OT HD B&W DVDs

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Jim Lesurf wrote:

For example, I've tried buying *three* different 'versions' of 'To Kill a
Mockingbird'

A book and film often included in school exam syllabuses, due to the
tendency of the teaching profession to attempt the brainwashing of their
pupils with their outmoded left wing ideas.

Bill

A type of post often included on a technical newsgroup by a bitter old
Yorkshire man with a one topic agenda.

Sheila

Ian wrote:


More OT, and sorry for hijacking the thread.

I've been trying to find out who buys old home movies for distribution
or broadcasting.

I have three DVDs of unique footage from the '30s to the '60s,
including
European and African holidays, domestic scenes, a Highland gathering
and Farnborough air show in the '60s.

My favourite though, is a 15 minute segment of West Riding Home Guard
training.

If you thought Dad's Army was too funny to be realistic, you're wrong.

Also, some footage of machines at work in Cheddar Gorge, and a trial
of
a vehicle with tracks, that looks like it would become what I remember
as a Drott.

There may also be footage of a coronation, (George V1?), but I may
have
seen that on TV, I'll check.

It's interesting to see the visual quality improve over the years.

There must surely be a market for this, but I don't know where to go.

Any clues?

Not sure about 'buying', but the Yorkshire Film Archive would probably
be interested in anything related to the county.

http://www.yfaonline.com/index.cfm

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Dave

On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:38:52 +0100, Bob
wrote:

My wife got me a copy of The 39 Steps, the Robert Donat version (the
definitive one) on dvd, it plays very nicely on my HD TV. 35mm film is
much higher resolution than so called hdtv, it just depends how they
transfer it to dvd I guess.
Bob

That can't have been what they used last weekend when it aired
somewhere on UK tv as the quality was abysmal, lots of changes in
contrast / brightness and dropouts on the sound. Being made in 1935
doesn't help though.


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In message on Wed, 1 Jun 2011 21:14:44 +
0100
Ian wrote:

It's interesting to see the visual quality improve over the years.


Reminds me of an LP I borrowed from what was then my local library about 40
years ago.

It was essentially modern history based on extracts from recordings in the
BBC's Archives.

The improvement in quality over the decades was very noticeable indeed.

Thinking about it, I suppose it could have been issued to mark the 50th
anniversary of BBC radio, in which case it would be 39 years ago, so my
original estimate when I started typing this reply was pretty accurate!

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Terry