[78-L] For old timey TV fans..slight 78RPM connection

[Julian Vein]

On 27/10/11 17:23, Elizabeth McLeod wrote:
> If a series was the product of an independent producer, the elements
> could end up anywhere -- a lot of film elements have turned up over the
> years abandoned in bonded film storage warehouses and film labs and such
> places. Once a company ceased to exist, its assets might also end up in
> someone's garage and eventually be set out on the curb for the junkman.
>
> Individual prints were often bandsawed after their distribution rounds
> were finished -- the whole reel was passed thru a bandsaw blade and
> tossed in the trash to keep anyone from illegally using it. Other prints
> might escape the bandsawing but might be sent off for silver reclamation
> or just tossed out -- which is how most prints held by collectors of TV
> shows got there.
>
> Elizabeth
>
>
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That sounds like a very sad ending for them. It probably wouldn't happen 
today, given the environmental concerns. Seems like much of our TV film 
heritage comes out of dumpsters!

       Julian Vein