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Brad Howland
Junior
Posts: 3
From: Folly Beach, SC, USA
Registered: Apr 2006

posted April 13, 2006 08:03 AM

Hi,
I'm not sure if they exist but if they do, I'd like to find a copy of Thor Heyerdahl's 'Kon Tiki' from 1951. Also looking for 'Mermaids of Tiburon' from 1962.
A copy of these (or 2) in any format other than DVD and VHS would be great. 8mm preferred.
Thanks,
Brad

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Douglas Meltzer
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From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 13, 2006 10:16 AM

Brad,

Best of luck in finding these on 8mm and.......Welcome to the Forum!

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I think there's room for just one more film.....

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Joe Caruso
Film God

Posts: 4105
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 15, 2006 05:53 PM

Long have I wanted a copy of Heyerdahl's legendary voygae - Years ago WLIW and WNET ran it, but that was before the VCR age - I've requested TCM run it, though it's short - Many obscure items are finding their way to DVD, though I'm a long-term Super/Std 8 collector - Welcome - Shorty

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Knut Nordahl
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 173
From: Norway
Registered: Dec 2005

posted April 16, 2006 01:44 PM

Hi I'm living not far from the museum where Kon-tiki is situated in in Oslo. The shop there should ofcourse have the film on dvd if nothing else. and I could pop in to check\get a copy for you if you can't get it. (dvd) Very unlikely that they will know anything about any 8mm release though.

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Michael De Angelis
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1261
From: USA
Registered: Jul 2003

posted April 17, 2006 12:49 AM

Brad,

Welcome to the Forum.

These two items sound interesting. Do you remember the
name of the distributor in 8mm? It may be worth a try
on eBay searching under title and distributor.

Also, you may not wish to restrict your search to only 8mm.
Keep it open to all gauges as well.

Michael

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Isn't it great that we can all communicate about this great
hobby that we love!

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Brad Howland
Junior
Posts: 3
From: Folly Beach, SC, USA
Registered: Apr 2006

posted April 18, 2006 12:00 PM

Thanks all for the welcome. Neat place here as I'm new to the 8mm world. I just spontaneously started buying old films/projectors off ebay and elsewhere and have been enjoying this new 'hobby'.

Joe and Knut- I have found KonTiki on DVD. Having it on film would be great also.

Michael- Not sure of the prod. company or if either of these where ever released on film-just figured they may have been due to their age. Also any format aside from DVD or VHS would be great.

Update-(I'm searching as I write this reply)
'Mermaids of Tiburon' was distributed by 'Filmgroup' in 1962 and a "silly, sexed up" version as one critic has called it, was released as 'Aqua Sex'. I would prefer the original version but both would be interesting to see.

Kon-Tiki was distributed by RKO Radio

Thanks again for the welcome and the assistance,
Brad

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