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Steven J Kirk
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Southern England
Registered: Apr 2008

posted December 08, 2015 10:14 PM

Columbia video cases appear to be the same style as their Super 8 digests. Did not know this.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EYES-OF-LAURA-MARS-RARE-CLAMSHELL-GATEFOLD-JOHN-CARPENTER-FAYE-DUNAWAY-VHS-/131660411202?hash=item1ea7927142:g:F9AAAOSwuTxWBL~b

Many VHS releases in the USA often seem to be only ever a cardboard sleeve.

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Brian Fretwell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: London, UK
Registered: Jun 2014

posted December 09, 2015 10:56 AM

I did have a Beta video that came in a 400ft Iver Films Super8 size and style case with the interior plastic made to fit a Beta cassette. It realy took up too much shelf room.

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Adrian Winchester
Film God

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From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted December 16, 2015 07:16 PM

Very interesting - it gives the impression that at least their packaging/marketing people thought that mass market Super 8 and video might co-exist for longer than they actually did, especially considering that some S8 releases in the Columbia cases had previously been sold in cardboard boxes.

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