16mm FILM FOR SALE

UP FOR SALE is this film:

SPECS

NAME: Eurokai
YEAR: Unknown
FORMAT: 16mm
LENGTH: 400ft/120mts.
RUNNING TIME: 17 min.

BASE: Estar
SOUND: Mono (Mag)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN: N/A
SUBTITLES: N/A
CONDITION OF FILM: Very good. Little or no scratching. Slight color fade.

 

Price: USD 20,00+shipping and hadling

*I would be willing to trade it for another title.

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16mm FILM FOR SALE

UP FOR SALE is this film:

SPECS

NAME: F850 Eurokai / Siemens
YEAR: Unknown
FORMAT: Super8
LENGTH: 400ft/120mts.
RUNNING TIME: 17 min.

BASE: Estar
SOUND: Mono (Mag)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN: N/A
SUBTITLES: N/A
CONDITION OF FILM: Very good. Little or no scratching. Slight color fade.

Price: USD 20,00+shipping and hadling

*I would be willing to trade it for another title.

Dragonfly_films is a member of eBay (USA), Todocolección.com (Spain), Mercadolibre.com (Latin America). For transparency´s sake I will publish this film in the buyer´s choice of auction site. Interested parties, email me or leave a comment on this post.

FILM IDENTIFIED (IN RECORD TIME): "Первый день мира"

The stills shown in the previous post belong to the soviet film "Первый день мира" from 1959. Huge debt of gratitude to the scholars at Slavcin-L, who identified it. In the western world, the film seems to have been released under two titles: "The Day the War Ended" and "The First Day of Peace" which is the correct translation of the title. It was released on the 28th of January, 1961 in New York City, hence, some sites show it as a 1961 film.

You can find all information for the film, including cast and crew, opening dates and stills in the following links:

In Russian and in English.

HELP IDENTIFYING SOVIET 35mm FILM

Here´s all the information I have of one 1,500ft long (approx) reel of film that I have recently purchased.

• It is a #3 reel from a feature.
• Black and white.
• Dialogues are in Russian.
• (Subtitled in Spanish)
• Triacetate base.
• Mono sound.
• Stock seems to be Gevaert from Belgium, copied from Kodak stock (date code: 2 triangles, most likely 1941).
• Label on the can reads Sovexportfilm, with no markings on it except for a "3" that I assume belongs to the reel # and a "Исп" which I assume is short for Испанский (Spanish), which leads me to believe that it was subtitled in the USSR.

"Vivíamos en la misma calle en Leningrado"
(We used to live on the same street in Leningrad)

"Pero en la guerra me persuadí..."
(But during the war, I was persuaded that...)

"A su salud, Mayor."
(To your health, Major)

Any and all help will be greatly apreciated.
.

FILM IDENTIFIED

I wish to thank everyone for their help. Everyone that left a comment on the post or emailed back. The film is indeed "The Shoes of the Fisherman" from 1968, and all fragments belong to the same film. My admiration goes to all those who guessed Oskar Werner, Sir Laurence Olivier and David Janssen correctly. My excitement in finally locating the title led to painstakingly capturing each frame of the samples I had from the DVD. Enjoy.

ORIGINAL POST: "HELP IDENTIFYING FILM" from July 13th, 2008.

The pictures that follow show frames from several 70mm fragments that I have located recently. I don´t know if they belong to the same reel of a film or not. Sadly no head or tails, that is why I seek help identifying the name of the feature.





I have reason to believe that the following 2 fragments do not belong to the same film as the precious ones. I suspect that the man sitting on the left in the first example, and the one standing on the right in the second one, is none other than Anthony Quinn.




Any help will be greatly apreciated.

ON IT´S WAY HOME

IDENTIFYING 70mm FRAGMENTS - UPDATE

Because of the location of the actor´s suit pocket (the one with the handkerchief), it was pointed out to me that the pictures were taken the wrong way around, which also means that the Mini Cooper has the steering wheel on the left, practically ruling out a British film. (Having symmetrical soundtracks on the film makes it harder to distinguish the "right" way around.) Assuming that is correct, the images should have been scanned this way around:

There seems to be multiple opinions as to the identity of the man in the suit. Some have said it might be Gig Young while others believe him to be David Janssen (which is possibly related to the identity of the fragments of mistery film #2).

