Internet Archive Forums: Prelinger Archives Forum http://feeds.archive.org/details/prelinger#forum The most recent posts from the IA forum: Prelinger Archives Forum en-us info@archive.org Wed, 22 May 2013 15:01:26 UTC How much/how little to qualify as "Prelinger Mashup"? http://feeds.archive.org/post/928504 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:15:16 UTC I've got a new remix I'd love to share on Prelinger Mashups...It has extensive narration from an A/V Geeks clip (originally produced by NASA), and a CC-licensed soundtrack from a SoundCloud artist, wi...

Posted by: LynFaber

 Re: Are You Fit to Marry? http://feeds.archive.org/post/559464 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:35:13 UTC DVD copies are available from John E. Allen, Inc.email at jeainc@gmail.com

Posted by: The Pook

 Re: Film Strip collections http://feeds.archive.org/post/558494 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:11:29 UTC I just came across a large number of filmstrips from an old schoolhouse auction. They apperar to be from the 40s 0r 50s. Anybody know anything about them?

Posted by: Tony Dykes

 Re: new prelinger mashup posted http://feeds.archive.org/post/557533 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:39:01 UTC Thank you!

Posted by: LynFaber

 Re: new prelinger mashup posted http://feeds.archive.org/post/557531 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:17:10 UTC moved.

Posted by: Jeff Kaplan

 new prelinger mashup posted http://feeds.archive.org/post/557513 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:00:03 UTC Hi, Could an admin please move this file/page over to Prelinger Mashups? BUILDING IS PEOPLE http://archive.org/details/BuildingIsPeople ...this remix uses dozens of public-domain source reels out o...

Posted by: LynFaber

 Happy 10 Year Anniversary.... to me! http://feeds.archive.org/post/553257 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:33:49 UTC I was checking the review dates on some of the earliest films I reviewed, around December 8, 2002 or so! WOOO! 10 years here. Still at it, can't stop.

Posted by: Spuzz

 FYI: bad upload to redo http://feeds.archive.org/post/527988 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:03:23 UTC Northwestern States (1956) http://archive.org/details/Northwes1956

Posted by: quickfoundnet

 Re: Larger Resolution? http://feeds.archive.org/post/509448 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:24:19 UTC please send your request to info@archive.org for information on how to contact Prelinger archive.

Posted by: Jeff Kaplan

 Larger Resolution? http://feeds.archive.org/post/509359 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:54:32 UTC First, its so great to find all of these amazing old films from the past here and be able to use them at will and for free. Thank you so much for the access and the work you've all done to make these...

Posted by: kellibratty

 Re: Pulldown in this year's uploads? http://feeds.archive.org/post/450845 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:36:04 UTC No automation yet. So far, I'm simply identifying which sequences I need, and isolating frames semi-manually as described above. I don't want to complain at all, though, because free is good. Lots ...

Posted by: Frank Panucci

 FYI: bad uploads to redo http://feeds.archive.org/post/449690 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:50:35 UTC A few more failed uploads I came across recently (nice Jam Handy Chevrolet films): What Stops Them (1935) http://archive.org/details/0797_What_Stops_Them_M No Ghosts (1935) http://archive.org/detail...

Posted by: quickfoundnet

 Re: Not all of our films are meant to entertain http://feeds.archive.org/post/448198 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 03:56:50 UTC Rick, much appreciated, keep 'em coming!

Posted by: Scribble

 Re: Pulldown in this year's uploads? http://feeds.archive.org/post/448197 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 03:53:32 UTC I've been having similar results, a few videos actually worked quite well after removing pulldown, but the majority are just as you describe, mushy weird frames in between 3 or 4 nice, solid ones... ...

Posted by: Scribble

 Re: Could some old bad uploads be redone? http://feeds.archive.org/post/440769 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:11:35 UTC Great. Thanks for all your fine work.

Posted by: quickfoundnet

 Re: Could some old bad uploads be redone? http://feeds.archive.org/post/440768 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:02:30 UTC Good point. You may have noticed that we're re-uploading a bunch of films that were transferred poorly or digitized with errors. We'll get to this one. Thanks for calling this one out.

Posted by: Rick Prelinger

 Could some old bad uploads be redone? http://feeds.archive.org/post/440308 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:56:46 UTC There are a few films in the Prelinger Archive that were never uploaded properly. Example: Northwestern States (1956) Encyclopaedia Britannica Films http://archive.org/details/Northwes1956 has a pa...

