8mm Forum: THE AVENGERS OPTICAL PRINTS

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Posted by Thomas Smith (Member # 1889) on June 07, 2011, 04:40 AM:

hello does anybody have in there film collections
any optical prints of the tv series the avengers
which were not released by derann any info please
any era i.e blackman,rigg,thorson,thanks.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on June 07, 2011, 10:33 AM:

There were quite a few put out there on Super 8 optical. I can't remember the specific titles. I did see one as was really struck by how sharp they were, really equaling 16MM TV print quality.

They are hard to come by these days however.

Posted by Thomas Smith (Member # 1889) on June 10, 2011, 02:31 PM:

thanks osi would these have been airline prints ?

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on June 11, 2011, 10:28 AM:

Yes they were. I will check for you, but one person who posted on here awhile back has an Avengers episode on super 8 optical sound, however, I don't know which one.

I'm not sure, but I thought "The Avengers" was released on magnetic sound super 8 in the UK. Could someone perhaps verify that over in the UK?

Posted by Mark Williams (Member # 794) on June 11, 2011, 10:53 AM:

DERANN released half a dozen episodes here in super 8mm

Here's a link to the upcoming UK convention.

http://blogs.chi.ac.uk/theavengers/

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on June 11, 2011, 01:13 PM:

... Now, ow is tat for great news Thomas? [Smile]

I don't know what the print quality is on those Mag stripe versions, though if released by DErann, I'm sure the image quality is pretty good.

Years ago I lucked out on a super 8 optical sound print of "Department S", a 60's "Mod Squad" styled british spy show, and if the print quality of "Avengers" is anywhere near as good, then it's right there with 16MM.

Posted by Panayotis A. Carayannis (Member # 1220) on June 12, 2011, 03:26 AM:

Derann released only threeAvengersepisodes :THE POSITIVE-NEGATIVE MAN,THE LIVING DEAD and RETURN OF THE CYBERNAUTS,in mag. sound and very good quality. Any opticals must be airline or south-african or "from other sources".

Posted by Thomas Smith (Member # 1889) on June 12, 2011, 05:05 PM:

hello thanks for info yes derann only released three episodes
which i have, i thought more collectors would have come forward
with the episodes they have on optical film maybe the avengers
optical prints are very rare [Confused]

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on June 13, 2011, 12:40 PM:

Well, the very fact that optical prints exist today is rare in and of itself, (and even more so concerning "Avengers" prints)

The question I have is ...

Will they be different episodes than the ones released by Derann?

Posted by Thomas Smith (Member # 1889) on June 14, 2011, 03:42 AM:

hello osi
yes i think so a collector once told me he had a print and
it was from a linda thorsen episode were the three episodes
that derann released were all dina rigg episodes.
so come on you collectors list the optical episodes you have [Confused]

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