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David Ollerearnshaw
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posted November 26, 2013 04:03 PM

Looking through my old Movie Makers the December 1973 issue has an advert for Derann Films a Special Announcement soon to open 'Sponsored Film Library' offering a range of 'Free Loan Films in 8mm'

This is while I was still at school it would be about another three years before I bought a projector.

Does anyone recall them ever having free loan films?

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Maurice Leakey
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posted November 27, 2013 03:41 AM

Barry Wiles had a large free loan library on Super 8 sound from various sponsors including the Post Office.

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David Ollerearnshaw
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posted November 27, 2013 05:33 AM

Maurice, I remember Barry Wiles I had a number of films from him when I used to put on shows at the local residential home. It was quite a good selection.

I wonder if Derann passed the free loan library on to Barry?

While talking about sponsored free loan films can you remember before all the rubbish of daytime TV when BBC2 had the test card with really good music and every hour they put on trade test transmission films the free loan films from BP, Shell, ICI and many others.

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Maurice Leakey
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posted November 27, 2013 08:57 AM

The BBC were extolling their new colour service and BBC2 showed sponsored films in the afternoons.
The best one which really showed off the colour TV was a Technicolor film from I.C.I. called "Paint".

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