FORD CANADA MOVIE ON U tube

Mike K · #1 12-03-11, 01:39

I guess we have all seen this ??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfOMbZhT5DI

Keith Webb · #2 12-03-11, 02:28

But thanks for posting it again Mike - not everybody has seen it I'm sure. Would love to see a good quality copy one day.

Mike K · #3 15-03-11, 02:33

race cars no less
and the carriers doing doughnuts

Keith Webb · #4 15-03-11, 05:10

I thought the funniest part was the poor FGT going over the bumps. The longer wheelbases handle it far more easily.

It's sped up of course - the original film looks like it ran at 12 frames per second and was replayed at 25.

Phil Waterman · #5 15-03-11, 14:59

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Originally Posted by Keith Webb

But thanks for posting it again Mike - not everybody has seen it I'm sure. Would love to see a good quality copy one day.

Keith- hits it right on the head, now my question who in our intrepid little band has the equipment and knowledge to clean old movie film up digitally. Because I'd love to get the bit of 16mm of my truck taken in 1945 clean up.

I've heard that there are computer programs that by comparing what in sequential frames of the film can pick out what is picture and what is noise/grain of the film. Has anybody seen or heard anything about this?

Cheers Phil

Keith Webb · #6 15-03-11, 21:47

There are some extremely expensive solutions to this, but I have put the question to my brother (Visual effects designer) and a couple of others to see whether we can find an inexpensive way to do it.

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Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Keith- hits it right on the head, now my question who in our intrepid little band has the equipment and knowledge to clean old movie film up digitally. Because I'd love to get the bit of 16mm of my truck taken in 1945 clean up.

I've heard that there are computer programs that by comparing what in sequential frames of the film can pick out what is picture and what is noise/grain of the film. Has anybody seen or heard anything about this?

Cheers Phil

Phil Waterman · #7 15-03-11, 22:03

Hi Keith

Though you would know where to start looking for the answer to that question.

Thanks, it may be something that has not yet sifted down to a practical level.

Cheers Phil

Keith Webb · #8 16-03-11, 22:32

I've found something which should d a good job reducing graininess, but I don't think it will deal with scratches, but that's a good start.

I've yet to try it although my brother says it works well.

Fortunately the Ford film "Backfire" which I have transferred was in excellent condition to start with.

Phil Waterman · #9 16-03-11, 23:25

Hi Keith

As I understand it the Ford film was 16mm how did you get it from film to digital?

Whats the name of the software your talking about.

I have two copies of the film of my truck as 16mm one sound one silent, both are in very good condition I suspect neither of them had been run more than a couple of times.

To begin the problem my digital copy http://www.canadianmilitarypattern.c...%20V1_0002.wmv was done by projecting the film on a flat white screen and using a video camera. Though I do have a short section that was done by a the Today Show from film out of a New York film library.

Given the relatively short segment of film showing my truck I've been thinking of using the high resolution film scanner I've been scanning in all my 35mm negatives with I can push the resolution on that up to 9600dpi to 12800dpi I've tried a couple of frames this way and the resolution exceeds the grain of the film. Here is a single frame dumb down to 72 DPI for the web http://www.canadianmilitarypattern.c...s/NYParade.jpg and already you can see the limitation of the grain.

What I'm hoping to get is really high resolution images of my truck in June 19 1945. What is a really kick in the head is the US National Archives in Washington DC had the original of this and another much longer film of the parade showing a number of other shots of my truck on 35mm movie film I reviewed it one time when I was in Washington. But when I asked them to make a copy they could not find either of the films. Every couple of years I put in a request for the same two films to see if they have been found.

Thanks for your help I look forward to any information on how I might proceed.

Cheers Phil