Treasure Island ( 1950 ) was printed for Sixteen Millimetre Australia Pty.Ltd. It was one of the titles included in the back catalogue, which was included when they acquired the ongoing 16mm rights from Disney, when RKO Radio ceased operating in Australia in 1958. I believe this daybill would have been printed in either 1958 or 1959.
Been doing some digging and I've noticed some weird listings for 16mm films in the OFLC database. Seems to be for movies produced or distributed by Cannon Films. I'll use some examples of films where I have a poster. The posters aren't normal daybill size, more like an A3 size. The listings are shown as 'videotape'?
Schizoid:
Gas Pump Girls:
Other films, such as 'New Year's Evil' and 'Silent Night, Bloody Night' ARE correctly listed as '16mm'.
I'm sure the reason is long lost in time, but I wonder if it was cheaper to have the film passed for videotape than for theatrical release?
Been doing some digging and I've noticed some weird listings for 16mm films in the OFLC database. Seems to be for movies produced or distributed by Cannon Films. I'll use some examples of films where I have a poster. The posters aren't normal daybill size, more like an A3 size. The listings are shown as 'videotape'?
Schizoid:
Gas Pump Girls:
Other films, such as 'New Year's Evil' and 'Silent Night, Bloody Night' ARE correctly listed as '16mm'.
I'm sure the reason is long lost in time, but I wonder if it was cheaper to have the film passed for videotape than for theatrical release?
You are correct in stating that the answers are long lost in time.
I have made some inquiries for you with the Australian Classification office, but as I thought I have hit a brick wall. Records are well hidden away in Canberra. There is a fee to research locally a title, but I was informed there isn't any staff to be able to do this at the present time anyway.
Any films currently classified in a particular format also cover any other format that they may be used in. Whether this was the case in 1985, no answer could be given to me today.
Seeing both your poster images list Amalgamated 16mm Film Distributors as the applicant, I would have to believe that the posters are 16mm origin and not Videotape posters, although the size of the posters is of a minor concern,
It's the right time period for it, I started working as an assistant editor in 1979 and 1985 was certainly awash with ¾" U-Matic tapes. A timecode U-matic would have made censorship cuts easier to make by just quoting timecodes, then making cuts to the prints.
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Treasure Island ( 1950 ) was printed for Sixteen Millimetre Australia Pty.Ltd. It was one of the titles included in the back catalogue, which was included when they acquired the ongoing 16mm rights from Disney, when RKO Radio ceased operating in Australia in 1958. I believe this daybill would have been printed in either 1958 or 1959.
Schizoid:
Gas Pump Girls:
Other films, such as 'New Year's Evil' and 'Silent Night, Bloody Night' ARE correctly listed as '16mm'.
I'm sure the reason is long lost in time, but I wonder if it was cheaper to have the film passed for videotape than for theatrical release?
You are correct in stating that the answers are long lost in time.
I have made some inquiries for you with the Australian Classification office, but as I thought I have hit a brick wall. Records are well hidden away in Canberra. There is a fee to research locally a title, but I was informed there isn't any staff to be able to do this at the present time anyway.
Any films currently classified in a particular format also cover any other format that they may be used in. Whether this was the case in 1985, no answer could be given to me today.
Seeing both your poster images list Amalgamated 16mm Film Distributors as the applicant, I would have to believe that the posters are 16mm origin and not Videotape posters, although the size of the posters is of a minor concern,
Peter
Peter