Gary says –<\/p>\n
Just last week I bid on some standard-8 home movie on Ebay and won it. It\u2019s three two-hundred foot reels,and the seller had absolutely no info on when the film was shot etc.<\/p>\n
There’s\u00a0 a BBC OB unit featured in it. See attached photos \u2013 not exactly brilliant, I know,\u00a0 I did them on the \u2018fly\u2019.<\/p>\n
I originally thought, when I saw it was a regatta,\u00a0 that it would be Henley,\u00a0 but on looking at the film more, it obviously isn\u2019t. As you can see by picture no.5, it took place on an estuary rather than a river itself.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t have a date for it, perhaps the camera in the shots might be able to help us?<\/p>\n
There is another short sequence in the film that I didn\u2019t have the stills camera ready for. It seems to show a couple of guys recording sound only (no camera at all in evidence).\u00a0 Maybe they were from the natural History Unit recording some riverbank sound?<\/p>\n
Anyway, let me know what you think.<\/p>\n
Also, if anyone would like to borrow the film and try and do a decent transfer, then by all means, no problem at all.\u00a0 I\u2019m afraid, for this film, I\u00a0 can\u2019t afford Telecine rates!<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gary says – Just last week I bid on some standard-8 home movie on Ebay and won it. It\u2019s three two-hundred foot reels,and the seller had absolutely no info on when the film was shot etc. There’s\u00a0 a BBC OB … Continue reading