From: Julian Burke (julian@knology.net)
Date: Sun Feb 06 2005 - 11:31:53 PST
I have 16mm film projectors for sale if interested. $75 each. Julian Burke
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> Looking for help from some of our German speaking folks. I was given two 6
> inch film cans by a friend twenty five years or so ago. The way the story
> was related to me, one of his brothers/uncles was in USAAF intelligence
> and was on the ground in Germany after the surrender. He brought or sent
> home a bunch of stuff including these film cans.
> We tried to run them on an old B&H Filmsound 399 Specialist that I had
> picked up at an auction, but I couldn't get the films to maintain their
> 'loops' for very long, but we did see some frames with German words and a
> small tank throwing up a dust cloud. Film was silent black and white. Put
> them aside to do some research on them. Poof! Forgot about them. 16 years
> ago I moved from the apartment I rented in my sisters house, leaving a
> bunch of stuff in her attic. Two years later the house catches fire and a
> lot of the stuff in the attic is either untouched or toast, sometimes with
> just 1 inch separating them. Fire Fighters chucked a lot of stuff from 3rd
> floor attic while overhauling the fire.
> Fast forward to today... we're hauling junk from my old Mass. house up
> to the NH digs. My daughter is dragging a box of LPs out of the attic and
> asks what is in the metal cans???? Well, turns out they didn't bite the
> big one all those years ago. Sooooo...
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> Were German silent films from the 40s the same 16 mm format as we had
> in the US in the 60's, 70's and 80's?
> Anyone know of a company that would have the capability to play the
> films and record it onto video tape or DVD?
> My daughter used my magnifying headset and copied the following info
> from the films and cans. Anyone care to try their hand on what this stuff
> says? BTW ...She did something to the type font settings on the message to
> get the dingle berries over the O and I can't get the stuff she read/typed
> to shift back to a normal type font, let alone one font size..... Sorry.
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> 1st two reels are in one galvanized metal can, can't get second (bottom )
> reel out of the can.
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> Orange and Blue label, written in German, French, and Some English :
> Nur bei völliger Dunkel heit öffnen! Nouvrir quen obscurite parafaite!
> Open only in complete darkness!)
> I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft AGFA Berlin SO 36 Made in
> Germany Fabrication Alemana
> 17/10 d DIN
> Isopan
> Feinkorn
> Kleinbildfilm
> Höchst lichtoffrei Non halten
> Extremement anti halo
> 5 x 17 m
> 398 6770
> 29
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> On a piece of tape on the reel is written in ballpoint pen in English:
> Belgium- Dunkirk
> German-French Peace Treaty
> Rescue at Sea
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> On the reel:
> Agfa
> Made in German
> Vorn-front
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> From frames on the first 10 feet or so:
> Saftey AGFA Sicher Heits Film
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> Die Entscheidung marschiert.
> Stationen der deutschen Sieges
> Durch die vernichtenden Angriffe von Heer und Luftwaffe schliesst sich der
> Ring und den Armeen der Franzosen, Englander und Belgier in Flandren und
> Nordfrankreich
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> 3rd REEL: Brown Speckle Bakelight or plastic case/can
> From frames on the first 10 feet or so:
> Tobruck
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> Tobruck ist die starkste Festnung Nordafrikas.
> Umfangrede Befestigungswerke shutzen den hatfenplatz.
> Womans hand pointing at a map
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> Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
> TIA, Ronzo
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