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Andreas Eggeling
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posted August 17, 2005 04:07 AM

Hi,

just received a 1980 Universal8 catalogue from France.

Looking for the digest versions on 16mm of:
- Earthquake
- Duel
- Silent Running
- Creature From The Black Lagoon
- The Birds
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- The Raven (1935)
- Son of Frankenstein (1939)
- This Island Earth (1955)
- Phantom of the Opera (1943)
- The Mummy (1932)
- The Mummy´s Tomb (1942)
- The Mummy´s Ghost (1944)

Thanks for watching this topic.

Andreas

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Adrian Winchester
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posted August 17, 2005 09:41 AM

Andreas
I'd be wary of buying the colour ones. In answer to a question on the 16mm Forum, I was told that the fading on these is just as bad as on the 8mm prints.
Adrian

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Kevin Faulkner
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posted August 17, 2005 04:23 PM

Yes, I believe that to be the case too if not worse. I had some universal cartoons on 16mm and they had gone wine red [Frown]

Kev.

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Andreas Eggeling
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posted August 17, 2005 04:46 PM

Adrian, Kevin,

wine red prints that sounds => [Frown]

Some of universal 8 films from piccolo printed in Germany
starting turn to more and more red too.

But I looking also for the b/w digest which were
never released for the german market on 8mm.

Kevin, could you change this topic to "16mm sale.....".
I choosed the wrong category. [Big Grin]

Thanks

Andreas

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Paul Foster
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posted August 18, 2005 02:15 AM

Well I have just had in nine of the Universal 8 16mm 800ft cutdowns and the colour is excellent on all of them, much better thean the super 8 versions.

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Adrian Winchester
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posted August 18, 2005 07:17 PM

Paul,
That's very interesting. If you were to check and find that any are on low-fade stock, some Universal 8 history will have to be re-written!
Adrian

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Andreas Eggeling
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posted August 19, 2005 12:29 AM

Hi

bought three titles from Paul yesterday.

Still looking for:

- Silent Running
- Creature From The Black Lagoon
- The Birds
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- The Raven (1935)
- Son of Frankenstein (1939)
- This Island Earth (1955)
- Phantom of the Opera (1943)
- The Mummy (1932)
- The Mummy´s Tomb (1942)
- The Mummy´s Ghost (1944)

Andreas

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Kevin Faulkner
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posted August 19, 2005 08:11 AM

Sorted Andreas, as per your request, Kev.

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Andreas Eggeling
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posted November 20, 2005 05:30 PM

... I have received some copies from Paul Foster and I was very happy

no I have a new scanner ....

.... the color of Duel is still very good ....

the color of Earthquake remembers me, when I bought the film new as 8mm version ...

but the 16mm versions are also grainy like the 8mm films ...

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Adrian Winchester
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posted November 21, 2005 05:54 PM

Andreas,
Wow, that 'Duel' print looks amazingly good! Presumably it says Eastman on the edge, and it's not from some freak batch of something else? I've had Eastman becoming in warm in about 20 years, and yet I guess those Univeral prints are likely to be at least 25 years old.
Adrian

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