ... I strongly suggest anyone who is interested in this film to read everything carefully, including looking at the link. To not do so is at your own peril!
Vinegar Syndrome "smell test" ☑= Negative
DUMBO & LADY AND THE TRAMP (Cartoons)
Disney Home Movies (selected scenes I think)
First film
Title: Dumbo - The Flying Elephant (1941)
Catalogue # Unknown
Second film
Title: Lady And The Tramp - Muzzle Trouble (1955)
400 Feet Black Unidentifed (Unknown country of origin) reel
Colour
Sound (Mono)
Run time: approximate total of 16 minutes
Dumbo becomes a star, a celebrity due to his ability to fly
Lady And The Tramp is a well known story, it's a dog's life when the "high class" lady dog runs away from her owner and meets up with "the tramp" from the "wrong" side of the tracks.
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
The original box has long since gone to it's maker and has been replaced by a KODAK 8527 metal film can with only a simple side label to indicate the contents. There is also Black felt pen writing directly onto the reel.
The reel is not cracked or damaged
NO personal writing on the film reel or the 8527 can
There is a leader film, and a film clip, which is a good thing because this is another fully loaded reel!
TESTING:
Test machine: ELMO 1200ST
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 because I am running a lot of films through the machine.
Film stock on the reel, including the sprocket holes, appears to be physically undamaged
I ran the film through the projector for approximately the ten minutes, to observe the picture and check that the sound quality of each film.
Dumbo is the "opener" and is of a quite short duration in comparison to the following film, Lady And The Tramp.
Beginning with Dumbo, the opening scenes have a lot of Red, Oranges and Yellows but then Greens and even Blues pop up every so often so the film is not entirely Reddish in colouring. So the Blues are there although subdued e.g Dumbo's eyes are supposed to be a really vivid Blue but are a pale Blue.
Lady And The Tramp is similar but if anything, the further I went into the reel, the better the colouring. Again, I saw a lot of pale Reds, Pinks, Yellows etc but also there were Greens and some Blues too. This film runs for far longer than Dumbo, I am guessing this was actually around 400' and the Dumbo film (which is pretty short) has been tacked on.
For both films, the sound is clean clear and of a good level ...
SPECIAL NOTE: I felt I needed to add this little note ... whilst viewing the film on the screen, it actually looks "less Red" than the photographs would indicate but still ... pretty Red, there is no hiding this fact. My antiquated digital camera (very old, one of the very first 'point n shoot' models!) just isn't up to the task in regard to colour representation nor the ability to portray contrast properly. The screen shots I take are now taken with the film on pause which gives an improved image but the light is dimmer and quite blurry as it is difficult to stop the film at "just the right spot" These photographs are only a very rough guide for what to expect in any case.
This film reel in the 8527 can is now stored in a cool, low humidity environment while it awaits a new projector to bring it back to life again!
