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 ...
WALT DISNEY HOME MOVIES - Super 8 Film
THE OLD MILL
Catalogue # 802
Released on Super 8 during the period 1965 ~ 1980's
Full Colour
SOUND
Run time: 9 minutes
According to the rear of the cardboard box, this cartoon won Disney Studios an academy award for Best Cartoon and this cartoon was the first to demonstrate the use of a multiplane camera. I wondered to myself "what on earth is a multiplane camera"? Apparently it is a motion picture camera that was used in the traditional animation process that moves a number of pieces of artwork past the camera at various speeds and at various distances from one another. This creates a sense of parallax or depth - can't wait to take a look at this one!
COSMETIC CONDITION:
Very good
Film stock and reel are undamaged, leader is fitted and this is the first film of hundreds that I have found with the little Red clip fitted so that the leader doesn't flop all over the place.
I have given the cardboard case a light "sterilisation spray" just to be sure it is not harbouring any bugs! (very light mist application of Iso Alcohol) The reel has NOT been sprayed!
NO personal names or other writing on the cardboard case or label
TESTING:
I have now setup the projector (BOLLERO P840T) and the screen, an old USA DA-LITE Flyer portable setup. Sound is built into the projector.
I personally do not like the Bollero that much, it will only fit small reels and seems quite "fiddly" to intially feed the film but once loaded up on the take-up reel, all is good.
Film looks to be clean and in good condition, sprocket holes are not damaged. I noticed that the White leader is from Kodak and looks to be an add-on, which worried me about what the film content might be ... no stress, it is indeed The Old Mill
I only ran the film for the first minute or so to observe the colour and sound. Like others I have viewed recently, the colour has obviously shifted to the Red end of the spectrum. I can still see "other colours" such as the Green lily pads around the pond but the Red has definitely taken charge of the film! The screen shot photographs actually emphasis the Red a bit much, that's my ancient little camera at work - it is not good at colour balance (what's that?)
I can easily see the special techniques used to create the cartoons, we all watched the frogs singing around the pond and not only was it fun to watch but the audio is a hoot too! So funny!
In my opinion, after this very brief test, I am happy that the film is as stated on the box and looks to be in reasonable "technical" condition.
*** I can't help myself here ... I am so surprised that NONE of the reels I have examined so far have any ID markings on the reel itself. This must make it a nightmare if the reels are taken out of the boxes and get mixed up! In my world of pro audio, ALWAYS the reel was marked as to the contents to make identification easy. Imagine having a box full of CD's but with no face printing on them, what a nightmare!
Anyway, I am very fastidious and careful with these films and I have now packed it back into the original cardboard box AND sealed the film within clear plastic - waiting for a Super 8 film buff to enjoy!
