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Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on July 12, 2013, 03:23 AM:

Was 1969 the heyday for standard 8 sound films? I have just been given the Walton Home Movies 1969 catalogue. It is most surprising how many films were available on standard 8 sound, whereas very few Super 8 sound had made their appearance.

I had not realised that Walton had such an interesting selection of 8 reel (4 x 400') features on Standard 8. Here they are, discounting a few which were shorter.

Dark Waters
Dentist In The Chair
Distant Drums
The Glass Mountain
History Is Made At Night
The Kansan
Man-Eater Of Kumaon
The Man On The Eiffel Tower
To Be Or Not To Be
Not Wanted On Voyage
Red Stallion
Stagecoach
Sundown
Tom Brown's Schooldays

Only three of the above features were also offered on Super 8 sound.

Dentist In The Chair
Stagecoach
Tom Brown's Schooldays

There were a few cut-downs also offered on Super 8 but only the three above were 8-reel features.

I suppose 1969 was a trifle early for Super 8 but the gauge didn't take very long to firmly establish its hold on collectors.

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on July 12, 2013, 04:00 AM:

The interesting thing is Maurice,is that std 8mm was kept by the
Distributors and Libraries for years after the USA discontinued
it. It was on perusing these titles when I first got into cine, that
made me think,there must be better titles out there, thinking
that ALL films were freely available.I pleaded with all the distributors for Hammers "One Million Years BC", even as a 4x200!
Thankfully, Walton came through, looking at the titles they did
release,they were a company that had an eye for style.
I still have some of their std 8mm features, but it was seeing
"The Man on the Eiffle Tower" or "Checkpoint" that made me
realise what a long way they came,although their prints were always very good.

Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on July 12, 2013, 10:45 AM:

Here's a link that I think you would find interesting, A GB film Library catalogue (1951) of 16mm films. Some of these films, such as 'Odd Man Out' 'Dead of Night, and 'Against the Wind', were only about 4 years old.
http://archive.org/stream/gb16mmentert1gbeq#page/n1/mode/2up

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