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Will Trenfield
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
Registered: Mar 2016

posted May 17, 2017 06:40 PM

Do those in the UK remember them? I bought a fair few films from them until video recorders came in and my projector expired. As money was tight then, I sold most of them on eBay but still have their prints of Cops, Easy Street and The Great Train Robbery. The quality is pretty good and their films often crop up on eBay. I regret having sold some of them now that I've got back into cine but that's life.

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Andrew Woodcock
Film God

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From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012

posted May 17, 2017 06:54 PM

I see them all the time on ebay Will but I confess, I have never bought any of these films. (Not really my bag though I'm sure as with anything on real film, I could get into them) [Big Grin]

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted May 17, 2017 07:00 PM

I bought one from Derann something like 12 years ago. It was "National Railway Museum" (If I remember right...). It was something like five second views (with intertitles) of a whole series of static exhibits.

It was one of the most unusual films I'd ever seen: no motion at all, kind of a Super-8 slide show!

I gave it to a British friend who also liked trains!

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Andrew Woodcock
Film God

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From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012

posted May 17, 2017 07:05 PM

Great for the railway enthusiast Steve, but something of a waste it would appear for those loving motion pictures.
Perhaps a collection of slides would have been more appropriate for this particular release.

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Brian Fretwell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: London, UK
Registered: Jun 2014

posted May 18, 2017 01:27 AM

I have a Derann newsletter that states that they bought all the Collectors Club negatives after that firm ceased trading. How many they ever used was never clear.

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Will Trenfield
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
Registered: Mar 2016

posted May 18, 2017 05:23 AM

That would make sense, Brian, as the quality was pretty good as I said. They had a very varied stock ranging from feature films to shorts, with some unusual titles. They issued a list monthly, from what I remember, and you could spread the cost of a feature by buying a reel at a time.

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