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Melvin England
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 707
From: Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Feb 2016
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posted May 15, 2019 07:14 AM
Hello Jack and welcome to the forum.
I think you are being a little too optimistic in hoping that someone will let you have any rare film taken from the audience, assuming they managed to smuggle a camera into the auditorium in the first place, as this type of footage is not only extremely rare, but sells for vast amounts of money if it ever surfaces. My opinion is based on rare reels of Beatles footage that have surfaced from time to time. They have sold for "silly money."
However, there is "official" concert footage of Elvis available on super 8. I have a copy of "Aloha From Hawaii" myself. Both "The 1968 Comeback Special" and his appearance on the Jerry Dorsey show are also available as is, I believe, "That's The Way It Is." There is also grainy footage of his wedding and a press conference, not to mention a LOT of his full length feature films.
Quite a bit for you to be going on with.
Good luck in your search!
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Adrian Winchester
Film God
Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted May 15, 2019 06:13 PM
Jack - There certainly is such footage 'out there'; you'll have considerable difficulty finding it, but that won't surprise you!
At a particular Derann Open Day I attended - I think in the 1990s - a whole succession of Elvis shorts were offered in the auction, roughly around 200-300 foot each. They were identified in terms of specific performances. Starting prices were modest but I suspect we were baffled by what we were seeing as none were known Elvis Super 8 releases. I don't think any of them sold except one that I bought because I was curious to gain some idea of what they were.
When I watched the (colour/sound) film, it was clearly non-professional Super 8 footage shot from the audience; not a camera original but copied to produce a very basic release, featuring incomplete songs and an added live track that wasn't perfectly in sync. There were no splices in the print. It wasn't great but watchable and something of a curio. I still have it somewhere, so if I find it, I'll see what it says on the box.
It's loo long ago for me to be able to recall much else, but I think I was told or gained the impression that the films offered had been made available via an Elvis fan club. I wish I'd bought a few more at the time!
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Jack Mullins
Junior
Posts: 3
From: San Francisco, CA, USA
Registered: May 2019
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posted June 11, 2019 09:05 PM
Adrian, if you do find it, I'd love to know what's on it. Probably footage that's long-been circulated, but one never knows!
And Dominque, yes, once in a while you'll stumble upon a great find because the seller either doesn't know what they've got, or doesn't place much value on it personally. I've gotten lucky once or twice where I scored a reel at a great deal, so it does happen.
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