I have a fair number of excellent short reels, (100ft reels) full of excellent promo's, trailers and other unusual items including what I consider to be one of the best intros to any film show. These items were either imports or supplied by fellow collectors, all are A1 quality in every way, the screenshots are not great due to the fact all of these items are fast moving, but they are pin sharp with excellent colours and first class sound as is usually the case with 16mm films.
Anyone who has seen the TV series "The Movies” will know the excellent opening with a montage of fast moving clips that blend brilliantly into each other and the music that accompanies this opening is also outstanding. When I watched this series I thought if I could get a few of these openings onto 16 they would make the one of the best, (if not THE best) opening to any trailer reel/promo or even just at the start of a feature, so I managed to obtain a few copies and the image on screen is superb, great colours and sound, If you haven’t seen this series I cannot recommend it enough, by far the best documentary about films I’ve seen in years. This is the opening I now have on 16 and for those who haven’t seen it, here it is, and on the big screen it looks and sounds great, my own are cut at the end of “The Movies” title and obviously does not include the last credit of "produced by".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq0yYNCA...nnel=CowMissing
Other items on the reels include various THX animated logos one of which is where it all breaks down as the opening sound slows and the top of the letters fall, in true Pixar fashion , in flies the repair man with his tool box and opens various doors within the letters and fixes it to the well-known THX sound lifting the roof. There is also the Simpsons THX animation which is great fun, next up is a warning to those who wish to be naughty while watching the movie. Most of the images are not well framed in the images so it looks like somethings missing off the edge, it isn't, its my crappy picture taking.
There is also a live music performance from The Killers who play their hit song from 2020, the blowback, again, very good sound and image. The last items are the opening titles to the TV series The Monkees on LPP stock and three cinema daysets from the states as per images, again, all with vibrant colours and pin sharp images.
Sometimes, wading through the little reels reminds me of the items I keep saying i'll put together, now I must.