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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
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posted May 13, 2018 02:16 AM
My copy of "Feature Films on 8mm and 16mm" (fourth edition) says "Sunday In New York" was available for rental from Films Incorporated, 5625 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028. So prints might still be available somewhere.
posted May 26, 2018 06:17 AM
I might be very wrong, but I don't think there are very many titles that were not, at some point, available on 16mm. Most TV stations used 16mm prints for broadcast.
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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007
posted May 26, 2018 10:05 AM
Indeed. The book to which I was referring states ".....more than 15,000 feature films available for rental, sale, or lease from the best-known American distributors". This was issued in 1974 and no doubt a lot of those films were also probably rented to TV stations, so there must be many of those prints still around in the U.S.
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From: Southend on Sea, Essex, UK
Registered: Feb 2015
posted May 30, 2018 06:22 AM
Another useful little book was 'The Years 16mm Films' published by Current Affairs Ltd. It's a compilation of all the films reviewed by the monthly 'Film User'. It takes in Industry, Education, and Entertainment, and includes the distributor, running time and full review. Mine is dated 1956 being issue number 7. Don't know how many followed, but it's a great little book.