Deborah Is there a logistical reason you can't have more multi-system players? They are not expensive and while the Jennings films were government produced so there might be a sliver of chance the BBC could allow to transfer to NTSC this would not be the case with privately owned material which is 99% of what is out there.
Jessica On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Deborah Benrubi <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Blaine, I did find a copy of that, and asked BFI for assistance > on the other titles, though I'm not holding my breath for good news. The > professor also wants Basil Wright's *Song of Ceylon*, and I find only BFI > or poor Youtube copies. > > On 8/12/2013 9:40 AM, Blaine Waterman wrote: > > Deborah, > > There was this from 2002: > > > > *Listen to Britain and other films* > > Humphrey *Jennings*; David *Shepard*; Dean W *Duncan*; Myra *Hess*, Dame > > 2002, 1940 > > *English* [image: Visual Material]Visual Material : Videorecording : [image: > DVD video]DVD video 1 videodisc (182 mins.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + > program notes ([8] p. : ill. ; 19 cm) > > Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, > > A collection of six films (and one bonus film) by one of the greatest > figures in the celebrated British Documentary Film Movement. He is most > remembered for the way his work reflects the concerns and conditions of > World War II era in the United Kingdom. In these pictures, Jennings's > impressive aesthetic arsenal helped to expand the scope and vocabulary of > documentary films. > > *Contents:* > > London can take it (1940, 9 mins.) -- Words for battle (1941, 8 mins.) -- > Listen to Britain (1942, 18 mins.) -- Fires were started (1943, 70 mins.) > -- A diary for Timothy (1943, 39 mins.) -- Family portrait (1951, 26 mins.) > -- Myra Hess, playing the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata in F Minor > No. 57 (Apassionata) (1945, 9 mins.). > > > > I’m afraid it looks out of print now > > > > Blaine Waterman > > Audiovisual Collections Specialist > > Collection Development Office > > SF Public Library > > 95 Washburn Street > > San Francisco, CA 94103 > > +1 415 557 4339 > > [email protected] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Deborah Benrubi > *Sent:* Monday, August 12, 2013 9:03 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Videolib] Humphrey Jennings > > > > hi VLers > > Does anyone know of U.S. distribution of any Humphrey Jennings films? A > faculty member wants to show her class *Spare Time* and others > unspecified. I can find only PAL/ Region 2 discs from BFI, which we don't > routinely buy, since our university classroom setups won't play them. > Alternatively, do you know if BFI will let us rip discs to NTSC -- or who I > could ask? > > Thanks for your insights, > > Deborah Benrubi > > *************** > > Technical Services Librarian > > University of San Francisco > > Gleeson Library|Geschke Center > > 2130 Fulton St. > > San Francisco, CA 94117 > > > > ph. 415.422.5672 > > fax 415.422.2233 > > > ------------------------------ > Official SFPL Use Only > > *Official SFPL use only* > <#140737c898f90bad_> > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > 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. > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues 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. > >
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