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Steve Klare
Film Guy
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted August 31, 2003 06:40 AM
Interesting.....
Did you find these in the E-bay category of "films-8mm" or was it "railroadania"? The only Sunday River title I've ever seen was an interurban videotape, and at least stateside when you search under "Sunday River", all you usually get are towels, bed linens and lift tickets at a ski resort.
What started it all for me is I have been a fan of the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes two foot gauge line up in Maine since I was a teenager. One day I was reading a railroading magazine when I saw an ad. that there was a sale at Sunday River Productions. I was astonished that they had a film called "Two Foot Gauge in Maine" (The line was scrapped in 1936), and as soon as I could get the money together I ordered a print. I'll never forget the day it showed up, I had absolutely nothing to view it with, so I unspooled the first 20 feet or so and tried to see what was going on. The following weekend I went to my neighbor's house and she showed it on her projector. I was hooked, -and still am. If it wasn't for that one film I probably never would have become involved in Super-8.
Other films I have from Sunday River
The Bridgton and Harrison (B&W)(also two foot gauge)
Super Chief on Raton
The Complete Silverton (I could have ordered it with sound, but I didn't!! What an idiot!!)
OM, Rotary on Cumbres
GG1, Under the heat
Narrow Gauge East of the Sierras
Over Lizard Head Pass (Rio Grande Southern)
Colorado Central and South Park Line(B&W)
All of the color films are in beautiful shape, the Black and whites always were a little purpleish, but have shifted slightly red (not printed on B&W stock, I assume)
What do you think of the railroad offerings from Derann? They have a lot of British titles that sound interesting. Any reccomendations?
[ August 31, 2003, 01:05 PM: Message edited by: Steve Klare ]
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Joe Caruso
Film God
Posts: 4105
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted September 01, 2003 09:39 AM
I've collected Blackhawk Films for near forty years, have some railroad editions, and sold to Roger Williams at Media Arts - Blackhawk ended it's lengthy run in 1985, and the only way to get choice prints is through David Shepard for 16MM, as to the Super/Std 8, it's up to long-time collectors to trade or sell as they please - It ain't easy - I still need 30 comedy shorts to call it a day, and it's very slow-moving - The best areas for Blackhawk would be BIG REEL, REEL IMAGE, CCH CINEMA (Phil Sheard), Phil Johnson, and Roger at MEDIA ARTS - There aren't the many distributors that once were - Shorty
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Steve Klare
Film Guy
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted September 02, 2003 10:55 AM
The thing I've always liked about the Blackhawk films is they seemed to have a flair for historically important subjects. For example, they had "The Great Train Robbery", which was the first motion picture to tell a story. They had "Model T, Rise and Fall of the Tin Lizzie" which is a pretty thorough presentation of the subject. (I have prints of both, and enjoy them a lot.)
The films I've recently won on E-bay are the first Blackhawk railroad titles I'll ever see. I haven't gotten them yet, and I'm looking forward to it. I told my wife I could watch this collection of films for a week, and she said "Knowing you, you'll have the projector set up 5 minutes after you get home, and probably not eat dinner until 9:00! (She's probably right......)
Since I was active in Super-8 for a number of years before they closed up shop, I regret not getting to know them better in those days!
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