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Post by timothyk on Apr 30, 2024 15:31:04 GMT
It's on the DVD - the b&w version of the episode uses the rushes print for some (though not all) of the film sequences
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Post by timothyk on Apr 30, 2024 13:34:38 GMT
A couple of years ago I colourised a scene from Invasion 1, using the rushes print as the b&w source - it is very bleached so it needed a lot of grading, but I was able to pull out a decent enough amount of highlight detail, particularly in faces, for colourisation to work on this sequence youtu.be/5_gI37vIsPQ?si=iW8ZvvPZurjad-WAThere are plenty of shots from the rushes print where this won't work - anything showing a large amount of sky for instance, as the skies are completely bleached out with no detail remaining at all. So you'd have to assess which source is best on a shot-by-shot basis (Also I should note that I have no idea what the plans are for Invasion 1 on blu-ray)
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Post by timothyk on Nov 16, 2023 2:30:40 GMT
Re: The new colour abridged version of The Daleks - It's been announced that it'll be released on disc on 12th February 2024 & will additionally include all 7 unabridged episodes in the original black and white. I assume these episodes will be newly scanned & newly restored: Can anyone please confirm if this is the case? (though I can't imagine they wouldn't newly restore them as no doubt that would be deemed necessary as the basis for the new colourisation). I'm not really interested in it in colour but if the original 7 b&w episodes are being freshly done that's something I'd love to see. And presumably it will fully utilise the better quality source material for some parts, that's been unearthed since its DVD release? Episode 7 has been newly scanned & restored from the original negative discovered at the BFI - it's suppressed field though so still low resolution but an improvement Episodes 1-6 are upscales of the DVD restorations with some additional work I have no idea if any of these new HD versions will be used in full for the blu-ray, I've seen it mentioned the b&w episodes are on DVD only so it could just be the existing DVD masters, I really don't know!
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Post by timothyk on Aug 18, 2023 13:59:25 GMT
BroaDWcast says The Chase 1, Faceless Ones 1 & also War Machines 2 were returned by a collector (the same collector?)
A lot of the Australian prints were returned to the BBC in 1975, so there wouldn't have been many to escape into the collector's circuit in the first place. Though a lot of those 1975 returns likely ended up with British collectors! (Galaxy 4 3 & Underwater Menace 2 are definitely ex-Australian prints)
I suppose it's possible the odd missing episode might still exist in Australia, though equally possible there's nothing at all!
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Post by timothyk on Jul 28, 2023 11:16:50 GMT
It's from S2E04 "The Artnappers" A couple of stills from the German episode - about 45 minutes in
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Post by timothyk on Jul 22, 2023 17:08:51 GMT
Fingers crossed whoever bought it will return it to the BBC - and maybe one day we'll even get to see it! (I've just started re-watching the surviving english-language Paul Temples & a 'new' one would be rather nice!)
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Post by timothyk on Jul 4, 2023 8:28:29 GMT
Just wanted to clarity, as I've been wondering about the whole suppressed field thing for a while: The website "The Destruction of Time" lists the following episodes as only existing as suppressed field telerecordings: - "The Daleks" Episode 7: "The Rescue"
- "The Reign of Terror" Episode 1: "The Land of Fear"
- "The Reign of Terror" Episode 2: "Guests of Madame Guillotine"
- "The Crusade" Episode 1: "The Lion"
The site states that "The Daleks" Episode 5: "The Expedition" has two existing stored field negatives, but both are damaged.
The site also notes that the last five minutes of "The Brink of Disaster" only exist as suppressed field.
No mention is made on the site of "Temple of Evil," but perhaps the site was last updated after this episode was restored from existing stored field material.
From the looks of the quoted reply, "The Rescue," "The Brink of Disaster," and "Temple of Evil" have been restored to full stored field quality.