Posted by: quickfoundnet

 Re: New uploads over ten gigs each? http://feeds.archive.org/post/438755 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:02:14 UTC These were large files out of our film scanner that were not meant to be exposed online.

Posted by: Rick Prelinger

 Re: New uploads over ten gigs each? http://feeds.archive.org/post/438645 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:30:01 UTC I tried but failed to download one or two of these huge files, now they seem to be gone? Assuming it was some kind of mistake.

Posted by: timdrage

 New uploads over ten gigs each? http://feeds.archive.org/post/437529 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:47:43 UTC . Are they scanned in full-tilt HD or something? .

Posted by: Frank Panucci

 Re: Pulldown in this year's uploads? http://feeds.archive.org/post/435103 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:18:09 UTC Oy. Earlier in the year I had success transferring a few of these to DVD, but I guess I got lucky and picked "good" ones. I just dumped a large load of these 2012 uploads to disc. Results varied g...

Posted by: Frank Panucci

 City With A City http://feeds.archive.org/post/431065 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:31:15 UTC So Rick, What do you think is happening with that reel of "City Within The City", that film about the construction of the Pan-Am building? Why do you think there's the negative dupe of that film (rev...

Posted by: Spuzz

 Pulldown in this year's uploads? http://feeds.archive.org/post/430897 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:27:22 UTC First, off, great work on the huge number of 2012 uploads. The recent videos are entertaining and often useful. Question: Is there any info about the pulldown cadence of these files? They seem sort...

Posted by: Frank Panucci

 Re: All these TV Shows are PD - So Where Are They Hiding? http://feeds.archive.org/post/429928 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:20:34 UTC I have ordered in the ones for Medic but many episodes are missing. And the disks are of such poor quality that they are unuseable. Save your money on the Volume 4 that is sold. It's crap. The o...

Posted by: ddlabs31

 Behind Your Radio Dial - corrupt file http://feeds.archive.org/post/425450 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:37:04 UTC Is it possible this MPEG2 file is corrupt? I have tried repeatedly to download it and it fails and/or shows properties as an 11 hour clip and then will not play.

Posted by: ChezAmber

 Re: Sound Home Movies? http://feeds.archive.org/post/425130 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 03:20:40 UTC We have a very few. We can't transfer sound on the Internet Archive scanner, but some of our sound home movies will come in through our videotape digitization project. Please stay tuned.

Posted by: Rick Prelinger

 Re: Sound Home Movies? http://feeds.archive.org/post/424699 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:25:48 UTC Sound home movies would be a real find! When I was a kid, everybody's dad had 16mm or standard 8mm gear, with nary a sound recorder in sight. Most home users wouldn't bother with the hassle and expe...

Posted by: Frank Panucci

 Sound Home Movies? http://feeds.archive.org/post/424641 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:48:28 UTC The majority you have are silent... any sound ones in the midst?

Posted by: Spuzz

 Re: Not all of our films are meant to entertain http://feeds.archive.org/post/424640 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:47:36 UTC I was about to "like" Frank's post. Grrrrrr can't do that.

Posted by: Spuzz

 Re: Not all of our films are meant to entertain http://feeds.archive.org/post/423924 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:28:51 UTC I lurvs me some A&B rolls... for entertainment!

Posted by: Frank Panucci

 Re: New Music video made with Prelinger footage http://feeds.archive.org/post/423914 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:54:45 UTC No problem! Good luck with your next work!

Posted by: VUSschneider

 Re: New Music video made with Prelinger footage http://feeds.archive.org/post/423913 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:53:27 UTC hey, glad you liked it! I'm just starting out really doing this so the positive feedback is encouraging. All the best to you!

Posted by: golden death music

 Re: New Music video made with Prelinger footage http://feeds.archive.org/post/423878 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 05:20:44 UTC It`s a good combination of pictures and sounds. Some strange retro style feeling. Good editing and compositing.

Posted by: VUSschneider

 Re: Not all of our films are meant to entertain http://feeds.archive.org/post/423877 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 05:18:53 UTC I think it`s a good choice! Thanks for that. It`s very interesting when working with the material and for others it`s interesteing to see things from different angles :)

Posted by: VUSschneider

 Not all of our films are meant to entertain http://feeds.archive.org/post/423874 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:26:14 UTC Not all films in our collection are release prints (prints manufactured to run through projectors). Many are original or preprint material, and some are A&B rolls (see below). I tried hard to coll...

Posted by: Rick Prelinger

 Copyright discussions http://feeds.archive.org/post/423830 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:15:31 UTC Hi, is there any information about filmmakers who used public domain / nocopyright footage from archive.org in their projects? I`m not sure about using and reselling clips from world war 2 footage an...

