What 8mm films did I watch last night?

[Osi Osgood]

There weren't too many of the Jetsons episodes released on super 8. Interestingly, I've seen a lot of 200ft Scooby Doo's, but no 200ft Jetsons.

[Douglas Meltzer]

Ruh-Roh!

[Osi Osgood]

A Little extra I got when I bought a feature, "Sir Huckleberry Hound". What the early Hanna Barbera cartoons lacked in animation, they made up for with OK humor.

[Dominique De Bast]

Two small films bought at Ternat, one week ago. A 30m/100ft "Music Show" reel. Colours are fading but it's still very watchable, and the Film Office release Chantons, dansons (Let's Sing, Let's Dance), an extract with Laurel and Hardy...dancing and singing (in English).

[Douglas Meltzer]

A few 200' digests that I had added sound to. Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster, The Revenge of Frankenstein & this classic:

[Graham Ritchie]

The following are on one very full Elmo 800ft reel. I did take some screen shots as below taken last night

1...."Bottles" 1936 stunning color print from.....Derann.
2...."Mother Goose Goes Hollywood" 1938....Derann.
3...."The Grasshopper and the Ants" 1934...Derann.
4....."The Ugly Duckling" 1939....Derann.
5....."The Old Mill" 1937...WDHM.


Bottles.



Mother Goose Goes Hollywood.



Grasshopper and the Ants


The Ugly Duckling.

[Douglas Meltzer]

Osi,

No, I've had this for awhile. I also have a 400' digest (I don't know who released it) and a few odd reels of the feature.

[Osi Osgood]

Doug, is that the one that was recently on ebay? I was curious, as the seller said that it was on low fade film stock

[Douglas Meltzer]

Dominique, Welcome back!

Brian, Thanks. I have that one. It's a pretty good edit.

I watched the UFA 2x400' cutdown of Horror Express. A well done digest with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing & Telly Savalas. Another one to add to the re-record list.

[Dominique De Bast]

I came back two days ago from Egypt where I spent one month. My first film is The Muppets Musical Moments, arrived while I was abroad (the janitor, if that's the coprrect word in English, called me to say the postman had something for me ; I could convince the postman to let it to the janitor). I projected the film with a HID projector bought from Lee Manering, so I thank him twice for that projection :-)

[Brian Fretwell]

It was the Derann (sometimes labeled as an import) 400ft release. Sadly there was no full feature of this.

[Douglas Meltzer]

Brian,

Would that be the Derann 400' cutdown of Taste the Blood or did they release the feature?

[Graham Ritchie]

Oliver

Last night out of curiosity I had a look through the few remaining Derann news letters from long ago. I found two full pages of new Super 8 trailers, one was "Oliver"-Scope 16 pound and 50 pence. The prices did vary in those two pages from 11 to 17 pound average being about 14 for a new trailer.

Another news letter had quite a list of 16mm shorts and trailers and there it was, "Oliver" Extra Long trailer, as a stunning Color Scope print 250ft at 39 pound and 99 pence. I think the extra long 16mm print is the same length as the Super 8.

Regarding the above video I posted, the actual image shown is not quite as blue as recorded by my video camera when I took it. I didn't get the setting quite right, but it does show you the content and gives a general idea what the trailer is about.

[Brian Fretwell]

Taste the Blood of Dracula, Derann late print on LPP.

[Oliver Feld]

Beautiful…