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Post by B Thomas on Oct 10, 2005 8:00:59 GMT
Recently, I found files in a government archive, which contains a lot of information I would love to get my hands on - much of it relates to programme purchasing - but due to Privacy Act requirements, the information is "locked" and can't be released to the public for another 80 years!!!! Who knows, this file might contain documents that reveal what happened to all the film primnts that NZBC once had in their possession, but no one currently alive is going to be able to access this info! Jon[/quote] "...no one currently alive is going to be able to access this info!" What do you mean, Jon? In 80 years time I'll only be 114! Still a youngster!  |
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Post by Scott J on Oct 10, 2005 10:06:13 GMT
I didn't go off in a huff thanks, just realising what are throughly ridiculous idea I had and thanking Richard for showing the fatal flaws in my plans for world domination or at least to try and find some missing material Recently, I found files in a government archive, which contains a lot of information I would love to get my hands on - much of it relates to programme purchasing - but due to Privacy Act requirements, the information is "locked" and can't be released to the public for another 80 years!!!! Who knows, this file might contain documents that reveal what happened to all the film primnts that NZBC once had in their possession, but no one currently alive is going to be able to access this info! As Richard and other people have posted to this forum time and time again, some posters need to actually THINK about what they're suggesting before hitting SEND; the idea might seem a good one theoreticaly, but in the real world of laws, statutes and regulations it's a hole different matter... Jon I honestly thought when typing that the idea could hold some merit, I had no idea how the BBC operates. Please forgive my ineptness but it seems like you all are just happy to wait around and do nothing for the next 20 years until something turns up. If we wait much longer then there won't be anything left to find |
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Post by Jon Preddle on Oct 10, 2005 19:59:30 GMT
Recently, I found files in a government archive, which contains a lot of information I would love to get my hands on - much of it relates to programme purchasing - but due to Privacy Act requirements, the information is "locked" and can't be released to the public for another 80 years!!!! Who knows, this file might contain documents that reveal what happened to all the film primnts that NZBC once had in their possession, but no one currently alive is going to be able to access this info! As Richard and other people have posted to this forum time and time again, some posters need to actually THINK about what they're suggesting before hitting SEND; the idea might seem a good one theoreticaly, but in the real world of laws, statutes and regulations it's a hole different matter... Jon I honestly thought when typing that the idea could hold some merit, I had no idea how the BBC operates. Please forgive my ineptness but it seems like you all are just happy to wait around and do nothing for the next 20 years until something turns up. If we wait much longer then there won't be anything left to find "Wait around and do nothing..."  ?? Far from it! The amount of time and effort I've spent this year alone in tracking down leads to missing eps and such like - and having success, to boot!! - probably greatly outweighs YOUR time and effort I am sure, Mr Scott J! Jon |
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Post by LanceM on Oct 10, 2005 20:53:27 GMT
Hey Jon,
I was just wondering if you have researched those missing Abominable prints we discussed in the Abominable Snowmen NZ thread? Or is there really nothing there to follow up leads on? Just a question I have been wondering lately. Drop a response when you get the time.
Later, Lance.
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Post by Scott J. on Oct 10, 2005 21:04:21 GMT
I honestly thought when typing that the idea could hold some merit, I had no idea how the BBC operates. Please forgive my ineptness but it seems like you all are just happy to wait around and do nothing for the next 20 years until something turns up. If we wait much longer then there won't be anything left to find "Wait around and do nothing..." ?? Far from it! The amount of time and effort I've spent this year alone in tracking down leads to missing eps and such like - and having success, to boot!! - probably greatly outweighs YOUR time and effort I am sure, Mr Scott J! Jon Please forgive me, Jon I didn't realise you search or at least look into leads for the missing episode hunt. I am deeply sorry and I am sure your hard work won't go unrewarded. I am sorry if I sounded ungrateful for your work. I just wanted to see if this avenue had been explored, I now know it is impossible so again I am sorry. |
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Post by Jon Preddle on Oct 10, 2005 21:45:07 GMT
Hey Jon, I was just wondering if you have researched those missing Abominable prints we discussed in the Abominable Snowmen NZ thread? Or is there really nothing there to follow up leads on? Just a question I have been wondering lately. Drop a response when you get the time. Later, Lance. Here in New Zealand we follow up all and any leads that come out way... At the moment I'm digging through some dusty old records that detail censor cuts made to the NZBC prints. (Snowmen was screened uncut.) I'm hopeful there might be some clue in these files as to what became of the film prints. Though I have to admit I'm not holding my breath! After all, these records are 35 years old, and are patchy at best. Jon |
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Post by Wright Blan on Oct 12, 2005 20:26:23 GMT
I honestly thought when typing that the idea could hold some merit, I had no idea how the BBC operates. Please forgive my ineptness but it seems like you all are just happy to wait around and do nothing for the next 20 years until something turns up. If we wait much longer then there won't be anything left to find "Wait around and do nothing..." ?? Far from it! The amount of time and effort I've spent this year alone in tracking down leads to missing eps and such like - and having success, to boot!! - probably greatly outweighs YOUR time and effort I am sure, Mr Scott J! Jon Are you at liberty to say what that success is? Or is it big enough for a Beeb press release and your having to keep quiet about it? |
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Post by Jon Preddle on Oct 12, 2005 23:03:21 GMT
Are you at liberty to say what that success is? Or is it big enough for a Beeb press release and your having to keep quiet about it? Let's just say by "success" all the leads I have persued have lead to other leads, which have lead to other leads, and so on. The last one I got lead me to discover documentation that was long-ago thought to have been destroyed some 20 plus years ago! Jon |
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Post by SeventiesNights on Oct 30, 2005 12:30:53 GMT
I know for a fact that VT engineers in the 60s and 70s regularly rescued stuff before it was junked, the one I spoke to hoarded lots of music shows which he has since returned.
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Post by Gary C on Oct 30, 2005 14:25:15 GMT
does he live in the Teddington area??
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Post by Matthew K Sharp on Nov 12, 2005 5:02:33 GMT
I think andrew martin used to junk episodes?  Whoever you are, you tedious little t.w.a.t using other people's names, there's no point spoofing me - I only post logged in these days. I'm sure Andrew Martin is a professional librarian who has never had cause to junk TV material. I, on the other hand, am writing a survey of the archiving requirements of the TV station I work for, and my conclusion is that something like 90% of the library can be safely junked, even though roughly a quarter of that figure would be the only surviving copies of shows since junked by the shows' producers. Shocking stuff, eh? |
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Post by James Phillips on Nov 12, 2005 17:00:38 GMT
Is there no way to prevent guests from logging in with the same name as members..? I'd have thought that would be a really useful feature...
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Post by Gary Critcher on Sept 21, 2006 16:16:10 GMT
'So just random BBC workers were told to junk/destory/wipe material.'
Hardly random workers !!! They were all employees of the BBC Film & VT Library!!
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Post by Martin Dunne on Sept 23, 2006 5:57:49 GMT
The Junking Team are the equal and opposite of the Restoration Team, a group of BBC employees devoted to locating and then destroying all prints of Doctor Who. They've got their work cut out with the recent discovery of the lost ABC vault, even if every film it contains are redundant copies of The Space Pirates 2...
And if that vision's not enough to give you nightmares, try eating cheese before you drift off tonight!
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Post by mikej on Sept 25, 2006 11:58:23 GMT
I'm sorry? What recent discovery of a lost ABC vault?
Is this for real?
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