Before Home Video - Castle Films
23 videos • 1,283 views • by leo81960 There was a time when it was unheard of for the average consumer to possess full-length feature films and TV episodes. What the studios did make available was excerpts of select feature films and television shows on Standard 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm film. Shorts, cartoons, and newsreels were also available and because of their length were sometimes available in their entirety. Here is my personal collection, and a few titles from friends' collections. The playlists will grow as I find time to make the transfers. This is the playlist of films specifically sold by Castle Films which handled primarily titles from Universal Studios. They also sold a number of original short documentaries, newsreels, and travelogues. IT'S SO RIDICULOUS THAT THE COPYRIGHT BOTS HAVE BLOCKED CERTAIN TITLES!! POSTING THESE OLD EXCERPT REELS DEPRIVE NBC UNIVERSAL OF NOTHING! I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY SEE ANY VALUE IN THESE. ARE THEY GOING TO RELEASE THEM ON HOME VIDEO? IF ANYTHING THEY MIGHT GENERATE MORE INTEREST IN THE FULL LENGTH FEATURES!. I HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRING MY COLLECTION TO PRESERVE THEM IN A MODERN FORMAT. SO I GUESS I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY THESE LITTLE BITS OF NOSTALGIA!!