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Post by Barnacle on May 4, 2007 6:36:29 GMT -8
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH! I was shuffling about in the office the other day when I came across a reel of Super-8 film without a label on it in the pile of stuff to be converted. My stomach plummeted as I loaded it up into the viewer and discovered it to be the reel of footage with the Pender Queen et al on it. So it appears I've submitted the wrong reel for conversion with the correct reel of standard-8, and will have, at 10 cents the foot for conversion, about $40 of carp coming on the DVD. Footage of Butchart Gardens, anyone? I'll get the other converted once I see how this outfit does on its conversions... and, possibly, have more stuff accumulated in the meantime. And I'll go back to my project of throwing away any old footage that I have precisely zero interest in. *sigh*
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Post by Political Incorrectness on May 4, 2007 14:25:23 GMT -8
I suggest you go to eBay and see if anyone wants it or craigslist, one's junk is another one's treasure afterall.
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Post by Fenklebaum on May 7, 2007 9:02:59 GMT -8
No...
NO...
KHAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!
Fenk, distraught
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Post by Barnacle on May 11, 2007 19:08:47 GMT -8
Well, although I converted one incorrect reel, the footage has returned to the vault and the DVD is in my hot little hands tonight. The images aren't really good enough to merit a whole lot of screen captures, but as soon as I can fool about with some rather higher-level learning, I will post chunks on YouTube.
...Alas, most of the BC stuff (and ALL the BC Ferries stuff) was on the reel that didn't get converted, but there's a nice shot or two of some Princesses in Victoria, with the Kalakala sitting at the Black Ball pier.
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Post by Fenklebaum on May 11, 2007 23:35:28 GMT -8
Princesses are good. As are birds. All of them dancing around each other, docking, loading... reminds me of a Tchaikovsky ballet. The repressed Russian fiend.
Fenk, not Russian enough
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Post by Barnacle on Aug 21, 2008 14:27:19 GMT -8
Film's finally done. I shall leave it to Evergreenfleet to post the screen captures of the good bits.
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Post by EGfleet on Aug 21, 2008 14:36:51 GMT -8
So! Finally the footage is converted. Here are some screen captures. Tourist # 3 On the Columbia River. The Mighty Vashon.A sparkly Chinook in Victoria Harbor. The bow of the Chinook.The stern of the Chinook.
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Post by EGfleet on Aug 21, 2008 14:42:27 GMT -8
And some more... San Mateo leaving Kingston, summer of 1969--her last season. A Steel Electric leaving Anacortes in the 70's (likely the Klickitat) And as she pulls away...
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Post by EGfleet on Aug 21, 2008 14:48:51 GMT -8
And at long last the B.C. ferry footage... The Princess Patricia from the MaggieOn board the Queen of Prince Rupert, early 1970's. Self-evident what this is ;D. Close up of the Mayne Queen. Pender Queen arriving. Inside one of the ferries. Any guesses? Since this was the early 70's, this is a recently stretched vessel.
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Post by Barnacle on Aug 21, 2008 15:10:35 GMT -8
The BCF footage was all 1972, for those who want a time frame.
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Post by FNS on Aug 21, 2008 17:37:06 GMT -8
And at long last the B.C. ferry footage... The Princess Patricia from the MaggieThis photo is actually of the TEV PRINCESS MARGUERITE. Notice the whistles mounted on her stacks. Canadian Pacific did a nifty thing to separate the identicalness of the PRINCESS MARGUERITE and TEV PRINCESS PATRICIA by differing the location of the whistles. The PATRICIA's whistles were mounted higher than the MAGGIE's.
And some more... A Steel Electric leaving Anacortes in the 70's (likely the Klickitat) And as she pulls away... This is definitely the MV KLICKITAT. Her Number Two End touched Anacortes. The MV NISQUALLY's name was painted about the third porthole from the ends back then in the 1970s. Also, for one reason or another, WSF placed louvers over the officer quarters sides at End Number One aboard the KLICKITAT.
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Post by Balfour on Aug 21, 2008 18:15:11 GMT -8
Inside one of the ferries. Any guesses? Since this was the early 70's, this is a recently stretched vessel. I'm gonna guess Queen of Vancouver or Queen of Saanich.
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Post by Mirrlees on Aug 21, 2008 19:53:06 GMT -8
I'd say Queen of Vancouver judging by the smoke belching from her dirty old Paxman Twins.
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 21, 2008 20:18:37 GMT -8
The car deck photo could be any of the 4 V class vessels, or maybe even the Sidney. It is not likely to be a B class, or the Tsawwassen, however, as they were assigned to route 2 at that time and I gather these photos were taken on route 1.
As to the lower stretched Spaulding class photo... Clearly it is not a 'B'. That leaves us with the four V's. There are no visible ventilators projecting up from the roof of the upper aft restaurant. To this day the Esquimalt & Saanich have them and the Van (and Vic) don't. So this is an original V, either one of the Victoria or Vancouver. The Vancouver was stretched in 1972, most likely prior to the start of the summer season. The Victoria was done early in 1970. Both vessels were fitted with the same engines.
'Mirrlees', do you feel strongly that this is the Van and not the Vic, and if so, why?
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Post by Mirrlees on Aug 21, 2008 22:00:57 GMT -8
For 1. the paint looks too fresh to have been done in 1970. 2. The Vancouver has a thinner black band on the funnel than her other sisters.
This is what leads me to believe that this is the Vancouver.
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Post by EGfleet on Aug 22, 2008 8:19:24 GMT -8
And at long last the B.C. ferry footage... The Princess Patricia from the MaggieThis photo is actually of the TEV PRINCESS MARGUERITE. Notice the whistles mounted on her stacks. Canadian Pacific did a nifty thing to separate the identicalness of the PRINCESS MARGUERITE and TEV PRINCESS PATRICIA by differing the location of the whistles. The PATRICIA's whistles were mounted higher than the MAGGIE's. That would be an interesting trick given that, as I stated before, this shot was filmed FROM the Maggie. There is no doubt about it given the other footage of the Maggie on this same reel of film. (I.E. a shot of the Marguerite's bow just before they board.) I wouldn't count on that distortion in the screen capture as giving you a real clear indication of the location of the whistles. Remember the source material here--jittery 8MM film and a screen capture that isn't exactly clear to begin with.
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Post by Mill Bay on Sept 7, 2008 22:04:05 GMT -8
For 1. the paint looks too fresh to have been done in 1970. 2. The Vancouver has a thinner black band on the funnel than her other sisters. This is what leads me to believe that this is the Vancouver. For help on this one, get Chris to identify the cardeck windows, ;D. I love the old film captures, though, but that one cardeck scene makes it look pretty compact in there...
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