The last 2 fragments have been identified as "The Shoes of the Fisherman" from 1968. In the first case, Anthony Quinn is sharing the frame with Oskar Werner, who played fraille David Telemond. In the second frame, standing at the left is Burt Kwuok (as Peng) and, as previously stated, Anthony Quinn (as Kiril Lakota).

All these information came from the scholars at AMIA-L. My immense gratitude to them.

HELP IDENTIFYING FILM

The pictures that follow show frames from several 70mm fragments that I have located recently. I don´t know if they belong to the same reel of a film or not. Sadly no head or tails, that is why I seek help identifying the name of the feature.

I have reason to believe that the following 2 fragments do not belong to the same film as the precious ones. I suspect that the man sitting on the left in the first example, and the one standing on the right in the second one, is none other than Anthony Quinn.



Any help will be greatly apreciated.

HITCHCOCK FLAVOURED SUPER8 DUALITY

Even though I haven´t made much noise about it (except for the modified header), some time ago I decided to stop collecting Super 8 films. Mainly because of the lower quality compared to 16mm, also because of the amateurish halo around it. As a matter of fact, I have begun the process of getting rid of everything that I don´t hold personally dear.

Having said that, there´s still one Super 8 fetish I haven´t been able to shake.

Hitchcock films. Buying Hitchcock films in Super 8.

They appear occasionally on the usual channels, and I jump at them like mad.

If you´ll endulge my vanity, I´ll show off my little collection:

• Hawke Films presents Alfred Hitchcock Film Festival Part 1: 350ft - Color - Silent - Includes scenes from North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963). Also advertisements for Frenzy (1972).



• Hawke Films presents Alfred Hitchcock Film Festival Part 2: 350ft - Color - Silent - Includes scenes from The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964) and Frenzy (1972).



• Hawke Films presents Alfred Hitchcock Film Festival Part 3: 350ft - Color - Silent - Includes scenes from Torn Curtain (1966), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) and Vertigo (1958).



• Hawke Films presents Alfred Hitchcock Film Festival Part 4: 100ft - Color - Mono - Includes 6 promos by Hitch himself.



• Alfred Hitchcock Trailer Reel: 400 ft - Color - Mono - English spoken w/no subtitles - Includes trailers for Frenzy (1972), The Birds (1963), Vertigo (1958) and Rear Window (1954).

One thing that will haunt me to the last of my days is my personal loss of a 16mm copy of Psycho (1960). That one is my favourite film of all time, and recently I came across a 16mm copy on eBay. It was going for USD200 and as much as that is for a banana republic collector, I bought it. Because of it´s weight, it got stopped in customs, and those a$$#°1e$ wanted USD700 for the print to clear. Unfortunately I couldn´t afford that much on top of the 200, so, brokenhearted I had no chance but to abandon it. In my imagination there is a warehouse exactly like that of the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark, where my print collects dust in shelf.

FILM FOR SALE

UP FOR SALE is this Castle Films Super8 Short:

SPECS

NAME: Yesterday Lives Again
CASTLE FILMS #501
YEAR: Released between 1937-1967 and 1973-1977
FORMAT: Super8 Color
VERSION: Short
LENGTH: 200ft/60mts.
RUNNING TIME: 9 min.

BASE: Estar
SOUND: Silent
LANGUAGE SPOKEN: N/A
TITLE CARDS: English

CONDITION OF FILM: Fair.
Little or no scratching. Heavy Color Fade.

CONDITION OF BOX: Castle Film´s generic but Original.
Mint condition. See picture.

Price: USD 25,00+shipping and hadling

*I would be willing to trade it for another title.

**Shipping to the US $12.00

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LATEST ACQUISITION

I have come across (and purchased) a reel 3 of an unidentified feature.

In order to ascertain the name of the film, I have the following facts:

1) It is in black and white, printed in the Soviet Union in unknown stock, in what appers to be triacetate base. (see pictures).

2) It is spoken in Russian (in Mono) (and subtitled in Spanish because I bought it in Chile).

3) The Aspect Ratio seems to be Academy.

4) Plot: The drama takes place in occupied Germany post WWII. The main characters are Tedia Nofoldev and his girlfriend Olga. Reel 3 shows a banquet with an US Mayor (from Milwaukee, who used to be the US ambassador in Moscow) and a Soviet Mayor (from Smolensk).