Posted by: VUSschneider

 New Prelinger Mashups Blog http://feeds.archive.org/post/423799 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:56:25 UTC I've made a compilation, in blog form, of a number of my Prelinger Mash-ups. Please feel free to visit and comment. http://blakesonmashup.blogspot.co.uk Many thanks, once more, for this invaluable r...

Posted by: othy1

 Re: Looks like the latest encode is mostly cool! http://feeds.archive.org/post/423589 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:42:29 UTC mplayer (and ffplay, part of ffmpeg package, when compiled with config option -"-enable-libopenjpeg") can play it. (as these are very big images *and* JPEG-2000 compression (hard to decode-on-the-fly...

Posted by: tracey pooh

 New Music video made with Prelinger footage http://feeds.archive.org/post/423398 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:35:42 UTC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwRm0V1GK8A&feature=plcp Just finished a new video for my song Accommodation. I used a lot of footage from the video "how the eye works" Please let me know what yo...

Posted by: golden death music

 Re: New Films http://feeds.archive.org/post/422409 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:30:11 UTC The quality is much better but this clip appears to be reel 3 according to the older mpeg file

Posted by: philips272

 Found it. http://feeds.archive.org/post/421000 Sat, 19 May 2012 06:04:04 UTC After a bit of searching, I found it myself. http://archive.org/details/ivory_soap Turns out the upload's metadata does not mention a date of production, but I'm still going to guess that it is fro...

Posted by: i s a w d r o n e s

 Searching for a classic soap commercial (1960s/1970s) http://feeds.archive.org/post/420937 Fri, 18 May 2012 15:15:12 UTC Greetings, Approximately a year ago, I downloaded a soap commercial from the Archive. Judging by my memory of the looks of the people involved, I would guess it was from the 1960s or 1970s. The audio...

Posted by: i s a w d r o n e s

 New Prelinger mashup posted http://feeds.archive.org/post/420684 Wed, 16 May 2012 01:37:22 UTC Hi Just a note that a new Prelinger mashiup is available in the Community Video section: http://archive.org/details/ATownWithGoodRealEstatePeopleIsAMoreSubstantialCommunity_371 Could an admin kindl...

Posted by: LynFaber

 Re: Newest uploads are great! http://feeds.archive.org/post/419667 Thu, 03 May 2012 04:35:46 UTC Sounds logical. Last time I encountered a flying spot scanner was a long time ago. It was a set-top unit that played Super 8 film on TV. I saw one on a shelf at a Union Mission last year. I probab...

Posted by: Frank Panucci

 Re: Newest uploads are great! http://feeds.archive.org/post/419666 Thu, 03 May 2012 04:01:03 UTC The jello effect you are seeing to often exists in the original transfer. The films were transferred with a telecine that has a line array CCD or flying spot (Cintel or Bosch FDL-60) where it's captur...

Posted by: A/V Geeks

 Re: Newest uploads are great! http://feeds.archive.org/post/419549 Tue, 01 May 2012 21:38:54 UTC Other recent files, including the re-encodes, are similar. That's too bad. Unfortunately, the file from which I successfully pulled a clean 24fps sequence this past weekend was an older MPEG2 version,...

Posted by: Frank Panucci

 Re: Newest uploads are great! http://feeds.archive.org/post/419503 Tue, 01 May 2012 15:37:11 UTC Thanks Frank...glad to know I'm not losing my mind! It's a shame as many older encodes were easily converted to 24fps...

Posted by: Scribble

 Re: Newest uploads are great! http://feeds.archive.org/post/419498 Tue, 01 May 2012 15:05:59 UTC Hm. "Sinclair" looks fine for watching on the PC, and it looks good when burned to DVD for TV viewing. However, NO native AE or expensive third-party plugins can break it down to clean 24fps output....

Posted by: Frank Panucci

 Re: Newest uploads are great! http://feeds.archive.org/post/419491 Tue, 01 May 2012 14:19:45 UTC I haven't tried "Sinclair" yet, but some other recent videos have been good candidates for pulldown removal. When I have a spare few minutes I'll check Sinclair. A few of the recent files have some ...

Posted by: Frank Panucci

 Re: Newest uploads are great! http://feeds.archive.org/post/419418 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:37:11 UTC Hey guys... Yes, the jello seems to be gone, but I had no luck removing pulldown properly from "Sinclair at the Worlds Fair". I use After Effects, which tries to guess the pulldown cadence, but is u...

Posted by: Scribble