Viacom Features:

[John Armer]

I take it that Derann didn't get hold of the negatives and reprint their releases?

[Ged Jones]

No, Derann didn't even see many of the American prints new, only saw a few second hand ones.

[Carter Bradley]

Hi Ged, This is an advertisement from Red Fox Enterprises' September-October 1981 closeout catalog, so the titles represented might be the entire output of Viacom full length features.

[Mike Newell]

My Viacom prints were alway great. Last Train from Gunhill, African Queen and Elvis. Great colour no fade.

[Osi Osgood]

Your the lucky one then, Mike. It looks like, by that specific ad page, that someone at Viacom had a major Elvis fixation, but then, Elvis's death was still a fairly recent thing. Back then, it appears that films were marketed more on amount of footage than on how good the films were!

[Steve Klare]

My Viacom "When the North Wind Blows" probably was a great print when new, but sadly I'm guessing it was stored in less than perfect conditions: it's what E-Bay sellers often call "warm". I also have the Derann "Wildlife Interlude", so I know what this film is supposed to look like. I'd love it if the whole thing looked that good!

https://8mmforum.film-tech.com/cgi-b...c;f=4;t=000275

It's still one of my favorite movies and maybe once a year I project it a reel or two per night and enjoy it for several days.

[Ed Gordon]

Still need info on Viacom themselves , did they have an arm set up just for this venture or did some else get paid to do it on their behalf and what lab(s) did they use?

Viacom has two histories, 2005 to 2019 and 1952 to 2006. You can find the latter's history at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom_(1952%E2%80%932006)

[Burton Sundquist]

Greetings Ged! We are all fortunate that you will be available for our so many questions! I think Ed is more directly attempting to answer your questions by using Google but in absence of any reference to 8mm production it will require more detective work. One of our U.S. members must know who and where these prints were produced? Any box art out there? I will look at my leaders on my Viacom prints to see what I can come up with. Once again, Welcome Ged!

[Ged Jones]

Box art on the films would be great!

[Steve Klare]

[Osi Osgood]

I have "The Adventures of Frontier Fremont", and from what I have heard from the person who I bought it from (in Spain), that it was not officially released in the USA. It is another rare feature from the Viacom folks, printed on Kodak SP, so it sadly has some color fade. This is another one of those feature films that was barely released on any format. It was released on VHS, but even this is very hard to come by. The quality of the VHS, audio and video, is incredibly poor. The image quality of the super 8 is just barely passable. Certainly not pin sharp, to be sure. My copy is still in Spanish, as, though I have a copy of the VHS tapes, I haven't been able to sync it for a rerecord. A shame, as, in my opinion, (and as a lover of Grizzly Adams), Frontier Fremont has a better story line.

[Melvin England]

The cover to G.I.Blues. Not the best one around but the best we have on this thread at the moment.

[Burton Sundquist]

Cover art for Viacom release of Visit to a Small Planet. Still need to look at the leader for any other clues...

[Douglas Meltzer]

Viacom's Jack and the Beanstalk cover

[Ged Jones]

Just brilliant Douglas, thanks to everyone for the covers.