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Osi Osgood
Film God

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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted August 13, 2014 01:10 PM

I thought I'd start a topic on just all the funny places that super 8 has turned up at, after hearing just today that there were actually juke boxes that played super 8 films "Music videos".

Gee, I wonder if they might have even been recorded in stereo? Anyone know? If they had main and balance soundstripe, it's entirely possible ...

Therefore, I'll bring up another ...

When I was a kid in the 70's, they would have this little booth, about the size of a "photo" booth (you know, your pay your dollar or whatever the price was, and you sit inside and get 4 or more photos taken of you as you sit inside) ...

Anyhow, these little cartoon booths had a lot of hanna Barbera cartoons and I think, some Tom and Jerry's as well. You'd pay your quarter, select your cartoon, and watch it on the little screen inside the booth, (it has a curtain that you would close so you could see the image.

I've rarely seen photos of those booths, but I have fond memories of going to mall, begging dad for a quarter or two, and watching some fun cartoons!

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Clay Smith
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From: El Cerrito, CA, USA
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posted August 13, 2014 01:29 PM

Wow Osi,
I had not thought of these in ages. I remember them as a small child at the Bettendorf-Rapps market in St. Louis (around the late 1950'/early '60's. Little kid theatres while Mom did the shopping. Found these two links. Thank you Osi for the memory jog. - Clay

http://www.billyseven.net/kiddierama/kiddierama.html

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_uzzPGr0k0

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David Ollerearnshaw
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From: Penistone Sheffield UK
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posted August 13, 2014 02:19 PM

Wow that brings back memories of a school trip. The coach stopped at the motorway services, and on the pedestrian bridge was one of the film booths.

I have no idea what the gauge was, but the films were Dick Tracy in colour sound.

Can you imagine about eight kids all trying to get in.

I remember the films, but I wonder where the trip was.

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Dominique De Bast
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From: Brussels, Belgium
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posted August 13, 2014 02:29 PM

I remember these machines. I don't know if it was Super 8 (probably yes, but who knows if it was not 16 mm). In Belgium, the cartoon was cut in two parts (so you had to pay twice) but you had no guarantee to start with the first part as it was not automatically reset. So if the preceeding kid (it was seldom an old lady who used these machines) for example watched only the first part and you arrived after him, you started with part 2. And the second coin gave you the part 1 !

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Steve Klare
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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted August 13, 2014 04:08 PM

I saw cartridge-based S8 in product demonstration machines in a retail store within the last 10 years. Considering this was well into the DVD era it was kind of a surprise.

-maybe the proprietor just had a soft spot for film!

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Osi Osgood
Film God

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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted August 14, 2014 12:22 PM

WOOOOOOOOOW!!!!

Thanx 4 that link!!! It was so totally awesome to see those machines, and the link to the youtube video of one of those machines actually operating. Most awesome!! You made my day!!!! [Big Grin]

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