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Yes it occurred to me after I sent the letter that the film was probably not PD.... Thanks for the info.

But I tried again with a 1919 film and it seems to be working. I should have it in 4-6 weeks....

Just informed by LOC that my copying project has run into a snag. The 35mm copy skips and would take a lot of work to fix so they'll try the 16mm copy... In terms of quality, what does this really mean??

there is a loss in quality but it really depends on their 16mm print. it ranges from really good to really bad. really good would be like hula from sunirise silents (the new one) it look wonderful so if they took good care and got it in good condition i think you might still get a very good copy

35 mm ussually has a lot of different graytones, and everything has a lot more detail (like the face being a face not a white spot . 16mm are ussually softer and tend to blend a few of the graytones out (thus less detail).

hmm skipping thats really too bad considering its a 35mm print.

[Christopher Jacobs]

The 35mm copy skips and would take a lot of work to fix so they'll try the 16mm copy... In terms of quality, what does this really mean??

If the 16mm print was properly copied (i.e., good lab work in the original reduction and printing), a DVD or VHS copy from it should look essentially identical to a DVD or VHS copy made from a 35mm preservation print (which would also have been made from a dupe negative copied off a nitrate), but perhaps not as good as one made directly from a 35mm nitrate.

No standard definition video copy has even a quarter the resolution of a good 16mm film print, although a good DVD may resemble a decent 16mm dupe and can equal a very good 8mm film print. Likewise, a "high-definition" video copy can equal a very good 16mm film print and look like a decent 35mm dupe or release print. Besides the source print quality, a major factor will also be the quality of the transferring equipment, whether film chain or scanner, and the people operating it.

--Christopher Jacobs
http://hpr1.com/film
http://www.und.edu/instruct/cjacobs

Don't know the source of the 16mm or why the 35mm skips.... we shall see....

thanks for the replies....

LOC is sending out my film FEDEX and I should have it Friday, October 1.

of course now my 2-day delivery of the film will take 5 days. Delivery is stalled until Monday the 4th....

My film arrived today but I'm at work so I haven't seen it...

The process works, takes about 2 months from initial contacts to delivery.

This did not include any kind of copyright search since I bought a 1919 film.

Thanks to all who helped in this project.....

Getting Mary Married has arrived.

Still looking for these:

Bill Apperson’s Boy (1919)

Poor Little Peppina (1916)

In Wrong (1919)

Still looking for these:

Bill Apperson’s Boy (1919)

Poor Little Peppina (1916)

In Wrong (1919)

Dear Annichen, I realize your message is almost two years old but I was curious if you ever found a copy of "Poor Little Peppina" as I too am looking for it. Sincerely, lsh426

I have Poor Little Peppina I bought on a dvd-r from someone on Ebay a while back. No music or nothing & the picture certainly isn't the greatest. I think he advertised it as a "Collector's" dvd, so he could get away with selling it on there. Put it in just now, as I haven't seen it in a while, and it's pretty rough looking. Picture is off kilter, a bit fuzzy, and looks like it was ripped from a tape, as SP flashed at the top of the screen in the beginning.

I got a copy from another collector as well on dvdr. That's also from video tape, but must be a different transfer as it doesn't seen to have SP flashing at the beginning. Mine isn't too bad - it could do with have been interleaved, but other than that it's really quite good. Surely the guy selling it on ebay wouldn't have to worry about calling it "collectors" as it's way out of copyright, being from 1916 - especially with no music either?