HISTORY:
My "world" is 'the arts' and more specifically, music, artwork and hand crafted/decorated chinaware's.
I am not a film enthusiast but an associate has asked me to find new owners for THEIR large collection of photographic and film items ... this is one of those items.
While the world of 8mm/Super 8mm is not my area of expertise, I am doing my best to establish the condition of each item that I am listing.
I tend to be quite detailed in my item descriptions, please READ all the details to decide if this item may interest you.
Now, on with the description ...
KEN FILMS - Super 8 Film
Commercial release for the Home Movie market
Catalogue # 329
ELVIS Fun In Acapulco (1963) Selected Highlights
Yet another Elvis motion picture (selected highlights) starring Elvis, this time Oh! the drama ... Elvis is fired from his previous job and becomes a lifeguard. Clashes follow with another guy who feels upstaged by Elvis and of course, there is a girl involved too. Elvis deals with his fear of heights in an attempt to make friends with this other fellow - cliff diving!
Housed in a stiff, two piece cardboard box, top section opening upwards.
Leader film fitted
7" 400' Blue PLiO MAGIC (USA) plastic reel
Colour
Sound
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
Film stock and the reel are both undamaged
The cardboard outer case is in very good condition, only the slightest of handling wear to the front graphics, no tears nor seam splits - nice!
Graphics are clear and there is no personal writing
NO unusual smells detected coming off the film i.e no vinegar or musty smells
NO personal names or other writing on the case or the film reels
TESTING:
Test projector is the ELMO 1200 that I have on hand at the moment.
Film looks to be clean and in good condition, sprocket holes are not damaged.
I ran the film through the projector for the first 5 minutes or so, to observe the colour and sound.
The colour is degraded due to the dreaded Red shift (or lack of Blues in particular) although in my opinion, the colours are not too bad. In the "bay scene" I have taken a photograph of, the water is actually Blue and there is a lot more colour in the frame than it appears in the photograph but overall though, there is that definite shift to the Pinkish/Red end of the spectrum.
SPECIAL NOTE:
I always include a couple of "off screen" snapshots ... now my digital camera is antiquated and it's limitations are definitely showing up in these sample photographs.
I take the screen shot in very low light levels, the camera flash is turned off (otherwise the picture is flooded with White) and the camera shutter speed is very slow.
This means I have trouble getting sharp photographs, especially when there is movement on the screen and I have noticed that after viewing quite a few films now, that my poor OLD digital camera is tending to emphasis the Red's in the photographs anyway - in real life the on-screen picture is not as Red as recorded in the photographs.
Here's a strange thing though ... if I "stop frame" with the projector lamp on, the colour is substantially better displayed - I am not very familiar with the art of film but to me at least, this seems peculiar.
Sound (English) is very good, crisp, clean and at a good level - not muffled
In my opinion, after this very brief test, I am happy that the film is as stated on the case and looks to be in quite good "technical" condition.
Anyway, I am very fastidious and careful with these films and I have now packed it back into the original cardboard box and sealed within a clear plastic packet - waiting for a Super 8 film enthusiast to give it a new home
