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 ...
COLUMBIA HOME MOVIES
Title: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Of The Third Kind (1977)
Condensed (selected scenes) version
Catalogue # Unknown (not indicated on the box)
400 Feet
Colour
Sound (Mono)
Run time: approximately 17 minutes
Sci-Fi classic film from the 1970's, we always wondered if we were the only living creatures in the universe, now we know that we are not alone ...
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
Very good
Film stock and the Red reel (PLiO MAGIC made in USA with Columbia Pictures pad printed onto the reel in Yellow) are undamaged, there is a White leader film.
Outer all cardboard two part case is in good condition, clean, no substantial structural damage or graphic damage and no personal writing. There is even the original Columbia promotional card which could have been used to request a catalogue of home movies from Columbia - included for nostalgic reasons.
NO personal writing on the reel, just an identification label on one side, and just the front cover colour graphics and an FBI warning on the side with the lower section of the cardboard box being blank, unprinted.
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 five minutes or so to observe the picture and sound.
The picture has some shifting towards the Red end of town, with the Blue dye showing signs of degradation although there is still some Blue/Green/Yellow colours visible.
The sound is very good, crisp clear and of a a good level - no problems following the dialogue
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
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 technical condition.
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 two piece box AND sealed the film within clear plastic - waiting for a Super 8 film Sci-Fi enthusiast to "enjoy"!
