saffabach Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 I recently inherited a few boxes of B&W 16mm film reels from the 20’s and 30’s that belonged to my great-grandfather. I don’t really have the room for them, but I don’t want to just toss them out. Is there a market for these things? If not, any advice on what to do with them? They’re mostly educational, including nature films and travelogues, but there are a few stag films and a couple narratives. I’ve done my best to try to catalog them. In case this info is helpful to anyone, here’s what I’ve got: Narrative: 1 - Novelty Film Co Inc presents: Ken Maynard in Sagebrush, Tom Mix in A Gambler’s Price, Wm Sffart(?) in Sure Shot Bill 3 short Westerns on 1 reel 2 - (missing title) It looks like a dramatization on the posthumous success of Carmen after the death of Georges Bizet, its composer Stag: 3 - The Plumber Does a Little Plumbing Master Arts Picture Co, 1925 This one’s pretty much hard-core porn 4 - Candid Cinema Presents: Dream Away a Day featuring Adrienne, Boudoir Buccaneer featuring Marta, Sleepy Head featuring Belle, Try Anything Once featuring Cecile, Intimate Interlude featuring Nancy and Colleen I didn’t look that far into this one but it looks like it’s several vignettes of stripping/naked women with all the titles at the head of the reel 5 - Sensational Dances, Artistic Strip Dance, Ladies in Lingerie, etc. Again, vignettes of ladies stripping 6 - (missing title) A strip dance Travel: 7 - William M Pizor presents: Port O’ Call series Temple of Heaven, China by Deane H. Dickason, 1931 8 - Hawaiin Islands Eastman Teaching Films, Inc, 1931 9 - Hawaii the Beautiful, Where East Meets West Pathe Exchange Inc, 1927 10 - Albert E. Suess presents: The Land of the Pharaohs a Screen Classic Production, 1932 11 - The World and Its People: England, reel iv Pathe News Inc, 1929, 1934 12 - Brazil - People of the Plantations Earl K. James Erpi Classroom Films, 1940 (several more that look like travelogues but are missing the main title) Nature: 13 - The Intelligence of White Rats Experiments by NRF Maier Institute of the University of Berlin, 1927, 1928 14 - Hummingbird Home Life Guy D. Haselton Guy D. Haselton Travelettes, 1936 15 - Ants - Nature’s Craftsmen Pathe Screen Studies 16 - Natural History Studies number 4: Toads Society for Visual Education Inc, 1921 17- The Green Plant Eastman Classroom Films 18 - The Work of Rivers Erpi Classroom Films Inc in collaboration with Carey Croneis PhD The National Park Service The University of Chicago Physical Science Series, 1935 19 - Adventures of Bunny Rabbit Erpi Classroom Films Arthur I Gates PhD and Celeste C Peardon MA, 1937 (several more that look like nature films but are missing the main title) Educational: 20 - Old Ironsides Guy D Haselton Travelettes, 1937 21 - We the People LM Bailey 22 - A Century of Progress Exposition - Around the Fair Burton Holmes Films Inc, 1933 23 - Choosing Your Vocation, Talking Pictures for the Classroom Vocation Guidance Series by Harry D Kitson Erpi Picture Consultants Inc, 1930 24 - Getting Your Money’s Worth No. 3 A Consumer Film by Julian Hoffman, Robert Del Duca, Victor Kandel 25 - Navajo Children Erpi Classroom Films Inc, 1938 26 - French Film Exchange presents: Trip to the Sky AP Dufour Institut de Cinématographie Scientifique 27 - One Match Can Do It! The Santa Monica Mountains Fire Prevention Association 28 - The Earth’s Rocky Crust Kirtley F Mather Harvard Film Service 29 - A People of the Congo Erpi Classroom Films 30 - Here Comes the Circus Educational Film Service Assorted: 31 - String Choir 32 - Jalopy Racing 33 - Zephering South JP Rowland Thanks for any help! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly of the Precodes Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Try Nitrateville.com--there's a big collector and preservationist presence there. The regulars on Collecting and Preservation and The Exchange subboards may be able to help you assess these. And we don't bite--unless you've been extraordinarily obnoxious and ignored fair warnings. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Take care, if they're nitrate prints they're extremely and dangerously flammable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Swithin said: Take care, if they're nitrate prints they're extremely and dangerously flammable. 16 mm regardless of age have never been made of nitrocellulose. https://www.scart.be/?q=en/content/short-guide-identify-nitrate-films-and-vinegar-syndrome-degradation-audio-visual-collections Excerpt.. Format Nitrate film stocks were used to produce 75mm, 70mm and 35mm gauges. If your collection or archive contains 16mm, 8mm, 9,5 mm or other small and amateur formats, they are not nitrate films. Apart from 35mm, only old formats from the beginning of the cinema such as 70mm and 75mm used nitrate base film stocks. Be surprised how old 8mm home movies are - 1930's. Vintage 1936 CINE-KODAK Advertisement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movie Collector OH Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Yep, have a look at Nitrateville. Film collectors.https://www.nitrateville.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 I have an old book "Photography" by C.E. Kenneth Mees published 1937. A photo of a Cine Kodak Special 16 mm amateur camera is in it. Remarkable it looks so modern. How RICH one had to been to afford that!!! It's like this one with a large capacity film magazine ... ..but is more elegant like this (all the beautiful features on front of the camera). Sorry can't find an EXACT image on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 There are magazines for collectors you can advertise 16mm film for sale: FILMS OF THE GOLDEN AGE/CLASSIC IMAGES. Most film collectors & dealers subscribe and a classified print ad doesn't cost much. Be aware these films may be unprojectable and a buyer won't know this sight-unseen. Also AVGEEKS.com is in business transferring this type of movie to digital, although most likely are filled to capacity at this point. You have the added bonus to send them via low cost USPS "media" mail by just taping the edge & slapping an address right on the can! No packaging! They were originally sent through the mail that way. I'd be interested in the #30- Circus & #22- World's Fair films, PM me if you'd like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saffabach Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 On 4/18/2021 at 2:32 PM, Polly of the Precodes said: Try Nitrateville.com--there's a big collector and preservationist presence there. The regulars on Collecting and Preservation and The Exchange subboards may be able to help you assess these. And we don't bite--unless you've been extraordinarily obnoxious and ignored fair warnings. Thanks for the tip. Any chance you know any of the admins? New users require admin approval to sign up, and my account has been pending for 10 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saffabach Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 On 4/18/2021 at 5:15 PM, MovieCollectorOH said: Yep, have a look at Nitrateville. Film collectors.https://www.nitrateville.com/ Any chance you know any of the admins? My account is still pending. It looks like the site isn't actively administrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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