Is there any value to Disney 8mm movies?
By the 1980s, Disney phased out selling 8mm and Super 8 films. As the late Dave Smith, the legendary Disney Archivist told me, there is no sense in collecting these films, except for the box art or as a curiosity. They have no intrinsic value. He said, “The old 8mm film versions of Disney cartoons are practically valueless today.
When did Disney start using Super 8 film?
The introduction of Super 8 film in the late 1960s, where the dimensions of the perforations are smaller than those on older 8mm film allowing the exposed area to be made larger, was adopted by Disney Home Movies in the mid-1970s.
When did Eastman Kodak start making 8mm movies?
Eastman Kodak produced 8mm beginning in 1932, specifically for home movies. In 1934 Hollywood Film Enterprises (HFE) exclusively licensed the use of Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts, primarily for the Keystone hand crank 16mm home movie projector.
When did I Find my 8mm home movies?
We didn’t have a tripod, lighting was poor, and the results were, uh, “organic” (like dung is organic), but were still a lot of fun to make. In the summer of 2010, in my mother’s basement I came across the box containing all the family movies. It had been many years since I had seen them.
What’s the native frame rate for 8mm film?
As was mentioned, the native film rate is 16 fps or 18 fps for 8mm film, 24 fps for 16 mm film, and 30 fps for video. One way to convert the native film frame rate to the video frame rate is to duplicate some frames in the video stream.
Do you need special equipment to make 8mm movies?
Some services use old high end equipment from the 1990s; others use state of the art equipment, but you pay for it. Either way, the quality is likely to be a cut above frame by frame capture equipment. To process 8mm film, these machines need custom adapters, since they were designed for 16mm and 35mm work.
What makes an old 8mm film not work?
This won’t make a difference for some films, but many old films have bad splices and sprocket holes that are broken or “chewed on” and won’t feed reliably through a sprocket mechanism. Some old films can even shrink, leading to bad sprocket hole spacing.
