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Topic: What 16mm films did you see today?
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Melvin England
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 707
From: Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Feb 2016
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posted April 28, 2018 04:10 PM
I am not a technical repair man by any stretch of the imagination.If my projector went "bang" that would be it... another search on ebay or a visit to David Guest's table at Blackpool.
However,inspired by Tom P in Plymouth's recent delve into 16mm, I decided I wanted to crank up the 16mm projector that I have had for years but had lay dormant for a long time due to a dodgy piece of wiring in the electric system in the back. So I put my fears aside, contacted a friend who lives at the other side of the Pennines who can repair anything from 8mm to 35mm (don't know if he has dabbled with a 70mm... but he might have) explained what I wanted to do and would it be okay? Taking his advice I did what I had to do. And......BINGO ! It worked! One of those beautiful solid Bell & Howell Filmosound 623 machines built like a tank...... complete with valves!
So, tonight, I had my first 16mm film show for several years and it worked a treat! First it was a couple of Woody Woodpecker cartoons "Bat's In The Belfry" and "Fowled Up Falcon." Both black and white even though the credits said "color by Technicolor," Then it was the first 50 minutes of "The Towering Inferno" (flat and colour fading.... but who cares,for the price I paid for it!) and then a fairly recent purchase, an episode of Sgt.Bilko (Phil Silvers) in "Bilko's Casino"
Looking forward soon to seeing one of the few full length features I have on 16mm!
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-------------------- "My name is for my friends!"
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