SUBTITLED KODAK 1958 film "How film is made"

[Ray Rogers]

I have watched this a few times since the first buzz a month or so ago. Very informative and entertaining... but it is the sound that has been echoing in my mind these last few weeks. After thinking about it, (or rather, clearing my mind and letting the associations create themselves) I am almost certain that the musical soundtrack may have been composed by Raymond Leppard, the British conductor and film composer. Of course, it could just be a product of its time, but the music is very similar to his soundtrack for Lord of the Flies, from the same era.

Interesting...
I was doing something a few days ago, my mind is jumping now and I can't focus clearly but I thought I heard part of the music in a movie or commercial... I thought about documenting it but was tired and thought "Why?" "Who cares?"
Maybe I was wrong.
Now I wish I would have looked into it a bit more...
the music is quite distinctive!

Is there a way to hear some of that soundtrack?

Ray

 

[Marco B]

Here maybe? Well, it's the official trailer at least, but it doesn't feature much music. Much more hits for Lord of the Flies on YouTube if you search for it using that title... Unfortunately, many fragments don't seem to use original sound and music, but there might be something.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehuMZjyA6z8&feature=related

Marco

 

[Marco B]

Oh. I remembered the video mentioning nitric acid during the emulsion-making part, so I assumed it was the old nitrocellulose film.

Nitric acid was only mentioned in conjunction with the dissolving of silver bars to form silvernitrate, not in conjunction with the film base.

 

[Toffle]

Here maybe? Well, it's the official trailer at least, but it doesn't feature much music. Much more hits for Lord of the Flies on YouTube if you search for it using that title... Unfortunately, many fragments don't seem to use original sound and music, but there might be something.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehuMZjyA6z8&feature=related

Marco

I used to have this film on VHS when I taught senior English to unsuspecting teenagers. I probably left it in the English department video library. (I never had much success with that book in the classroom) You might find it at your local video rental... but get the 1963 black and white version, not the horrendous remake) In the original film, director Peter Brook used a paperback copy of the novel as a shooting script, and interspersed "reality" footage of the kids interacting. The film seems artless, but is quite effective.

Cheers,

 

[Prest_400]

Nice to see how Kodak made film those years.
"hundreds of films are packaged every minute" now, I guess none of the manufacturer makes that much quantity.
Also, they used 14T of silver a week, that would cost a lot today.

 

[AgX]

Here is the first part of this film in its original English version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3dtm9IjQAA&feature=player_detailpage

 

[dwross]

Excellent! What fun. Thank you for posting the link.

 

[Photo Engineer]

I played it and only got 7' out of about 70'. When it ran the 7' it gave me an option of part2, but that part is in Dutch again.

Oh, and the order of the scenes seems to have changed, with some additions to the English part.

PE

 

[AgX]

I only found that first part, and have no idea where to find the other part(s). I did not check thoroughly contentwise.
Thank you PE for hinting at those additions!