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by Zed Leppelin
Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:29 am
Forum: Collecting and Preservation
Topic: Trying to find the right home for 80 newsreels.
Replies: 6
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Re: Trying to find the right home for 80 newsreels.

Yes, we had a good look through them over as lightbox recently, to assess them for damage. The labels are often wrong, and some of the films are spooled backwards, but are all tightly spooled and free of any degradation. We found a fascinating reel entitled "What's Underneath", which seems to be a '...
by Zed Leppelin
Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:07 am
Forum: Collecting and Preservation
Topic: Trying to find the right home for 80 newsreels.
Replies: 6
Views: 1088

Re: Trying to find the right home for 80 newsreels.

Thank you for the suggestion. I'm in the UK, in Northern Ireland. I suppose I should tell you a little about this film, as it was suggested to me in a private message that it may need restoration. It was kept in a bunker used for the storage of liquid nitrogen most of it's life, and either through m...
by Zed Leppelin
Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:04 pm
Forum: Collecting and Preservation
Topic: Trying to find the right home for 80 newsreels.
Replies: 6
Views: 1088

Trying to find the right home for 80 newsreels.

Good evening, my father rescued 80 tins of nitrate WW2 news reel to prevent it from being burned a demolition company. He wants to either donate it to a museum, or sell it to a collector. The film is in perfect condition, and is generally Gaumont British News, with some Ministry of Information films...