You are bidding for a video record of the long discarded 16mm films described below.   When each  film  was made it provided a unique insight into its particular subject.  Over the last forty years a number of enthusiasts realised that such films provided an untapped source of information on past techniques and methods At some time in the past it would have been rescued after being discarded as obsolete by the original owners .

Any money raised from the sale of this video will go towards offsetting the costs of more rescues. 

This DVD recorded during a showing of the short  films described.   

Summary of Contents Note this a DVD not individual  photographs 

71 Paddle Steamers Clyde 1938

Very unusually for the Dustbin Film Collection this was a privately shot  10 minute 9.5 film by a skilful amateur cameraman E. C. Robinson recorded as it was projected.  What makes this film so worthwhile is that it records so many different paddle steamers at work before being called up for war service. No doubt more expert viewers will have no difficulty in putting a name to each  vessel  from their very different characteristics. 

              We start with what is presumably the cameraman and his wife planning a holiday in Oban  and Dunoon Scotland  after travelling by rail via  Rhyl  with various locomotives captured. First of several paddle steamers caught at Dunoon  presumably the pier. Burns Statue Highland Mary.  Loch Lomond  another Paddle steamer  piper awaits  in welcome. Birds on a cliff.  Mopping off the seats to remove droppings.  Rough weather for a voyage  on the Clyde . “Massan Falls”  “Holy Loch War Memorial”  “Kirn Monster” painted as Jim Crow   Rothsay and Isles of Bute  capstan work  and  on board musical entertainment  “Rothsay”  tram single decker  “Mammoth Draughts” pavement draughts  “Kyles of Bute”  more Paddle steamers  on board scenes  Auchenleochen? Pier   bigger shipping This amateur film is a real treat for Paddle steam enthusiast even more so if you could put names to the various paddle steamers captured on camera.  Sadly only Reel 1 has survived  and of course  it is a silent film  so no engine room views or sounds.

300  ABC of Ferguson System Cartoons are used to explain how the Ferguson System works. Before moving on to real tractors.  This version of the film refers to the Ferguson 20, The Little Grey Fergie  This is NOT  the similar  film used to sell the Ferguson 35  and 65  entitled “Complete Control” . 

    The purpose is to show users how to get the best from the hydraulic linkage . It also explains the mystery of how you can hang an implement off the back yet  stop the front wheels from rearing.. Films like this were powerful tools in putting across the benefits of the three point hydraulic linkage  and the lightweight Ferguson tractor.  If you have a Ferguson tractor you will definitely need  to study this film to get the best from your tractor.   Judging by the wording and the specification of the Tractor shown this film was made around 1949. Films like this make the difference between owning a Ferguson and understanding a Ferguson.   15 minutes Black and White Sound

299 Kitchen Capers

This extraordinary publicity film convulses audiences with laughter. Its story line shows a very different domestic scene from today. Office worker  Jim (Jack Allen)  is angling for promotion and invites his boss to supper without telling his wife Judy, (Aileen  Marson)  She is aghast as “ the shops are shut  AND it is the maid’s night orf”.  After a a good row the situation is saved by the appearance of a ghostly home economist who proposes and demonstrates a varied meal  using tinned foods from the store cupboard.  The special effects used are good for a laugh. When the adviser suggests hors-d-oevres  of cold baked beans on toast  we realise that catering has come on a bit in the last 80 years! .As the film was sponsored by CWS we move to pea harvesting on their farms and the fishing fleet sailing out of  Grimsby.  It ends  with a view of the happy workers  in the factory.   To my surprise they were making processed cheese segments that far back.. The finale is allowing the workers to beat each other over the head with pillows.  Is it any wonder this film is so popular  with audiences?  Script was by Sydney Box who went on to greater things and production was at Merton Studios. Black and White 10 mins

214 Bagged ingredients for animal feed.

Unilever the big food combine has one activity which was supplying premixes for agricultural feeding stuffs. They basically consisted of the vitamins and proteins needed to make the ration. loaded at Port Bromborough  for Rumania 

   Early computer used to determine the exact formula  and the ingredient from around the world  often from Unilevers own production  in different plants around the World and shipped to the mill at Port Sunlight    After grinding and  mixing  it is weighed and bagged  off  with emphasis on plenty  of laboratory testing. The final destination was to feed mills around the world. Around the early 1960s I suspect.

211 Taking sides with nature

This is an early film by Harry Ferguson explains what the difference is when you used the Ferguson System tractor rather than bigger tractors.  The interesting thing is that due to when the film was made they did not have Ferguson tractor    so they actually used Ford Ferguson  to demonstrate  the principle.  Explains why conventional tractor tend to rear  and even over turn. Explains the principle of the 3 point linkage clearly.

215 Canada gears up for war.

Very badly damaged  film. This war time film show the Canada and the way it was gearing up production on a variety of jobs.  The Canadian radio  stations   keep up with the news.  Asbestos mine in Quebec.  10,000 tome ships  the Liberty Ships in build.  Vancouver look to the future .  Iceland settlers break the sod and building their houses before showing the variety of settlers.  Still mainly horses  and showing the effect of wind and blowing soil.  

Technical Note. This is a DVD record of a private screening. Transfer quality is to enable the contents to be studied rather than to achieve the  high standard achieved by professional broadcast and commercial video  publishers

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