What 8mm films did I watch last night?

[Graham Ritchie]

Tonight was a bit of a blast from the past, using my trusty ST1200 that I bought second hand in 1979. In recent times, I went through all the guides and fixed them so they cant scratch anymore First up tonight, was Star Wars, I used a blue filter that takes the edge of the red, second film which I enjoyed much more than Star Wars, was Oh Mr Porter, from Walton. This title was one of the first films I ever bought back in the 1970s, and to this day its a brilliant edit, a must for anybody who likes trains. The ST1200 ran like a swiss watch rock steady image and good sound, not bad for a projector "M" model that came out way back in 1973.

The screen shots are not that great much better on the screen than what is shown below.


a couple of screen shots taken tonight

[Oliver Feld]

Yesterday it was HELLO DOLLY in all its colourful scope glory and today THE LION KING, which is always an event on the big screen

[Oliver Feld]

🎼❤️Barbra…

[Chip Gelmini]

July 13

BIRTH OF A NATION

400 foot times eight with musical score

[Steve Klare]

Last Night:

Diesels Roar on the Pennsy (Blackhawk, S8) In the 1950s, Early diesel locomotives pull long, fast passenger and freight trains in the Mountains along the Pennsylvania Railroad. It’s a little special among early films of diesel locomotives for having a sound track. Most are silent. (Four diesels pulling a mile long coal train up a steep grade are very un-silent.)

Bach's Toccata and Fugue from Fantasia (Derann, S8). If there was any dust on my speakers, it's gone now!

Fishing in Florida (16mm) A very 1950s-looking family trailers their boat down to Florida and fishes the beautiful blue waters off both coasts. A lot of attention was paid to their Mercury Marine Inboard/Outboard engine, so I'd say Mercury paid for the Movie! This would be a great film for times when people are stuck in the house due to weather, so I'll try to remember it January/February.

If you are looking for any kind of theme here, please don't try too hard! I was away from home almost two weeks, so this was kind of Anything Goes! (Besides: Themes belong on Thursdays!)

-but I was so inspired by Toccata and Fugue that I had an encore of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, also from Fantasia (S8, Derann).

[Brian Fretwell]

Aftwr that last heatwave made me to lethargic to project the rain made it cool enough for me to show a couple last night.
Callan (Walton) with David Callan killing Dave Prowses charater with his bare hands!! The 400ft cut down with the 200ft "Counterchase spliced in, unfortunateley neither on low fade stock so rather brown looking, followed by a Collectors Club print of "Calling al Girls" on genuine B&W (3m) stock.

[Graham Ritchie]

Thought I would give yee old VP a miss tonight, and give the GS1200 a run instead. Its been a while since I ran "The Black Stallion" so that one was my choice tonight. The Feature is mounted on two Elmo 1200 feet reels and to date the print still looks really good. I have no idea how old this Super8 print is, but it must be getting on. It projects fine giving a nice steady image with good sound. The projector ran like a swiss watch, although in saying that the GS might be listening and throw a wobbly next time so better be careful what I say about it. I enclose a couple of previous screen shots, in saying that, since then I have replaced my external transformer with another one, which I found out the old one was not giving me the full 24 volts when the lamp was on, this one from a old and broken Leitz Pradovit slide projector, does give me the full 24 volts or 22 volts on low "with" the lamp running, which in turn is putting more light on the screen.

Well enough of that.

[Osi Osgood]

We enjoyed some "Flicker Flashbacks" silent film releases. Graham! What a lovely print, that "Black Stallion"!

[Brian Fretwell]

After the BBC showed the film "What's up Doc" yesterday I just had to watch "Screwball Comedies, Remember Them?" the making of short. Now rather pink now, but very enjoyable, also showing a mistake that was left in the film (the waiter and the door he was supposed to slickly walk back through, but crashed into) that was left in as the mistake was funny.