Would it be accurate to say that, after these finds and restorations, the only existing episodes for which the BBC archival copy (commercial releases notwithstanding) contains significant suppressed field material are the first two episodes of "The Reign of Terror" and the first episode of "The Crusade", the rest of the ones listed having been restored to stored field quality? Does "The Expedition" exist fully in stored field, or does some of the damage overlap between the negatives, requiring the use of suppressed field footage?
I don't think that website is entirely accurate re. suppressed field material. To my knowledge: Daleks 5 & 7 exist only as suppressed field, the new BFI negative of part 7 is suppressed field (the part 5 suppressed field neg I think has always been with the BBC - and it's this neg that has some slight scratching). I don't think there is a stored field copy of "The Expedition" in existence "The Brink of Disaster" last 5 minutes was suppressed field, but the BFI has a better quality stored field negative "Temple of Evil" stored field negative has the first few minutes replaced by a poorer quality dupe, the suppressed field negative might be better quality for this section "The Lion" looks like a stored field print to me Reign of Terror 1 & 2 exist only as suppressed field prints So it seems the only upgrade from suppressed to stored field from the BFI finds is "The Brink of Disaster", though "The Rescue" suppressed field negative will still be better than the scratched-up print the BBC has!
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Post by timothyk on Jul 1, 2023 10:13:50 GMT
Is the bit we need from 'The Brink of Disaster' on the suppressed field neg or the incomplete stored field neg?
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Post by timothyk on May 23, 2023 13:12:37 GMT
There's a bit of uncertainty re. Commonwealth Games - as to whether the film print itself still exists, or only a 1" tape transfer. Either way the transfer used on the DVD wasn't great, though IF the film still exists it's probably possible to scan it in better quality (and perhaps the possibility of chroma dots) The existing transfer can definitely be improved though, I did quite a bit of work on this short clip when I colourised it last year youtu.be/ODVJnm-CGFYKieran Highman has done another bit too fb.watch/kIt4esDB8uSadly I doubt either Commonwealth Games nor Caught in the Act will ever be fully restored though, it would likely cost too much to be feasible
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Post by timothyk on Apr 16, 2022 1:52:10 GMT
December 3rd 1965 was the studio recording date for 'The Feast of Steven'
The term 'telerecording' simply means 'television recording' - which can be on film or videotape - it's not synonymous with 'film recording' (so basically that whole article is wrong!)
Anyway 'The Feast of Steven' was telerecorded on videotape on 3rd December 1965, but it seems unlikely a film recording was ever made
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Post by timothyk on Apr 13, 2022 2:23:39 GMT
Seems like IMDB is wrong in this case. Also the location film inserts were cut directly into the telerecording - so yes it would have needed a good deal of editing!
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Post by timothyk on Apr 12, 2022 15:23:01 GMT
Play of the Month: Maigret at Bay (09/02/69) was recorded in b&w (telerecorded direct to 35mm b&w film). It's on the Network Blu Ray set!
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Post by timothyk on Mar 21, 2022 1:47:32 GMT
Fascinating list! A couple of things though:
'The Corridor People' from Granada in 1966 - all 4 episodes exist on 405 line VT
I think 'Do Not Adjust Your Set' [26.2.69] - Thames Television is actually 625 lines (looks like 625 on the DVD!)
Also the 4th episode of DNAYS from The Rediffusion series exists as a Philips N1500 cassette dub of the 405 line VT - not sure if that belongs on your list or not
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Post by timothyk on Sept 21, 2021 13:56:05 GMT
So getting back to the original 405 to 525 line question... anyone have any info?
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Post by timothyk on Sept 18, 2021 14:03:21 GMT
Been reading Andrew Pixley's booklet accompanying Network's recent Maigret blu ray set, and a couple of times it mentions the BBC had a 405 line to 525 line standards converter in the early 60s - this is the first I've ever heard of such a device, does anyone know anything more about it? Such as how it worked & what programmes were processed? Also do any of these conversions survive? Hopefully someone can satisfy my curiosity! Thanks
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