The 16mm is still listed in the Penn State catalog, but from what I can
see in the record, it is restricted to Penn State use only (not in the
rental collection).
Sorry,
Patti Berky
On 7/21/2011 8:10 PM, Deg Farrelly wrote:
> OK... This one is tough and I am stumped....
>
> I have a faculty member looking for a copy of an old film, later released on
> video - in the 1990's - on the Drottningham Palace Theatre.
>
> Here is the detail that I have...
>
> When I was an undergrad at the University of Washington I was involved with
> early music performance on original instruments (Baroque fiddle) and I
> remembered seeing a documentary film on the Drottningholm Palace Theatre
> directed by Gunnar Fischer (OCLC # 4280457 ). I was impressed because it
> documented the restored 18c stage machinery found in the theatre. I found an
> excerpt on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdRUdoKfPvo and in
> exploring WorldCat I found out that the film was reissued on videocassette
> sometime in the 90s (OCLC # 38447571).
>
> WorldCat description of the film:
> Gunnar Fischer
> 1970-1978?
> English Visual Material : Motion picture : Film 1 film reel (30 min.) :
> sd., col. ; 16 mm.
> Stockholm : Svensk filmindustri,
>
> WorldCat description of the video:
> 1990s, 1966 English version.
> English Visual Material : Videorecording : VHS tape 1 videocassette (28
> min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
> Stockholm : Svensk Filmindustri : Swedish Institute [distributor],
> Surveys the history of the Drottninghom Court Theatre both as a monument of
> baroque architecture and as a working theatre. Shows scenes of its
> auditorium, stage and museum collections of theatrical paintings and
> costumes, as well as backstage vignettes of actors in the wings and dressing
> rooms preparing for a Royal Swedish Opera performance of Gluck's Iphigenia in
> Aulis....
>
> About 9 US Libraries have it in either 16mm or VHS (according to WorldCat)...
> One of them Penn State, so I wonder if this was at one time in the PA State
> AV Services rental collection.....
>
> Any leads?
>
> Thanx.
>
> -deg
>
>
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relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control,
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and
distributors.
