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Mark Todd
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 - posted April 25, 2008 03:12 PM      Profile for Mark Todd     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi I just wondered what sort of area or space everyone`s film collection take`s up. Mine is fairly modest as usually have to sell a bit to buy a bit etc. Family and so on.
So anyway had a tidy up and put all of mine in one place today.
20 years collecting and they all just nicely fitted in to a new card box a toaster just came it 9" x 7" x 12"
Best Mark.

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David Pannell
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 - posted April 25, 2008 04:03 PM      Profile for David Pannell   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
So, how many films would that be, Mark?

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Joe Caruso
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 - posted April 25, 2008 04:12 PM      Profile for Joe Caruso     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
A Queen Anne cabinet with glass serves as to hold some of the Blackhawk 400' in the living room, while the majority are in the bedroom corner in Georgia-Pacific paper boxes (8 right now), holding much of the 400' 600' and other shorts - By my calculations I will need 2 more such boxes to conclude with - Shorty

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Osi Osgood
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 - posted April 25, 2008 05:47 PM      Profile for Osi Osgood   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I'm not sure exactly how to measure the size of my collection,
but, here goes.

I have a large 4 shelf ... shelf. It is completely to the brim filled with films.

The refridgerator holds all my eastman prints, and these fill up approximately 80 percent of the fridge, (it's a regular large size fridge), but there are no films in the freezer section ...

... yet.

I do know that I have 40 optical sound features, at least 20 magnetic sound features, scores of cartoons and many 400ft Blackhawks, (it looks like, from here, at least 40 of them, mostly laurel and hardys and Chaplins.

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Mark Todd
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 - posted April 26, 2008 03:28 AM      Profile for Mark Todd     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I`ve got about 30 16mm trailers all in myself, mainly in card boxes on 100 feet plastic spools.
Before our nipper numbers increased I was a bit of a bad lad on film numbers but not these days. I once had 3 or 4 16mm features at once and super 8`s too and other times up to 8 or so super 8 optical features and shorts as well. But never had so much really. I did have 25 std 8 silent features at one time and shorts as well, that was a sizeable bunch.
I do have known of people who have roms lined with shelves, many bought new, but many never watched at all and some just the once.
Best Mark.

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Barry Johnson
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 - posted April 26, 2008 08:13 AM      Profile for Barry Johnson   Author's Homepage   Email Barry Johnson   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Two upright old fridge freezers,motors removed holding about fifty thousand feet of Standard eight and Sixteen millimetere footage of mostly social history home movies.Plus some rare Std8 silent features.The oldest is a 1928 home movie,16mm,from Germany.
All stored in these airtight units out in the garage.And then there is the ten thousand feet of super8 n the back bedroom!
Now the equipment collection,.......where I can hide it! [Eek!]

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Kevin Faulkner
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Far too much! [Big Grin]

Kev.

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Osi Osgood
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 - posted April 26, 2008 10:07 PM      Profile for Osi Osgood   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Kevin, there are NEVER, too many!

... except for a few small titles, all I have are required viewing.

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Ricky Daniels
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 - posted April 27, 2008 02:04 AM      Profile for Ricky Daniels     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Kevin...

Ditto. You'll have to help me thin it out [Wink]

BTW I couldn't lay my hands on a SMPTE alignemt film for you but I do have a test film to help you check the alignment of your 16mm gate. The film contains a cross-hatch and centre target and does the job just as well as the SMPTE film.

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Jan Bister
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 - posted April 27, 2008 06:26 AM      Profile for Jan Bister   Email Jan Bister   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I'm downsizing but at one point I could fill three bookshelves. [Razz]

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Chip Gelmini
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 - posted April 27, 2008 08:40 AM      Profile for Chip Gelmini     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
165 Features mounted on 1200 foot reels stored in 16mm cans. Actually built a giant wood cabinet to store them all and it cost the same amount in materials as does an average new feature...about $450.00. With both doors open and standing back about 10 feet looking at it, this is quite the impressive site. And not everything fits in here. I still have to keep some of the prints in the booth under the rewind bench (less than 12).

