  1st_sgt Member Username: 1st_sgt Post Number: 41 Registered: 11-2006 |
http://www.archive.org/details /DetroitN1917 See any family? | ||
1st_sgt Member Username: 1st_sgt Post Number: 43 Registered: 11-2006 |
There are more films about Detroit on this site. | ||
Terryh Member Username: Terryh Post Number: 215 Registered: 11-2006 |
That was great 1st sgt. Wonder which streets it was filmed on. Where are the other films at on the site? (Message edited by Terryh on March 08, 2007) | ||
Kathinozarks Member Username: Kathinozarks Post Number: 268 Registered: 11-2006 |
why can't I see this?? | ||
Terryh Member Username: Terryh Post Number: 216 Registered: 11-2006 |
I found them. There is a Police Department promotional film from early 50s | ||
Stryker81 Member Username: Stryker81 Post Number: 25 Registered: 10-2006 |
Here is an interesting one.....A promotional film of the city from 1965. Narrated by Jerry Cavanaugh. http://www.archive.org/stream/ DetroitC1965/DetroitC1965_256k b.mp4 | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 1184 Registered: 01-2005 |
Great find, 1st_Sgt! | ||
1st_sgt Member Username: 1st_sgt Post Number: 44 Registered: 11-2006 |
Just do a search "Detroit" Lots of different things come up. | ||
Jeduncan Member Username: Jeduncan Post Number: 53 Registered: 11-2006 |
is it just my crappy ISP or does this stream really choppy? | ||
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 890 Registered: 11-2003 |
If you download the MP2 versions they come out really nice. | ||
Kronprinz Member Username: Kronprinz Post Number: 87 Registered: 12-2006 |
I think this is more likely 1927 or 1925 than 1917. Couldn't someone with a knowledge of old cars verify my hunch? | ||
Miss_cleo Member Username: Miss_cleo Post Number: 423 Registered: 05-2005 |
Here is an interesting one.....A promotional film of the city from 1965. Narrated by Jerry Cavanaugh. This one just blew me away, I was born in 65 and only remember the city post riots. The difference between then and now is striking. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1089 Registered: 12-2005 |
The offending car in the speeding chase appears to be about a 1922 Lincoln--they started making cars in 1921, so it wouldn't be before that.  | ||
Esp Member Username: Esp Post Number: 40 Registered: 09-2005 |
Interesting site and film but I doubted 1917 right away. The quality of the newsreel footage would be better than the silent film being shown. First "talkie" was in 1927. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1091 Registered: 12-2005 |
Esp wrote " The quality of the newsreel footage would be better than the silent film being shown" have you ever seen a silent film projected from a good quality 35mm print? the difference in quality is astounding. I accompany silent films and have worked (out of necessity) with a lot of 16mm copies, many of which were cranked out for the 1960's-80's home collector market and they are dark and fuzzy. I have played for the same films with newly-struck 35mm prints and the difference is astounding. sharp, bright cinematography. The first talkie was in 1927, the Jazz singer. The nationwide conversion to sound really didn't occur until 1929. | ||
Esp Member Username: Esp Post Number: 41 Registered: 09-2005 |
Packman ... so I've been looking at low quality copies on TV? Hasn't AMC done a lot of work reprinting from the originals and rescoring silent films? I think they show these late on Sunday night. Anyway ... after the speed chase the card insert mentions a Judge Bartlett. I found this: Bartlett, Charles Loughead (b. 1871) — also known as Charles L. Bartlett — of Detroit, Wayne County, recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1922-29. | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 753 Registered: 08-2006 |
That was a crappy player, took 15 minutes to watch 8 minutes of footage. Unlike the 1954 8mm video someone posted I could not recognize any place in that film. Neat! So the Detroit as we know it was developed after that period. Was the parade on Woodward? | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1092 Registered: 12-2005 |
Esp-the big difference is that you are watching those films on television, rather than getting the "in theatre" experience. Tomorrow night (3/10) there is a prime oppertunity--the Redford theatre is showing the 1924 version of "Peter Pan" with live accompaniment by Lance Luce. You can see a 20's movie in a 20's theatre accompanied by a 20's musical instrument, in the original style. |
