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Osi Osgood
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
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posted September 20, 2008 03:44 PM

I was perusing ebay awhile back and saw up for auction, a scope drivers training film. They had an image up from it, which was somewhat faded, but I was intrigued, as it would be a nifty tool for drivers training, giving you more of a full side to side image of everything. How long did they use they things? (note, it wasn't a flat letterboxed 16MM, it was a scope image.)

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted September 20, 2008 05:47 PM

I took driver's ed. in the summer of 1979 and they used 16mm in the driving simulator. I don't remember if it was 'scope, but at that age I wasn't atuned to such things! (-Wasn't atuned to much at all, really.)

I always remember the day we had a "blowout". Every last student in the room jammed on the brakes, which was strictly verboten in the days before anti-lock brakes. The teacher read us the riot act, backed the film up and we all tried it again!

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Bill Brandenstein
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From: California
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posted September 21, 2008 12:50 AM

Hmmm... I think that was the year I had Drivers' Ed also. Those scope films were intriguing to me at the time, but I'm not entirely sure that it was a standard 2x stretch because I don't remember the picture being amazingly wide. Perhaps it was. But a 1.5x stretch would fit my recollection better.

I wonder what they've replaced those systems with?

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David Kilderry
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Feb 2006

posted September 21, 2008 04:56 AM

I have one and it is full 16mm scope. It is missing the start from memory but colours were not too bad when I last ran it.

David

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted September 21, 2008 11:14 AM

...then there was the time a pedestrian ran out in front of us and the only way to avoid him was ram a parked car.

-every last one of us smushed the jaywalker!

(Hey! This was before airbags...why should we take a faceful of windshield for this wienie?!)

Once again he backed up the film and tried again. Must have been a discouraging job at times.

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