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Douglas Meltzer
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 - posted November 08, 2006 08:08 AM      Profile for Douglas Meltzer   Email Douglas Meltzer   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Joerg,

Selling 16mm and offering commentary at the same time!

Doug

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Antoine Orsero
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 - posted December 07, 2006 02:31 PM      Profile for Antoine Orsero   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
strange presentation:

http://cgi.ebay.de/Kodak-Ektagraphic-120-P-Movie-Projektor_W0QQitemZ170058794796QQihZ007QQcategoryZ14349QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
[Wink]

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
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 - posted December 07, 2006 06:32 PM      Profile for Jean-Marc Toussaint   Author's Homepage   Email Jean-Marc Toussaint   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Antoine, that same guy was selling some super 8 films some months ago and he was already using his girlfriend in the pictures...

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Peter Richards
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Strange presentation indeed Tony,not sure exactly what was for sale,the projector or his girlfriend but either way - NO Takers - LOL

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Antoine Orsero
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Two Tars Laurel & Hardy in 3 reels??? Strange!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140077505102&ru=http://dvd.search.ebay.com:80/140077505102_Other-Formats_W0QQa15961Z20677QQalistZa15961QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcomp areQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQcurcatZtrueQQfcclZ1QQfclZ3QQfgtpZQQfposZ13012QQfromZR2QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQgcsZ1070QQlopgZQQpfidZ1238QQreqtypeZ2QQsacatZ 41676QQsadisZ200QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbsQQsotrZ2QQfviZ1

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Tony Stucchio
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And you thought Harry was just a magician

Regarding the extra-length TWO TARS, I asked a similar question about a year ago. Nobody seemed to have a valid reason why. My guess is that Blackhawk had an extra long prologue section for this one. I have only seen the restored version that Bhawk did in 1975 with the original titles -- that version had no prologue.

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Stewart McSporran
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Do you think this guy's account has been hacked? [Eek!]

Multi Million Dollar Auction

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Antoine Orsero
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There are completely crazy people!

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Tony Stucchio
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You have got to be kidding me!

L&H Midnight Patrol

I have sold for much less near-mint L&H Super 8 sound features! You can get this in 16mm for about the same price and most likely less.

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Graham Sinden
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on ebay at the moment there are some "Non rewind" reels. How do these work. I think i can imagine that the film wraps around that adaptor and the film must enter a slot/hole and go into the reel and form around the inside outer edge going towards the center. Am i right.

Because of the way they work do films have a tendenacy to scratch or rub.

the link
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NON-REWIND-REEL-SUPER-SINGLE-8-120M-400FT_W0QQitemZ290086889222QQihZ019QQcategoryZ1476QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Lee Mannering
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Grahame...This item is even better!

290086889164

Thanks for the email. Sorry you missed the film also my friend. I was going to get it for you as a present and record in Stereo.
Boo Hoo!

I hope she comes free!
Item 170058794796
Heee.

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Mike Peckham
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Graham

I bought a couple of these off Ebay a few weeks ago, I couldn't resist it because like you I was intrigued to know how they worked.

They are an incredibly clever design, I took them to work and showed a colleague who whilst not interested in cine, appreciates a good gadget, and that's exactly what they are.

Basically, you wind the film onto the non-rewind spool just as though it were a normal auto spool; it has a little clip which you must have in the "up" position whilst it is loading and this is then pushed into the "down" position prior to showing the film. To show the film the projector has to be first fitted with the special adaptor which clips on to the feed spool arm, the loaded non-rewind spool is then loaded on to the adaptor, having first had the special clip pushed down, the white spool cover attached and the spool itself pulled apart (the two halves seperate from each other by about 5mm). You then turn the spool a couple of revolutions in the wrong direction and if you're lucky the end of the film will push out from the core end of the spool, this is as a result of having pushed the "clip" down which frees up some space, and pulling the spool apart which allows the film to rotate on the core.

The end of the film is then pulled over the rotating part of the adaptor and fed into the film path as normal. In order for the film to finish the show in a non-rewind status it is necessary to have loaded the take up arm with another special non-rewind spool.

The possibility of the film getting scratched is really quite frightening; I tried mine on an old film that I wasn't too worried about. All in all it really is a gimmick and it's not hard to see why sales of this device didn't take off, in truth it is far less of a problem to rewind the film than it is to fiddle about with the clips and spools seperators and attatch and then remove the special adaptor.

As a gimmick and a potential film scratcher it scores 10 out of 10, as a labour saving device I think it scores about - 5! [Wink]

Worth picking up though if they go cheaply - just so that you have a bit of cine history in your cupboard. [Big Grin]

Mike

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Graham Sinden
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Seems like i was wrong in how it works.

My wild imagination [Roll Eyes]

Interesting, but i think its still easier rewinding in the conventional manner

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Stewart McSporran
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This guy is trying to sell a batch of 34 films (reels?). However he's set the auction up as if he were selling 34 identical items; so whatever you bid is multiplied by 34.

I've sent him a polite message trying to point this out to him, but only received sarcasm in reply; so beware of bidding with the terminally stupid.

Dumb Listing

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Craig Hamilton
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The staring price is bad enough, The postage is taking the P***

Another hopeful

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Is Perry's Movies for Sale.

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Mike Peckham
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OMG! I've got a box of about 150 of those - I had no idea they were so valuable; I could trade them in for a feature film!!

Mike [Roll Eyes]

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Lee Mannering
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This item didn’t fetch much although it was a favourite of mine causing much fun here.

170058794796

Probably worn sprocket holes kept the price low?

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Douglas Meltzer
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Take a look.
One vowel too many.

Doug

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Lee Mannering
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This item must be a bargain. And pink as well!

290094151221

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Jim Schrader
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I wonder how much one can get for the rubber bands kodak used on films [Razz]

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Tassos Laudas
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Some of you may find it funny: At the bottom of the following page of a german Eumig listing the seller gets the usual offer about shoes, bags etc by a chinese company. Unfamiliar as he/she seems to be with the language, the seller answers that he/she doesn't understand but could gladly send to U.K., and that the postage would be 30euros.

http://cgi.ebay.de/Eumig-S-807-Super8-Normal8-Projektor_W0QQit emZ180105199944QQcategoryZ8271QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Just to avoid misunderstanding, i'd like to emphasize that i am not underestimating the german seller. On the contrary i am impressed by his/her kindness.

[ April 11, 2007, 06:56 PM: Message edited by: Tassos Laudas ]

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Douglas Meltzer
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Kiddie movie? Yikes!

Doug

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Steve Klare
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Somebody is bidding almost 10 Million Dollars to buy "The General Lee" from "The Dukes of Hazzard"

Ebay (Motors) Item number:
250108256198

The funny part is the auction states "Get low monthly payments".

-How low could they be? $100,000?

There's something fishy here. I can't imagine James Bond's Astin Martin getting that kind of cash and that would be ten times the icon this one is!

Update: There is now an item on the auction that bidders came in and bid the price through the roof just for fun. (Some people really need a hobby...)

[ May 07, 2007, 09:02 AM: Message edited by: Steve Klare ]

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Douglas Meltzer
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The Black Cat

Lugosi, Karloff and Max Schreck?

Doug

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Douglas Meltzer
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Super-8-mm-Sound-Film-Barbarella-with-Jane-Fonda_W0QQitemZ230149269347QQihZ013QQcategoryZ63821QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

"I think there are some steaks in one reel."

Dinner and a movie!

Doug

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