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Title: Strange things that happen to film archivists.....
Post by: Trevor on May 05, 2008, 06:16:11 AM
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I was preparing the reels of the 1974 film Ongewenste Vreemdeling [The Unwanted Stranger] which we will be screening soon, and was rewinding and waxing reel two when I noticed something: no colour. My first reaction was: "Damn! The colour can't have faded that badly since 1974!"  :question:

I got to the start of the reel and the tag said Jy's Lieflik Vanaand [You're Lovely Tonight] a black and white film, made in 1962.  :buggedout:

Now suppose, just suppose I had obeyed my bosses' orders to select one print and just take it down to Bloemfontein in July without checking it first?  :buggedout: