[AT] 1955 farm equipment films

[seithr at denison.edu]

Hi All --

This is a fishing expedition of sorts.

I recently acquired a mass of 16 mm film footage of farm equipment, shot back in
1955. It's all from middle Pennsylvania, in color, silent, and in very good
detail. Plowing, harrowing, planting, forage harvesting, manure spreading,
hay-making, etc., etc., etc. Mostly Minneapolis-Moline tractors, but some John
Deere, some Farmall. Also some footage of the Penn State ag campus, which was
celebrating its centennial in 1955. Cattle, silos, and stuff like that.

A professor friend at the college where I work put it up on an editing machine
to view it with me, and he says the condition is fine. Glorious Kodachrome from
50 years ago. The colors are wonderful. He can help me get it transferred to a
digital format from which we can strike off copies in either VHS or DVD.

I'm asking whether folks would be interested in copies of this historic stuff.
My buddy and I could edit it all into maybe 30-45 minutes of viewing time, drop
in a little sound, and make it available on tape or disc.

I need to know of potential interest before I proceed. The transfer to digital,
if done right, costs a few hundred dollars. I'd like to keep the cost of copies
to around $20, if I could.

If you think you might be interested, please drop me a line in the next few
days. We will be making the decision about the digital conversion then.

It's cool stuff. Took me back to my childhood.

Bob Seith
1953 Farmall Cub