One of the reasons we do what we do ... is this comment by one of our viewers: "So thrilled to have seen this today. Wilfred Adams, featured in this video was/is as my grandfather. To see him in motion made me cry a little if i’m honest..." youtu.be/fARQ5m8H4lU

Last week we got a nice email from Rich G., who lives in Seattle. He was visiting the U. of Washington's thrift store and noticed all these lovely 16mm films for sale for a whopping $2 each. Did we want any? You can imagine our response! Rich's reward was a good deed done and a PF logo t-shirt.

Join our co-founder Nick Spark at the San Marino Historical Society this Monday evening. He'll be sharing some rare films and participating in a Q&A. The public is welcome.
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Saturday, Sept. 27th, come see "Dazed and Confused" at Vidiots Foundation @vidiots.bsky.social in Eagle Rock, California. Accompanying this masterpiece will be classic drug scare films from our vaults. Just remember: you just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N! vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/dazed...

The rumor on Wall Street this week is that Kodak might be shutting down. It is true that the company has a mountain of debt (mostly due to a legacy pension plan). Hopefully, the company and the brand survives the current crisis. Mama don't take my Kodachrome away!

Before Netflix downloads, before Blockbuster Video tapes, the Kodascope Libraries rented 16mm films. This beautiful brass film can for "The Moose Country" is embossed with fateful words: "Rental Charged for Each Day Held Whether Used or Not". So long before Blockbuster late fees, there was that!

LOL According to YouTube's statistics, almost 90% of our viewers are male. Not sure what we've done to offend the ladies? Although come to think of it, if our channel was a fragrance, it would probably smell like diesel fumes, gunpowder, burned rubber and cigarette smoke!

This weekend we took a break from scanning non-fiction 16mm films to scan an obscure 35mm comedy from the 1990s. It was produced by a friend of ours who unfortunately passed away this year; we're scanning it for his family, who hope to re-release it in his honor.

Images from John Huston's 1943 documentary, "Report from the Aleutians", showing battlefield burial of a pilot who died from his injuries after striking Japanese positions. This #MemorialDayWeekend we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation.

Proud to say that we helped with "Mr. Polaroid", which premieres tonight, May 19th at 9/8c on American Experience PBS. This film tells the story of Edwin Land, the genius behind the Polaroid cameraand a host of other inve ntions (including spy tech). Trailer: www.pbs.org/video/traile...

SoCal friends -- please join us this at Vidiots @vidiots.bsky.social this Saturday, May 24th for a special Memorial Day weekend screening of WWII rarities, directly from our vault!

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Opening up film cans from libraries and schools — we often find instruction sheets, telling people how to care for 16mm films. This one asking for "Tender Love and Care" is signed by "Miss Sprocket" . It somewhat disappointingly features a drawing of a Coldstream Guard, and not Miss Sprocket!

Sometimes the label on a 16mm film can catches our eye! This one comes from a 1970s U.S. Department of the Interior film about land reclamation. Yes ...the sticker probably is more exciting than the actual movie!

We got another one of "those" letters -- asking if we have a film featuring some obscure place, at some time in the distant past. Larry A. is looking for footage of McCook, Ill., 1960. Sadly, we don't have it. But maybe someone out there has a forgotten reel of 8mm film and will send it our way...

We love finding orphaned industrial films, so Friday was exciting -- this Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. print came in the mail! Bonus: the mailing box has its original Oklahoma City shipping label attached. Title: "Testing Science". All about how "Halliburton is best, for your drill stem test".