Black and white or color...AMAZING!

The_Other_One

The_Other_One

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Hehe, I was working on my projector and found this little ad. in the back of the manual. The copywrite is 1948, if you're wondering :)
 
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Are you surprised to see that color film was around even earlier then 1948? Try WW II for a start. Fighter planes of the day took color footage. Some of those that lasted can be viewed in documentaries and at various museums.
 
I have some reels of my great-grandfathers', taken in 1939 or so, that are in color. I even have the camera (8mm) and the projector that he used. I just need some film.
 
I know they had color for a while, I was just making fun of the ad, being so old :P

I'm in the process of trying to find a light so I can view these old films I got from my great uncle. I don't think any are in color, but we'll see...
 
Hey if you get some into mpegs post a link to them. They may be quite interesting in a historical sense. Well at least in avi or some WMP playable format. Color in film appeared a lot sooner then was seen on tv in the mid 60s!
 
To bad you couldn't use an analog feed into a vcr and then capture from tape with a capture card into mpeg II or another format to later burn to vcd if not dvd. Gee do you have a digital camcorder lying around somewhere to get some takes while projecting onto a screen? You would probably have to bring those to a professional service to see those preserved. That would be the best way to get the needed advice on how to transfer old film onto updated media.
 
I dont have anything more modern than about 1967 for cameras- my 8mm is from 1934, my Pentax is from 1963, and my minolta XG-7 is from 67. I might be able to borrow a digital 'corder from someone... i think its pretty high res too.
 
To get anything watchable out of something that old you would still to bring it in to someone who specializes in the photographic field. I can imagine just how fragike some film from 1934 actually is after some 70+ years.
 
Im not sure if i can watch this film anymore- i think ill send it in to get restored, cuz i checked it, and its not in great shape.
 
PC eye said:
Hey if you get some into mpegs post a link to them. They may be quite interesting in a historical sense. Well at least in avi or some WMP playable format. Color in film appeared a lot sooner then was seen on tv in the mid 60s!
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Not to get too far off track, but yeah color films were first in the late 1930's. They didn't make it on to TV until the late 50's because of the required technogy to compress and transmit that much data. Anyway, I should dig up some of the old newpapers my dad has stashed from his childhood. It might be a good read to see what was going on in Iowa in the 1940's, :P

Hey, and maybe we could get Leno to start another headline segment to include old ads...
 
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I'm going to play my old 8mm's on the wall(or a screen if I can borrow one...) then just record using my video camera...
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That will still be a touchy thing there. A wall won't work due to the amount of glare and diffusion. A regular projection or very similat surface to project would be far, far better for viewing as well as recording. The amount of light the camcorder needs to get a good recording will have to be toyed with a little. Plan on doing a few practice runs there to see how it goes. Once you get a good 5min. try capturing into mpeg II to sample it. But the most important there though is to have a little fun in the process.
 
You would need a way to secure anything you place on top of a projector. The vibrations from it running would cause anything on top to slide off. Having a camcorder mounted on some type of stable stand would be better. You still would have to take a few test runs to see just what height the camera should along with a few things like distance away from a screen.
 
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