THIS IS THE ENTIRE SUPER 8MM PLUS SOUND EDITION IN TWELVE PARTS WITH FILM NUMBERS 4501-4512. THE PLASTIC COVERS ARE CLEAN AND HAVE NO BREAKS BUT DO HAVE AGE RELATED DISCOLORATION. Boxes are 7.25" square

THE PAPER LABELS ON THE FRONT OF THE BOXES TEND TO HAVE BUBBLING WITH THE LAST TWO HAVING MINOR SURFACE LOSS  TO THE IMAGE AT THE BOTTOM (PHOTO 14 & 17). 

THE TITLE OF EACH FILM WAS VERIFIED BY READING THE TITLE ON THE CLEAR LEADER (PHOTO 4 & 13). I ONLY REMOVED THE THIN MASKING TAPE HOLDING THE EDGE IN PLACE IN VOLUME 2 (PHOTO 4) WHILE VOLUME 10 (PHOTO 13) HAD COME LOOSE ON ITS OWN.  

The two copper lines on either side of the film are reflected in (PHOTO 23)

The shadows visible on the sides of the boxes in (PHOTO 21) were made by those 1960's plastic label makers. I removed them because not all twelve retained the label, and one is shown in (PHOTO 24)

TOTAL RUNNING TIME IS JUST UNDER FOUR HOURS

PIRATE TREASURE stared Richard Talmadge and Lucille Lund and was created in 1934. Pirate Treasure is a 1934 Universal film serial. It was the twenty-first sound serial released by Universal, of the sixty-nine they released in total (it was the eighty-ninth serial if Universal's silent serials are considered as well, of a total of 137 serials). It was a rare example of the swashbuckling genre in the film serial medium and is considered to be the BEST OF ITS TYPE. Ray Taylor directed Richard Talmadge, Lucille Lund and Walter Miller (as the hero, love interest and villain respectively). The serial is especially praised for the stunt work of Talmadge. "Talmadge's acrobatics are as exciting today as they must have been in 1934."

The twelve titles are:
  1. Stolen Treasure
  2. The Death Plunge
  3. The Wheels of Fate
  4. The Sea Chase
  5. Into the Depths
  6. The Death Crash
  7. Crashing Doom
  8. Mutiny
  9. Hidden Gold
  10. The Fight for the Treasure
  11. The Fatal Plunge
  12. Captured                                                                                                                                                                                           ====================================================================================== 
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I have not watched these but they appear to be extremely well maintained. I believe they were created in the late 1960's or the 1970's. I came into possession of hundreds of these but my super 8 projector failed me while watching a  Marx Brothers short. 

My 8mm still works and I have watched an entire serial of 1943 Batman, the film Potemkin and Intolerance and will continue to watch the 8mm films while that projector functions.   Of the two dozen hours I have watched, I have not come across even a single broken film sprocket, so I can tell you that this person cared for his films. 

While these were in a closet, I can't be certain where they were stored for fifty years but I have included photos of every reel and box to give an impression of how he maintained his collection. This is the only complete serial I have in the original boxes so I am selling it first. The original owner tended to combine shorter films and put them onto larger films in standard cans without keeping original boxes.

PLEASE USE ZOOM FUNCTION ON ALL PHOTOS AS THEY ARE PART OF THE DESCRIPTION.

MY FIRST SHIPPING OPTION IS "MEDIA MAIL" BUT THIS EXCEEDS 11 POUNDS AND FOR MUCH OF THE COUNTRY, PRIORITY WILL COST NEARLY THE SAME OR LESS. If I can ship either Priority or Parcel at near the same price, to prevent the possibility of someone at USPS opening the box for inspection, I will do so.


He also had about forty (mostly untitled) 13-17 minute films made in the late 1960's to 1970's that I can no longer list on ebay. Most are black and white but some are in color.