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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted March 28, 2015 06:15 AM

Some of my 9.5mm sound films have certificates from the British Board Of Film Censors at their start, but some do not.
Does anyone know the reason for this?

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Ken Finch
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Herne Bay, Kent. U.K.
Registered: Oct 2011

posted March 29, 2015 10:56 AM

Hi Maurice, I can only hazard a guess, but think it may be because it depended on the point where the opening music started on the original film and avoided losing the opening bars of the title music. Alternatively, it may have depended on who edited and prepared the 35mm master negative for the triple printer. All the 9.5mm sound features were edited down from the original length in order to keep prices of prints to an affordable level for the 9.5mm market. When 9.5mm sound was introduced, full length features were not available for sale on any of the other narrow gauges in the U.K or possibly anywhere else in Europe. Ken Finch.

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Paul Adsett
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posted March 29, 2015 12:42 PM

Ken, are you saying that 9,5mm optical sound movies were the very first sound movies of any guage available to the home cinema?

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Maurice Leakey
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posted March 29, 2015 02:06 PM

16mm and 17.5mm sound features in their full length were available for hire but not purchase. The latter from the Pathescope library.
9.5mm sound films from Pathescope were always available to purchase (also for hire) but as Ken says they were edited to make their purchase price more generally available.
My 1939 Pathescope catalogue says the purchase price was £2:0:0 per 300 ft reel, pro rata, i.e., T9013 "Death At Broadcasting House" (5 reels) was priced at £10 14s 6d.

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Ken Finch
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From: Herne Bay, Kent. U.K.
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posted March 30, 2015 11:39 AM

Paul, What I said was that 9.5mm optical sound features were the first ones that were available for purchase on any of the narrow gauges. Prior to their introduction, people with home cinemas could only hire films. This in fact has been the case with 16mm sound features up until the introduction of VHS when the film libraries, TV companies, sponsored film libraries and County councils started to close down and sell off the prints. Many being bought up in bulk by dealers. Ken Finch.

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