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 ...
Film stock is on a POSSO Grey plastic 10" 800 foot reel, stored in a POSSO library case (drop down front door) and the whole package is in the original POSSO outer cardboard box. I cannot confirm this but I get the impression that this film was in an original presentation package and has been moved over to the POSSO reel - there are no film graphics and in fact the only way to identify the reel is the small printed label (non-sticky) that I have created. I also have placed the reel in a new sealed plastic packet along with some moisture absorbing gel, at the suggestion of a film enthusiast.
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL - Super 8 Film
Commercial release for the Home Movie entertainment market
Catalogue # Not Stated on packaging - in fact there is only a dynatype label attached to one side of the outer cardboard box, no other identification anywhere.
METEOR (1979)
Sci-Fi drama featuring many well known actors from "the old days" ... Martin Landau, Henry Fonda, Natalie Wood, Sean Connery, Karl Malden and so many more
USA and Russia team up to avert disaster as a large rock is discovered to be hurtling towards Earth
The reel is housed in an original (looks new actually) POSSO heavy duty plastic case.
White leader film has been fitted, no film clip though
10" 800' Grey POSSO reel
I believe this reel will provide around 40~45 minutes runtime, I only "test view" the first 10 minutes or so and have not run the entire reel through the projector. I have masses of film to still work through and if I watched every single film entirely, this task would take forever!
Colour
Sound
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
Film stock and the reel is undamaged, straight and true
Labelling (dynatape) has been applied to one side of the outer cardboard POSSO box
The outer cardboard box is in good condition.
NO unusual smells detected coming off the film, if I was to be very "fussy" then perhaps just a very slight odour of vinegar
NO personal names or other writing on the outer cardboard case, library case or the film reel
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 10 minutes or so, to observe the picture and sound.
The colour has been affected by Red shift but this is not dramatic, I can still see Greens & Blues but overall there is a Red tinge to the picture.
SPECIAL NOTE:
I always include a couple of "off screen" snapshots ... now, like me, 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 emphasise the Red's in the photographs anyway - in reality the on-screen picture is not as Red as recorded in the photographs.
Sound (English dialogue) is good, clean not 'muffled' - I could easily understand what was going on.
In my opinion, after this relatively brief test, I am happy that the film is as stated on the outer cardboard case (METEOR) and it looks to be in reasonable "technical" condition.
As with all of the large diameter "open reel" film I am finding when I sort through the boxes, I am adding a couple of satchels of Silica Gel (for moisture absorption) and sealing the reel within clear plastic. I then also seal the outer cardboard box. This is done in an effort to preserve the current condition as much as possible, these steps were suggested by a film enthusiast.
