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Post by Stuart Douglas on Mar 22, 2005 14:26:50 GMT
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Post by Ben on Mar 22, 2005 14:30:45 GMT
Makes me wonder why the BBC wiped their Apollo 11 footage. I can understand why the dramas were wiped, but surely they knew the Moon landing footage would be useful in the future?
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Post by Kev on Mar 22, 2005 15:14:12 GMT
If the Apollo tapes were unmarked, could they have been used again by accident?
Presumably they were working under real time pressure.
Has anyone ever wiped a show they had on vhs because they did not mark the tape! I know I have!
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Post by Ben on Mar 22, 2005 15:29:32 GMT
I believe the Apollo 11 footage was recorded over with... horse racing!  |
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Post by RWels on Mar 22, 2005 17:10:18 GMT
Some months ago I paid ten euro for five reels of 35mm film dating from the 20s or 30s. Nitrate film.
Apparently they were Dutch films - I live in Holland - and some of them unknown.
I mentioned this to various national institutes that are supposed to care for this kind of heritage as well as film historians, and nobody gave a toss about it!!
'No, we do not know that title, so we're not interested.'
That was a bit of a disappointment I can tell you that.
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Post by Dan on Mar 22, 2005 22:22:30 GMT
I hope they make a copy before auctioning it and the film catches fire under the hot lights of the auction room. I'm reminded of an episode of Blue Peter 10 to 15 years ago where a time capsule was discovered walled up somewhere. Among it were 2 reels of film (either from the turn of the century or the 1920's, I forget). The stupid Blue Peter woman then unrolled a few feet from one of the films and pretended to look at it. We were then informed at the end of the piece that sadly only one reel of film had survived. Hmm, I wonder which one. |
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Post by RWels on Mar 22, 2005 23:19:49 GMT
If she'd put in in a movie projector it would probably have caught fire and poisoned the entire room. Nitrate film is really dangerous stuff.
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Post by dubs again on Mar 23, 2005 6:39:14 GMT
HTF can they auction this nitrate footage without having it transferred to safety stock?
The mind boggles, although we have at least seen some clips on telly, does that mean its already been transferred and saved?
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Post by Ben on Mar 23, 2005 8:16:33 GMT
This was reported on the news this morning and featured some fascinating clips!
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Post by Stuart Douglas on Mar 23, 2005 11:37:52 GMT
HTF can they auction this nitrate footage without having it transferred to safety stock? The mind boggles, although we have at least seen some clips on telly, does that mean its already been transferred and saved? I assume it must have been - I've seen several different short clips form the film on TV in the past couple of days. Stuart |
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Post by Eric on Mar 23, 2005 12:59:53 GMT
Is it anything like the old lady found in her shed some 10 years ago?
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Post by Mark Brown on Mar 23, 2005 14:31:46 GMT
Is it anything like the old lady found in her shed some 10 years ago? was she dead? |
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Post by Stuart Douglas on Mar 23, 2005 15:23:01 GMT
You'd think she'd have to be - unless it was a surprisingly spacious and well-stocked shed... |
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Post by Eric on Mar 23, 2005 16:14:49 GMT
It was put out on video as "The Lost Film Of The Titanic"...some 10 odd years..
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Post by William Martin on Mar 23, 2005 17:06:52 GMT
93 years is a good time for nitrate, the conditions in the attic must have been stable, and for all that time.
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