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Post by John F Brayshaw on Dec 22, 2011 17:54:01 GMT
I know that Blue Peter did time capsules for 1971 and 1984 and have been susequently been dug up. Does anyone know if any of the Buildings in the BBC would or could have time capsules in them?
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Post by John F Brayshaw on Dec 24, 2011 21:11:52 GMT
Or knowledge of any BBC buildings post 1964 to 1980 that might have been built with a time capsule in their cornerstone?
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Post by John Green on Dec 24, 2011 21:22:38 GMT
No,worse luck.I can't help but think that audio/visual material is the last thing that they'd put in a time capsule,if that's the idea.
I suspect that kids at school would have been more likely to have put a video in,with no thought of how it might be played back in the future!
Paper is so much more reliable.Old poster were recently discovered under carpeting,about 60 years after they were put there for insulation.
I haven't got the book; were any of the Whos etc. actually buried? I believe that thousands of U.S. reels were dumped in a river.
What are the chances of anything being retreivable now?
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Post by Rob Moss on Dec 24, 2011 22:06:02 GMT
Dumped in a river? None whatsoever.
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Post by Steven Sigel on Dec 24, 2011 23:57:04 GMT
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Post by LanceM on Dec 25, 2011 0:23:36 GMT
Ohhh, not good at all, can only shudder at the thought of what an even further along the line print may look like. Thank you for sharing that here, quite interesting to view in regards.
Cheers, Lance.
OT. Yep, remember the tale of the early TV prints being dumped in a river in upstate New York if am recalling correctly here? However, like the tale of the Lion, some were rescued before the rest made their way to a watery, and quite sad end.
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Post by Steven Sigel on Dec 25, 2011 2:59:43 GMT
That print wont get any worse - the damage was from moisture, and now that the moisture is gone, it wont deteriorate any more. Fortunately it's only the first few minutes of it that are damaged.
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Post by George D on Dec 25, 2011 17:10:08 GMT
The story of prints being dumped in a river in NY is regrettably true..The Dumont network was the fourth TV network from the late 40s to mid 50s. Classic stars who appeared there included Ernie Kovacs, Morey Amsterdam, Jackie Gleason, Captain Video, etc in American tv. The way the story goes is that when Metromedia took over the Dumont network the question was asked whose responsibility it would be to take care of the old films. The lawyers got together and came up with a solution. They filled a couple big trucks with film prints and dumped them in the river. Edie Adams rushed and saved what she could of her husband's shows. Also there are the few remnants in various archives. The rest is destroyed  |
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Post by George D on Dec 25, 2011 17:17:22 GMT
Curious what that film print is???
It looks like a water damaged hartnell troughton.. Im assuming its a dup? Granted its not perfect, but if that's all that exists of an episode, I'll take it.. What is it?
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Post by John Green on Dec 25, 2011 17:51:54 GMT
I recall that a few frames of film were retrieved from the Titanic of an ptherwise lost silent movie (though it might have been in a safe).So one never knows.
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Post by John F Brayshaw on Dec 26, 2011 19:22:08 GMT
I wouldn't put anything down at this point. But there is always a valid possibility. Cornerstone Time Capsules can have anything in them.....
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Post by Steven Sigel on Dec 26, 2011 20:35:23 GMT
You've lost me -- why would anyone put a 16mm film print of a TV show into a time capsule? Where would they have gotten it??? Makes no sense at all...
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Post by Steven Sigel on Dec 26, 2011 23:20:40 GMT
Curious what that film print is??? It looks like a water damaged hartnell troughton.. Im assuming its a dup? Granted its not perfect, but if that's all that exists of an episode, I'll take it.. What is it? What's a "dup"? I've heard of "dupes", is it similar to that? :-) That one happens to be a print of an episode called "Death of a Spy"... Not a very exciting one if you ask me ..... (* Please refer to Senator Claghorn for more details).; |
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Post by Gids Llewellyn on Dec 27, 2011 1:57:01 GMT
I recall that a few frames of film were retrieved from the Titanic of an ptherwise lost silent movie (though it might have been in a safe).So one never knows. It was recovered from the Lusitania. Fetches quite high amounts when it comes to light on Ebay  |
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Post by Gids Llewellyn on Dec 27, 2011 2:05:52 GMT
Actually... having seen some of this film from the Lusitania wreck, it's amazing that after 80/90 years of being submerged over 300 feet in the sea... in a crumbling wreck which has been mined as target practice... it's in better condition than you'd think!! Gives a little hope for Cyprus and Siera Leone.  |
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