[AT] 1955 farm equipment films

[Bill Thompson]

Yes , I would be interested a DVD copy in the $20 range .

Bill "Spud" Thompson
Katahdin Valley Farm
Sherman Mills, Maine
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> 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
>
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