[AT] 1955 farm equipment films

[Edward Tabor]

Bob,
As usual, I'm late, but I'd be interested.

Ed

seithr at denison.edu wrote:

>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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