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.
More Black & White movies, at least these don't have that Red tinge which I am discovering affects quite a few of the coloured prints.
Now, on with the description ...
REACH FOR THE SKY
WALTON SUPER 8 HOME MOVIES
Series: Comedy Classics
Title: Reach For The Sky (1956)
Catalogue # A871
400 Feet
Black & White
Sound (Mono)
Run time: approximately 17 minutes
The true story of Douglas Bader (Tin Legs) who, although he had previously lost both his legs, came to lead a flying squadron in the Battle Of Britain. At first, his men were not impressed but quickly came to respect him for his determination and courage. Lots of great pictures of the old Spitfires!
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
Very good
Film stock and the Black reel (Grasso made in Italy) are undamaged, there is a White leader film.
Outer all cardboard case is in good condition, clean, no substantial structural damage or graphic damage and no personal writing.
NO writing on the reel and just the front cover has some colour graphics (although the film is Black & White) and the rear is Yellow Black print, promoting Walton's other Super 8 home movies. Bottom edge of the box has the product identification and a brief synopsis of the film.
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 only ran the film for the first couple of minutes or so to observe the picture and sound.
The picture is really good, contrast is fine.
Sound is a little below par, meaning that (to me) it sounded just slightly muffled indicating a loss of the high frequencies. I could still understand the dialogue but had to listen more closely while viewing the film.
SPECIAL NOTE:
I always include a couple of "off screen" snapshots of each reel as it is played ... now my digital camera is antiquated (colour balance? what's that - like I said, this is one very OLD camera that I currently use) 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 shift images towards the Red or Yellow end of town, - in real life the on-screen picture is not as Yellow as recorded in the photographs
In my opinion, after this very brief test, I am happy that the film is as stated on the box and that the film stock appears to be in quite good shape.
Anyway, I am very fastidious and careful with these films (I am afterall doing this on behalf of another person) and I have now packed it back into the original cardboard outer box AND sealed the film within clear plastic - waiting for a Super 8 film enthusiast to "enjoy"!
