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Vidar Olavesen
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posted May 19, 2013 05:49 PM

Any Super 8 or 16mm for that matter about the Battle of Britain? I seem to recall I had or rented one millions of years ago.

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Hugh Thompson Scott
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posted May 19, 2013 09:38 PM

There have been a few documentaries released Vidar,apart from
the Walton release of "Reach for the Sky" and "Battle of Britain"
in opt. snd and colour cinemascope,which is in itself unusual.

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Janice Glesser
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posted May 19, 2013 10:37 PM

BTW Vidar...I just watched a terrific BBC documentary called "The Real Battle of Britain". The actor Ewan McGregor and his brother Colin McGregor tell a day-by-day account with beautiful photos and arial footage of the fighter planes and interviews with a couple of the actual pilots who flew in the battle. In my younger days I flew single-engine land airplanes and this program brought back a lot of the feeling of being up in the air again [Smile]

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Graham Ritchie
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posted May 20, 2013 03:37 AM

Vidar
Derann did put out a 200ft Super8 Black and White sound film called "The Battle Of Britain" a few years back.

If thats any help.

Graham.

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Vidar Olavesen
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posted May 20, 2013 05:24 AM

Thank you! When you say a few years back, Graham, is that 1970-80's? I do believe the one I saw must have been the Walton release, I am fairly sure it was a Walton box, but not getting any younger. Janice, I bet that won't see a Super 8 release :-)

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Lee Mannering
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posted May 20, 2013 06:02 AM

Vidar. Top of your list should be Capra’s ‘THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN’ which made it onto super 8 sound thanks to Collectors Club and fully complete at that. It shows the Royal Air Force and the fight against the Luftwaffe in detail and this was part of a series of films which I found pretty amazing.

3X400ft B&W Sound

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Vidar Olavesen
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posted May 20, 2013 06:28 AM

Thank you, Lee! Searched some, but can not find any. Will be on the lookout.

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David Ollerearnshaw
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posted May 20, 2013 10:03 AM

Hi Vidar, This is from the last Walton catalogue

Most of the UK companies had a selection of war films though.
A few titles off the top of my head:
"Malta Story"
"They Were Not Divided"
"Above Us The Waves"

Best Wishes.

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Vidar Olavesen
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posted May 20, 2013 10:46 AM

Thanks, I feel fairly sure it's the part 2 of this I've seen. Now to locate the 4 parts :-)

Anyone?

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Osi Osgood
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posted May 20, 2013 12:44 PM

This is no joke ...

A collector I know in the UK has an EXCEEDINGLY RARE super 8 SCOPE optical sound print of the Battle of Britian. I didn't even know they made scope super 8 optical, but I know this collector well, and he's not one to make up stories.

OSI

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Keith Ashfield
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posted May 20, 2013 01:18 PM

Osi is absolutely correct. Below are screenshots from this "rarity". I too have never seen any other SCOPE optical prints on Super 8mm.

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David Ollerearnshaw
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posted May 20, 2013 02:38 PM

The Optical Scope prints were made for the new W-I-D-E Bodied planes.

The colour on "Battle Of Britain" looks great.

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Hugh Thompson Scott
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posted May 21, 2013 08:10 PM

As I mentioned at the beginning,it was unusual for a 'scope in
opt.snd.The chances are the copy in question belonged to the late
Tony Churcher of Supaspool fame, who was very proud of it.

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Graham Ritchie
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posted May 22, 2013 02:29 AM

Vidar

Its listed in one of my Derann Super8 Catalogue, the one with "The Little Mermaid" on the front cover, so at a guess around possibly the late 1980s-early 1990s. I am pretty sure when Walton closed Derann got a number of there negative..so you could be right as to its origin being from Walton.

Graham.

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Joerg Polzfusz
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posted May 22, 2013 03:17 AM

Hi,

there are also some documentaries made of old newsreels, e.g. this one: http://www.super-8-hobby.de/rezent499.htm

Jörg

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Lee Mannering
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posted May 22, 2013 04:22 AM

Vidar. I checked the archive and have a spare Blitz on Britain if its of help and think I have Dam Busters but may have to hunt for that. PM me.

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Osi Osgood
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posted May 24, 2013 12:18 PM

ThanX 4 those shots Keith. I am so totally envious of that print!

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