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Author Topic: Link to a cute old Eastman Kodak industrial on good film handling. Sean Weitzel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Vacaville, CA (1790 miles west of Rockwall) Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-21-2003 11:46 AM                     On www.archive.org there are a lot of public domain industrials (Jam Handy, etc) that are available for free download. This one caught my eye, and it's so awesome! It should be shown to every projectionist. "Murder on the Screen" 1958 by the Eastman Kodak Company If you download the AVI, you will need the DivX codec installed (www.divX.com - free) the MPG files are DVD compliant MPEG-2 http://archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=prelinger&collectionid=13704  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-21-2003 11:50 AM                        Kodak has been emphasizing "Film Done Right" since the early days of the movies. I have a film about proper film handling in theatres that Kodak produced in 1928.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-21-2003 12:14 PM                        John, Is that 1928 film with or without sound?  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-21-2003 02:04 PM                        35mm, no sound, interscene title cards. It's a more recent print on safety film (not nitrate).  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-21-2003 03:24 PM                     I'm in the middle of downloading the MPEG right now. I've only had a chance to see about the first 30 seconds of the film. OK, so Eastman Kodak is where they MAKE the film but this is a little 'ol instructional film that's only a few minutes long. The opening credits and the first scene of the movie (the only parts I've been able to see so far) look as good as any wide release film of the day! Talk about "Film Done Right"... This is "Film MADE Right!" In more ways than one!  |  IP: Logged Joe Beres Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 606 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 05-21-2003 06:53 PM                     Thanks, Sean! If that film wasn't 45 years old, I would have thought that they guy from the "film distribution outfit" was Mr. Pytlak. Speaking of Mr. Pytlak... John, can you tell us more about how this film was "distributed" and who it's intended audience was? The 16mm focus makes me wonder if it was shown to A/V people in schools and libraries. I assume it was shown to people at television stations as well. It's a great little movie. Nice production value. Are any other Kodak productions of this type available?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-21-2003 06:56 PM                     No teaser subject titles permitted. Please correct.  |  IP: Logged Sean Weitzel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Vacaville, CA (1790 miles west of Rockwall) Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-21-2003 07:05 PM                     Roger that Brad. Sorry.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-21-2003 11:27 PM                       It's incomplete! We don't get to find out "who done it"! I think they were leading up to the projectionist, though.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-21-2003 11:46 PM                        that smith character is a dead ringer for elisha cook, jr. i think he did it.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-22-2003 10:58 AM                        Don't know much background about the Kodak production "Murder on the Screen", as it predated my career with Kodak by over a decade. Here is what I found on the web: http://www.jasongray.net/cinejournalar2.html Murder on the Screen (1958) This 22 minute short produced by Eastman Kodak plays out as a hardboiled dectective drama. A gruff cop grills suspects about the brutal murder of a young girl, except in this case, the "girl" is a mangled film print. Dig the double entendres as the bull poses a question to the lab-tech -- "You oiled her?" -- and lingers on technical film terms like lubricant. The writing is awesome and the actor's voices are all from a bygone era (you'll know what I mean when you hear them).  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-22-2003 12:55 PM                       Thanks, John. There's at least 4 minutes missing from the archive link.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-22-2003 01:38 PM                     Mine came in at exactly 22:00:16. 219.2 MB.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-22-2003 09:51 PM                     Mine came in compleate. Try downloading it again.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-23-2003 06:53 PM                       Humm... okay, thanks for the info, guys.  |  IP: Logged

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