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 THREE CABALLEROS
Featuring Donald Duck, José Carioca, and Panchito Pistoles
Catalogue # 022
Released on Super 8 during the period 1965 ~ 1980's
Full Colour
SOUND
Run time: 7.33 minutes
According to information gleened online while researching this movie, it was made by Disney back in the 1940's in an effort to improve the relationship between the USA and South American countries.
So what is it all about?
The three Caballeros perform a latin American song before taking a magic carpet ride to Mexico and taking in the sights ... as one does
COSMETIC CONDITION:
Very good
Film stock and reel are undamaged, leader is fitted. I also found a little memento from the past inside the packaging .... a small folded promotion sheet which entitles the holder to mail it back to Disney and receive free goodies and a discount off future movie purchases.
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 only ran the film for the first 30 seconds or so to observe the colour and sound.
In my opinion the colour has shifted to the Red spectrum a bit but still watchable in an olde world sort of way. Sound is good (mono of course) and of a constant level.
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!
