SS fims... Real?

[Viracocha]

Hi members,

Would love some opinions on these.

[Viracocha]

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[Viracocha]

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[krikke1980]

Waw, these could be interesting.
Do you have a projector for them?
If not, you should go to a studio to see what's on them.

[FrenchVolunteer]

Hi,

those are training movies, for example one is about the ultra famous "how to use a compass during a running/march", another one is about "how to give first aid".

The boxes have the name of the movie training unit of the Waffen-SS (Lehrfilmstelle der Waffen-SS) under the command of the SS-Führungshauptamt, Amt II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_F%C3%BChrungshauptamt

Each duration is around 10-15 minutes.

See You

Vince

[jotuntroll]

Originals.

Would like to se it on a dvd.

[Viracocha]

How much are they worth? Would be nice to put them on a DVd.

[FrenchVolunteer]

Hi,

in my opinion they are not common.
If you want to keep or sell them, i suggest to check if you may have a professional laboratory that can transfer them (and maybe stabilize them) on HQ Blu-ray.

You have 6 movies ?

You need to check the condition first in all the cases.

See You

Vince

[Viracocha]

Hi members,

I will definitely keep you posted. I would like to transfer them to a blue ray disk. I'll have to see how much it cost.

[Michael Fay]

hazard warning about old film

a warning:
old film is notoriously known for spontaneous flammability and less dangerous, simply decomposing into an entropic oblivion.
it is due to the breaking down of nitrates. If you can smell vinegar(nitrates) coming off of the films they are flammable and breaking down.

[Viracocha]

Michael,

Thanks for that advice. They do not smell like vinegar. I cannot wait to transfer them to DVD.

[Michael Fay]

Michael,

Thanks for that advice. They do not smell like vinegar. I cannot wait to transfer them to DVD.

You are very welcome.
For me this bridges both "Safety-First (for human life)," as well as the protection of our collections :as I surmise, we all usually keep our main corpus of our collections together and even in the same room-so any item that is potentially combustible, and worse;potentially spontaneously combusting ,just bothers me like nothing else, so we all need to be aware of this.

[james m]

a warning:
old film is notoriously known for spontaneous flammability and less dangerous, simply decomposing into an entropic oblivion.
it is due to the breaking down of nitrates. If you can smell vinegar(nitrates) coming off of the films they are flammable and breaking down.

With all due respect film combusting is a problem with celluloid file from an earlier era. This film is from the WW II period and not readily combustible.
When I owned a video production company we transferred millions of feet of 8 and 16mm film to tape and disk. I would recommend this be your first step.
Jim

[Michael Fay]

With all due respect film combusting is a problem with celluloid file from an earlier era. This film is from the WW II period and not readily combustible.
When I owned a video production company we transferred millions of feet of 8 and 16mm film to tape and disk. I would recommend this be your first step.
Jim

Id much rather be wrong on this anyway.
I was taught this years back by Historian and librarian archivists, but I guess I missed the cut off for this combustible problem by a decade or two.

[Viracocha]

Hi,

Back with some more photos. I have not had any luck with contacting a film studio. I would rather have one locally to visit vs sending these films through mail.

I will post for sale on e-stand.