This is that 35mm Rolleiflex camera that had been mentioned in parts of my story, Clarence Coyote and Project Courier. This is the Sunday trip on August 14th, 1960 to the Albuquerque Municipal Airport (now days, Albuquerque International) to let the cubs watch the airplanes take off.
The movie camera is a 1960 Rolleiflex Model 2.8-F that uses 35mm film (brand new camera at the time). The viewfinder is a screen on the top under a flip up panel...The image on the viewfinder is reflected off of a mirror in the camera.
There is a Douglas Aircraft DC-3 taking off that Marge is getting pictures of while Marge's husband, Al, who is on the other side of the car, is getting 8mm movie footage of.
Marge had earlier taken photos of a Lockheed Constellation taking off, and plan to take photos of more planes today.
The last I was able to get 8mm movie film was in the early 1990s...I had to order it from a place in what was East Germany after the wall came down. There was a place local to me here in the U.S. that was able to develop it.
There is still picture film around, but that is only in disposable cameras.
The last I was able to get 8mm movie film was in the early 1990s...I had to order it from a place in
16mm still has a limited art place I think, but that is it. Heck that was the standard in 60s schools! If your doing 1961 I dare you too make a reference too "Boys Beware"!
16mm still has a limited art place I think, but that is it. Heck that was the standard in 60s school
1960 was about in that time era when standard 8mm was seeing the last days of it being the most popular film for home movies. Super 8 became more popular later in the 1960s. I do remember the movies they showed in school (probably 16mm) looking wider than the home movies my parents had.
1960 was about in that time era when standard 8mm was seeing the last days of it being the most popu
That's right, 16mm was better suited too educational or industrial films. Also TV news was filmed on it and it was also better for watching actual movies on small scale. There were also slides and 35mm filmstrips, both also quite fun! Bing from a technological wasteland they were still found all over the place when I was a kid even if no longer used and some schools used them for a little fun!
That's right, 16mm was better suited too educational or industrial films. Also TV news was filmed on
