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 ...
IE INTERNATIONAL - Super 8 Film
Commercial release for the Home Movie market
Title: HOT DOG
Series: Sports
It's all about fun in the snow, acrobatics to be specific - lots of action shots, lots of snow and lots of 'hippy like' people!
Housed in a thick clear perspex case (hinged) with a Black base plastic
Film released 1970's
Leader film fitted
7" 400' Grasso (Made in Italy) clear plastic reel
Colour
Sound
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
Film stock and the reel are undamaged
The clear perspex plastic case top section does have some light scuff/scratch marks from handling & storage over the years.
NO damage to the case i.e hinge is fine with no case cracks or broken pieces
No vinegar smell detected coming off the film
NO personal names or other writing on the 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 only ran the film for the first few minutes to observe the picture and sound.
The picture is very much in the Red/Pinkish realm, some other colours at times but it is pretty obvious the Blue dye has substantially failed. Still very easy to watch but the colour is totally out of whack!
I wondered a bit initially because the "front end" credits appear to be Italian but then the title switched to English language and the narrator is definitely speaking American-English.
The sound is of a good level, no dropouts occurred and easy to understand American/English accent narration.
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 a fair "technical" condition.
I am very fastidious and careful with these films and I have now packed it back into the original plastic case AND sealed the film within clear plastic - waiting for a Super 8 film buff with a "leaning" towards interest in sports related short films!
