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Decades before the video revolution of the late 1970s/early 1980s, there was a small but devoted market for home films in the 16 mm, 9,5 mm, 8 mm, and Super 8 mm film market. Because most individuals in the United States owning projectors did not have one equipped with sound, vintage silent films were particularly well-suited for the market.
The only known surviving Bolivian film of the silent era. Discovered in a La Paz basement in 1989, it required over a decade of restoration and was not released until 2010. [207] 1931: Love and Duty: Bu Wancang: Ruan Lingyu: Silent film made in China, and rediscovered in Uruguay in the 1990s. [208] 1938: As the Earth Turns: Richard Lyford
List of lost films; List of lost silent films (1910–1914) List of lost silent films (1915–1919) List of lost silent films (1920–1924) List of lost silent films (1925–1929) List of incomplete or partially lost films; List of lost or unfinished animated films; List of rediscovered films; List of rediscovered film footage
"Super 8" 8 mm films. 8 mm film is a motion picture film format in which the film strip is eight millimetres (0.31 in) wide. It exists in two main versions – the original standard 8 mm film, also known as regular 8 mm, and Super 8. Although both standard 8 mm and Super 8 are 8 mm wide, Super 8 has a larger image area because of its smaller ...
The original Super 8 film release was a silent system only, but in 1973, a sound on film version was released. The film with sound had a magnetic soundtrack [21] and came in larger cartridges than the original cartridge in order to accommodate the sound recording head in the film path. [22]
Castle's first home movie was a newsreel of the Hindenburg explosion. [1] That same year, Castle launched his "News Parade" series, a year-in-review newsreel; travelogues followed in 1938. Castle also eventually compiled sports films, animal adventures, and "old time" movies excerpted from silent theatrical films.
Classic Images, which has readers around the world, was founded in 1962 and was first known as The 8mm Collector [2] (issues 1-15) and later as Classic Film Collector (issues 16-60). [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The magazine under the name Classic Film Collector was published quarterly in Indiana, Pennsylvania . [ 4 ]
Silent films with original scores (3 P) Silent film studios (6 C, 44 P) T. Transitional sound films (3 C, 106 P)