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Posted by Will Trenfield (Member # 5321) on May 17, 2017, 06:40 PM:

Do those in the UK remember them? I bought a fair few films from them until video recorders came in and my projector expired. As money was tight then, I sold most of them on eBay but still have their prints of Cops, Easy Street and The Great Train Robbery. The quality is pretty good and their films often crop up on eBay. I regret having sold some of them now that I've got back into cine but that's life.

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on May 17, 2017, 06:54 PM:

I see them all the time on ebay Will but I confess, I have never bought any of these films. (Not really my bag though I'm sure as with anything on real film, I could get into them) [Big Grin]

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on May 17, 2017, 07:00 PM:

I bought one from Derann something like 12 years ago. It was "National Railway Museum" (If I remember right...). It was something like five second views (with intertitles) of a whole series of static exhibits.

It was one of the most unusual films I'd ever seen: no motion at all, kind of a Super-8 slide show!

I gave it to a British friend who also liked trains!

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on May 17, 2017, 07:05 PM:

Great for the railway enthusiast Steve, but something of a waste it would appear for those loving motion pictures.
Perhaps a collection of slides would have been more appropriate for this particular release.

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on May 18, 2017, 01:27 AM:

I have a Derann newsletter that states that they bought all the Collectors Club negatives after that firm ceased trading. How many they ever used was never clear.

Posted by Will Trenfield (Member # 5321) on May 18, 2017, 05:23 AM:

That would make sense, Brian, as the quality was pretty good as I said. They had a very varied stock ranging from feature films to shorts, with some unusual titles. They issued a list monthly, from what I remember, and you could spread the cost of a feature by buying a reel at a time.

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