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Post by Jon Preddle on Jul 13, 2010 0:04:34 GMT
I wonder if some were as simple as somebody seeing a pile of film cans marked for disposal and thinking "Cousin Fred collects films, he might be interested".... Which is more or less how the missing Doctor Who episode 'The Lion' came to be rescued. Jon |
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Post by John Wall on Jul 13, 2010 8:00:21 GMT
I wonder if some were as simple as somebody seeing a pile of film cans marked for disposal and thinking "Cousin Fred collects films, he might be interested".... Which is more or less how the missing Doctor Who episode 'The Lion' came to be rescued. Jon Yep, that's about the only way I can contemplate that getting to where it was found. Somehow it got to a collector and was then passed on. |
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Post by Rob Hutchinson on Jul 13, 2010 10:46:20 GMT
In some areas I suspect that most likely sources of material have been tracked down. With things like Dr Who virtually everybody who was involved with the programme - either in front of, or behind, the camera - seems to have been hooked up to the mind probe and every possible recollection recorded. Over the years things like behind-the-scenes photos, etc have come to light. I can't believe that if someone who worked on a now lost show happened to have a copy they wouldn't mention it to an interviewer/researcher. I suspect that film collectors may still have missing material - as that seems to be where recoveries regularly come from. There have been episodes, of various things, that have turned up in very odd places. I wonder if some were as simple as somebody seeing a pile of film cans marked for disposal and thinking "Cousin Fred collects films, he might be interested".... this is almost certainly true... however many of the people from that period may have passed on before they were interviewed. perhaps they had stuff and their families still have it gathering dust in a corner somewhere? also i still think old cine clubs, their members and ex-members would be worth investigating. there were loads of these societies back in the 60s and 70s (some with bbc connections) and some still exist today. members tended to be enthusiasts rather than dealers and although they were more into producing their own films i've seen evidence to suggest that they retained any piece of cine film that happened to fall into their hands. |
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Post by randyriddle on Jul 21, 2010 1:37:21 GMT
I thought I'd post a couple of comments about this thread - I think there is something to tracking down individuals and their families that might have been likely to have material.
I read a few years back about a collector who became fascinated by pre-War television here in the States. He created a map of areas where early tv experimentation was done and names of stations and units of companies that experimented with tv at the time. He then placed classified ads in those areas looking for tvs, documentation, test instruments and the like. He was quite successful in tracking down many pieces that are now in museums.
I collect radio transcriptions here in the states. You'd think that with the enthusiasm of old time radio collectors here and the many issues of classic shows on tape, there would be nothing new to find. However, I'm turning up many missing shows, many from families that had someone that worked in radio or with an advertising agency or from someone that's retreived discs from a station that recently closed or changed ownership.
I got a set of WWII era shows aimed at housewives from the family of someone that worked for the sponsor. Another set of 30s era comedy shows came from the family of the producer of the shows.
I've been lucky to have been approached by people by my blog in some cases; many, though, come from estate sales.
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