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
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA - Super 8 Film
20th Century Fox Home Movies (Selected Scenes)
Produced in USA
1961
Colour
Sound
Catalogue # F52
Original styrofoam side hinged case
400' TAYLOREEL CORPORATION (USA) Light Grey plastic reel
A newly built nuclear submarine takes a dive but upon surfacing discovers that all is not well with the Earth so Captain Nelson (Walter Pidgeon) devises a plan to save the planet but is he "all there"? the onboard psychiatrist doesn't think so (Joan Fontaine)
I found this trailer to be a bit "cheesy", hopefully it is a genuine clip - best part (for me) was Barbara Eden dancing to Frankie Valli !
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
The reel is not cracked or damaged
Film stock, including the sprocket holes, appears to be physically undamaged
Leader film is fitted but no film clip
NO damage to the original outer case
NO personal writing on the case or the reel
TESTING:
Test projector is the ELMO 1200
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.
I ran the film through the projector for the first five minutes, to observe the colour and sound, actually it was more like ten minutes as I used to watch this series on television when I was a younger man! Funny the things you notice now ... the Admiral puffing away on his cigar in the cramped control room, officer at the console receiving Morse Code then switching to voice communications with a very ordinary looking microphone - all very dated cultural attitudes and technologies these days.
Yes, the colour has definitely shifted towards the Red end of town although there are "hints" of Greens and Blues at times! - the picture is clean and sharp, just dominated by Red & Pinks!
Sound is good, crisp, clean and at a good level and not muffled
SPECIAL NOTE: I felt I needed to add this little note ... this is one of my early test viewings and is became apparent to me that 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 (it is good at the Red end of the spectrum but poor in the Blues) nor does it have the ability to portray contrast properly. The screen shots I have taken are when the film is running, not paused, so it is even more difficult to get a good representation of the colour and the pictures definitely look blurry! The photographs are only a very rough guide for what to expect but in reality the film is not as bad as in the photographs. I work with what equipment I have, room lighting etc ... if anything, at least you can see that the films have actually been run through the projector!
This film is now stored in a cool, low humidity environment while it awaits a new projector to bring it back to life again!
