What 8mm films did I watch last night?

[Dominique De Bast]

Three 60m/200ft musical shorts : Tauber Sings Again (two songs from The Land Without Music), Golden Music Hall (three songs from the golden days of Music Hall, as the title suggested) and Ice Skating Musical Extravaganz, with Sonja Génie.

[Melvin England]

Continuing tonight with last weeks theme of Alfred Hitchcock, my "big feature" this evening was the 4x 400' version of the 1938 Margaret Lockwood version of The Lady Vanishes.

Prior to that, I watched my latest purchase of a few days ago.... a 1933 Flip The Frog cartoon called "Soda Squirt" which also features cartoon appearances by Laurel & Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton and Mae West. A nice little rarity from Blackhawk.
Also screened Reflections UK.

[Brian Fretwell]

For Derek and Derann day I started with The Calico Dragon (I had watched Jason & the Argonauts and thought the Hydra and the dragon were a good match). Then the Walking in the Air extract from The Snowman, Carry on Camping extract 1, Tom & Jerry Saturday Evening Puss, Pathe Review of 1952 (my birth year) abd finishing with Carry on Abroad 2reel extract with part 2 of the 4x400ft spliced in. (I have Part 3 but it is not fully sound recorded so not added yet.)

I felt that to be a fair selection from the range from the earlier years.

[Oliver Feld]

I screened „THE FINAL COUNTDOWN“, the marketing-film cutdown in mint shape. Also the boxes with their outstanding artwork are great.

[Oliver Feld]

[Brian Fretwell]

Last night the part recorded part 3 of the 4x400ft Carry on Abroad which when finished will fit in well the rest of what I have and Mutiny on the Bounty, a bit of a mixed 400ft I bought on the Bring & Buy at Blackpool a couple of years ago. It seems to be a mixed origin reel as the colour changes part way through (the start is on SP), I can feel a few splices too and has 2 extra opening title sequences at the end including part of the start, all squeezed 'scope. One to check on the editor when I have the inclination.

[Xander van der Merwe]

The Hindenberg 2 x 400' condensed version:

[Lee Mannering]

My constructed ABC (Associated British Cinemas) Cinema reel. The box shows Edgware RD ABC when they were showing Friday the 13th 3D, Airplane and Rocky 3.

It opens with the pretty rare Derann Fanfare 'Welcome to a bright future with Derann'
ABC Opener
Vintage adverts
Future Programme
Gone with the wind
A&C Meet Captain Kidd col
Raise the Titanic
ABC Cinema on with the show.

The Terminator 1985. They did so well getting this onto Super 8

[Lee Mannering]

DRACULA 1958 Very spooky

[Steve Klare]

Last night?

Star Trek(2009) Trailer in 'Scope, because I'd actually forgotten I'd bought the thing and wanted to see it again! (When collections grow large...)

Then one home movie after another from the 1970s all the way up into the 'teens. (Looks like life really has been pretty good!)

[Brian Fretwell]

Next step with a large collection is buying something you think you want then when you put it away you find you already have a copy.

Not quite that but my latest viewing was reel 6 of That's Entertainment, one of only 2 reels I have printed by Derann on low fade Agfa stock. I do have the original release in the Ken wrap round large box, but that is on Eastman and going rather brown.

[Douglas Meltzer]

A Blackhawk print of Laurel & Hardy in Dirty Work (1933). The timing in the scene where bricks (one by one) fall on Ollie's head is brilliant.

[Brian Fretwell]

Disney night for me. The Skeleton Dance, followed by The Dance of the Hours and The Nutcracker segments of Fantasia. LPP and Agfa so I left out The Sorcerers Apprentice which I have on SP.

[Lee Mannering]

A Pathe News and Man of a thousand faces.

[Richard Bock]

The Mothering Heart-1913 (!) Super 8mm Blackhawk Sound. 400 ft

Marital infidelity from DW Griffith in 1913. Tells a story with 3 dimensional characters using primitive technology yet pulls at your heartstrings. Lillian Gish is luminescent in a role that would lead to many more including the feature length masterpieces of DW Griffith. I really think there's a difference seeing these projected from film rather than video. Just sayin'