RCA On The Move - 16mm Film

[cadman]

This week I’ve been offline, so couldn’t share the usual appliance film over in Imperial. However, I did have a new release scheduled this week that was more appropriate for Super. Fans of RCA’s 1960’s electronics will like this one.

I attempted to salvage what color I could, but this print was down-right magenta to start with.

 

[agiflow]

Thanks Cory for this. I can remember the RCA console TVs we had from the 70s to early 2000s. Would be cool to go back to those today. It was like artwork in your living room.

 

[phillymatt53]

Thank you, that was an excellent video!
I'm an old RCA Victor fan, and adore the the quality put into their vintage products.
My parents had a 1961 RCA Victor 23 inch B/W console that lasted decades.
And now I've got a 1963 console stereo that amazes my houseguests, along with a couple of 45 record players in excellent condition.
That video also makes me sad, because all those people worked, were part of American-Made pride that today is just a memory.

 

[circlew]

That was an interesting film, probably made in 1966 or so, based on the cars, clothing, and hairstyles.
Such a shame it's suffering from the dreaded "Eastmancolor fade", that causes prints to shift to magenta or pink. I guess RCA didn't want to go to the expense of Technicolor or Kodachrome prints. Even by the time I graduated HS in 1974, we would occasionally get 16mm Eastmancolor films into the AV room that had started to take on a pinkish cast. Those from Coronet were particularly bad, but sometimes films from MTPS (Modern Talking Picture Service) - a free loan film library of sponsored films from companies such as Esso, Eli Lilly, and others - would also have this issue. Will have to say we never had any problems with any of the rented theatrical titles we got from Universal 16 or Films, Inc.