5) The can (original) has no other information than it was distributed by Sovexportfilm.

Any and all pointers, no matter how small, will be greatly apreciated.

MY LATEST ACQUISITION

These are my last two acquisitions. Two black and white silent (double-perf) 16mm films. I bought them through way of Uruguay, but they are Argentine made and/or distributed.

They are:

Castle Films #776: Mighty Mouse in "Mouse of Tomorrow". 100ft. (Published between 1950 and 1953)

Walt Disney Cartoons: "The Country of the Fairies" 100ft.

I particularly liked the "Non-Flammable Film" sign on the side of the box!

Super8 FILM FOR SALE

UP FOR SALE is this Super8 Feature part:

SPECS

NAME: Chinatown
YEAR: 1974
FORMAT: Super8

VERSION: Feature (Part 3 of 3 ONLY)
LENGTH: 400ft/120mts.
RUNNING TIME: 17 min.

BASE: Estar
SOUND: Mono (Mag)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN: Spanish (dubbed)
SUBTITLES: N/A

DISTRIBUTED BY: Marketing Film International

CONDITION OF FILM: Very good.
Little or no scratching. Color fade.

CONDITION OF BOX: Original. Excellent shape.
Little fading of cover (due to exposure to the sun).

(See picture).

Price: USD 25,00+shipping and hadling

*I would be willing to trade it for another title.

**Shipping to the US $12.00

Dragonfly_films is a member of eBay (USA), Todocolección.com (Spain), Mercadolibre.com (Latin America). For transparency´s sake I will publish this film in the buyer´s choice of auction site. Interested parties, email me or leave a comment on this post.

Super8 FILM FOR SALE

UP FOR SALE is this Super8 Condensed Feature:

SPECS

NAME: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
YEAR: 1977
FORMAT: Super8

VERSION: Condensed Feature
LENGTH: 400ft/120mts.
RUNNING TIME: 17 min.

BASE: Estar
SOUND: Stereo (Mag)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN: English
SUBTITLES: N/A

DISTRIBUTED BY: Columbia Pictures Super8 Division
CONDITION OF FILM: Very good. Little or no scratching. Color fade.

CONDITION OF BOX: Brand new. Not Original

but a replica of the original one. (See picture).

Price: USD 25,00+shipping and hadling

*I would be willing to trade it for another title.

**Shipping to the States (USD 12,00)

Dragonfly_films is a member of eBay (USA), Todocolección.com (Spain), Mercadolibre.com (Latin America). For transparency´s sake I will publish this film in the buyer´s choice of auction site. Interested parties, email me or leave a comment on this post.

Super8 FILM SOLD

Sorry, SOLD!

I got this reel -that turned out to be an underwater documentary- inside box 3 of 3 of Marketing Films edition of "The Ten Commandments" (1956). Since the film was sold to me as is, there was not much else I could do.

So I played the film; and I was shocked. It contains extreme graphical violence towards sharks. They are harpooned out of the water onto the deck of a boat and repeteadly hit in the head with a club until they die. All of this is explicitly shown, to the viewers disgust. I could hardly finish watching it. And now I want to get rid of it. I assume it might have some interest for educating conservationists due to the shock value.

Obviously, this documentary is a product of less environmentally friendly decades.

I strongly warn potential buyers about the explicit nature of violence contained in this reel. I would not suggest it being shown to anyone under 18 years of age.

SPECS

NAME: Unknown
YEAR: Unknown
FORMAT: Super8
LENGTH: 400ft/120mts.
RUNNING TIME: 17 min.

BASE: Estar
SOUND: Mono (Mag)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN: N/A
SUBTITLES: N/A

CONDITION OF FILM: Very good. Little or no scratching.

Slight color fade.
CONDITION OF BOX: Brand new and specially designed (see picture).

(Keep in mind that the box is not original, since I have not

succeded in locating any info relating to this film.)

(Also available in English)

Dragonfly_films is a member of eBay (USA), Todocolección.com (Spain), Mercadolibre.com (Latin America). For transparency´s sake I will publish this film in the buyer´s choice of auction site. Interested parties, email me or leave a comment on this post.