Q: I have an 8mm reel-to-reel Disney cartoon that I watched when I was a child some 50 years ago. Is it collectible?
Carol, Pensacola, Florida A [Dave Smith]: The old 8mm film versions of Disney cartoons are practically valueless today. Few people have projectors, the films have gotten brittle and practically all the films have been released on video cassette or DVD.
About 8mm [Marcio Disney]
"Eight millimeter" film is one of the oldest movie formats, that was first introduced in 1932.
Eight-millimeter film dominated the amateur market for thirty years, until Kodak decided to improve every aspect of the format, calling it, Super 8. 8mm film has almost completely disappeared from the home movie market. Today it finds use in Television Applications, some Documentary Films and Music Television.
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[It's a Jungle Cruis Tribute video and the commercial recorded by Ed Sullivan starts at 2:13 ]
Most common 8mm and Super8 reels – 3" – can hold up to 50 feet of film, which is approximately 3-4 minutes of video.
There are larger reels as well:
5" - 200 feet of film;
6" - 300 feet;
7" - 400 feet;
8" - 600 feet;
9 3/4" - 800 feet;
10 1/2" - 1200 feet.
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I am looking for a short Disney movie. Mickey sends Pluto to the store to buy a newspaper. Pluto loses the quarter down a storm drain, uses his tail on a gumball machine to get a piece of gum. Chews it and then puts it on the tip of his tail to put it down the storm drain to get the quarter, to get the newspaper. Does anyone know what this short cartoon is called, or where I could buy it????
ReplyDeleteOMG I loved that one when I was a kid!
DeleteI am looking for a short Disney movie. Mickey sends Pluto to the store to buy a newspaper. Pluto loses the quarter down a storm drain, uses his tail on a gumball machine to get a piece of gum. Chews it and then puts it on the tip of his tail to put it down the storm drain to get the quarter, to get the newspaper. Does anyone know what this short cartoon is called, or where I could buy it????
ReplyDeleteI have it!
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