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 ...
JAPANESE WILDLIFE - Super 8 Film
IE International Films (Italy)
Catalogue # unknown
Released 1970's
Colour
Sound (Mono)
Run time: approximately 8 minutes
The film opens with brightly coloured, very 1970's psychedelic shots of various animals (Monkeys etc) accompanied by appropriate 70's pop rock music! It's all very upbeat ...
Well, you live and learn ... I didn't know that Japan had a thriving deer population and that the Japanese hold them in high regard! There may be other animals shown on this film but I only "test viewed" the first few minutes and that was all about their deer population. Deers crossing the road, cars all stopping for them. Deers fighting, deer having their antlers removed as they can be a danger to humans ... then the BIG surprise, Deer Wrestling! It seems that the Japanese did or still do have something similar to Bull Fight arena's but instead of Bull's, the Japanese use Deer (with BIG horns!) Dang, that must have been very dangerous ... an insight into Japan's natural inhabitants and the "sport" they have with them.
Accompanied by a running spoken word commentary
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
Very good
Film stock and the Grasso (Made in Italy) smokey Grey reel are undamaged, a leader is fitted
Outer all plastic hinged case is in good condition, with no cracks or pieces missing. Some light scuff marks to the front and rear though.
NO personal names or other writing on the case or reel
TESTING:
Tested with the ELMO ST 1200 I have available, and away we go ....
I have viewed/listened to around 2 minutes off the reel for testing
Leader is in good condition
Colour is actually quite good (compared to some of the other films I have viewed recently), yes there is a slight shift to the Red end of town but the Blues, Greens, Yellows are still present. Nicely filmed and interesting content from my perspective.
Sound is good, crisp and clear so I had no trouble following commentary
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 Red as recorded in the photographs
I am very fastidious and careful with these Super 8 films and I have now packed the film package within sealed, clear plastic while it awaits a new owner
