Friday 31 January 2020

Telecine of Pathe Baby 1920s amateur 9.5mm film "Eric and Kath Going Away "

I've had this Baby cassette for years but never had the equipment to watch it, but today I finally got round to digitising it with the DIY telecine


It says on the label: " Eric and Kath Going Away. Photos in the Garden."


The 9.5mm format was introduced in 1922 but the cameras were only made in 1923 and these French made Pathe Baby closed metal cassettes were the first type used. The sprocket holes in the film are quite rounded, which is a feature of the earlier film, I read. The cars, clothing and hats seem 1920s to me and this amateur film was almost certainly made in the 1920s, and possibly as early as 1923 or 1925!
The film was quite warped and bent in places so the telecine was not easy, but the final result has come out really quite well. It shows the couple leaving the wedding, then there is footage of the guests afterwards in the garden. Any lip readers out there who can work out what they are saying??

Amazing to think that the older people in the film, some of whom look in their 70s, were probably born in the 1850s. I love these Pathe Baby time capsules.

Here are some stills before the actual film:

Eric, in the glasses:


And Kath, smiling in the centre:








And here's the final film. It seems to work better with the link rather than the full embedded video, but here's both:

https://youtu.be/fnv5J9mi6B8


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