CG

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Osi Osgood
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 - posted April 27, 2008 01:02 PM      Profile for Osi Osgood   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Alright, it sounds like Chip may be the grand daddy of collectors!

Why Daniels, do you have any tasty optical sound super 8 tidbits? I'm always on the lookout folks!

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Jan Bister
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 - posted April 27, 2008 04:24 PM      Profile for Jan Bister   Email Jan Bister   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
ZOMG

CHIP

YOU'RE ALIVE!

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Chip Gelmini
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 - posted April 27, 2008 06:22 PM      Profile for Chip Gelmini     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi Jan

I quote the optical movie, "Yellowbeard....

"They're going to have to kill me before I die."

(To answer Jan's question/comment.)

Actually though, one of my favorite lines from that movie was:

Character 1: "You have acute hearing sir." (Emphasis on the word HEARING)

Character 2: "That's not my ear ring, sir." (in reply)

or something like that.... LOL

CG

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Jan Bister
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LOL, love it... and you know I'm hearing-disabled so I can really appreciate that joke. [Big Grin]

Anyway, email me, you bugger! [Razz]

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Brad Miller
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 - posted April 27, 2008 08:56 PM      Profile for Brad Miller   Author's Homepage   Email Brad Miller       Edit/Delete Post 
A carefully designed 10x10 foot cold room holds close to 200 35mm and 70mm features, as well as a couple Super 8mm features for me. Film doesn't have to take up a lot of space if it is managed properly.

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Osi Osgood
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 - posted April 27, 2008 10:33 PM      Profile for Osi Osgood   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Curious, Brad ...

Out of all the films you have, you have a few Super 8 features.

What is lucky enough to grace your collection?

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Roy Neil
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 - posted April 28, 2008 12:52 AM      Profile for Roy Neil   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I have two cabinets ( approx 2.5' x 6' x 20" deep ) one and a half are filled with 16mm, the other half holds Super8. Another 2' x 2' box holds the remaining Super 8. The film room holds approx 100 features on 35mm in addition to the cabinets and box. I have (approx) 50 features on Super 8, 50 features on 16mm, with various shorts and cartoons in all three formats. I only have one feature, one cartoon and two trailers in 70mm ( got any 70mm hand-me-downs Brad ?? )

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Jan Bister
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I wonder how many guys you need to help you carry that 70mm feature reel around. [Eek!]

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Gary Crawford
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 - posted April 28, 2008 08:34 AM      Profile for Gary Crawford     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Films at my house seem to act like the Tribbles of Star Trek fame.....start out with a few shorts in the early 60's..and now they are everywhere. 300 features 16 and 8mm ...probably 800 shorts ....they fill up two floor to ceiling shelves in one little anteroom...one floor to ceiling shelve unit in the screening room itself...two shelf units in the closet of the screening room...they are under the futon in the screening room...in little file and drawer units in various spots...and always a few without a permanent home. In fact just before March, I had to go in with pen and paper and diagram each storage place and what films were where..so I could locate them when I needed them. It was getting out of hand. Captain Kirk would not like it.

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Osi Osgood
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... and for Gawd's sake, don't let them get wet! They'll multiply even further!

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Brad Miller
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 - posted April 29, 2008 08:05 PM      Profile for Brad Miller   Author's Homepage   Email Brad Miller       Edit/Delete Post 
I have an Aliens and one of the Disneys. Its been so long I don't even recall which one.

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Chip Gelmini
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 - posted April 29, 2008 08:46 PM      Profile for Chip Gelmini     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi Brad did you have more than one print of Aliens - because I know my print came from you back around 1999-2000.

Chip

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Brad Miller
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Hmmm, no I guess it was sold to you then. Heck I don't even know what I have!

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Graham Ritchie
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 - posted May 04, 2008 10:38 PM      Profile for Graham Ritchie   Email Graham Ritchie   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
A lot less.....since I moved to DVD [Big Grin] sorry folks coulden't resist it [Wink]

Graham. [Cool]

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