<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Even at 80 mph plus, the colors along the highways (and toll roads) was outstanding (even though the night temperatures produced iced windshields in Virginia. I was in tennis shoes on those mornings).<div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Nov 16, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Ted Langdell wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>The <a href="http://www.amiaconference.com/"><b>Joint IASA/AMIA Conference</b></a> ended in Philadelphia closed on Saturday night, but there was one last gasp for attendees who had registered for a tour of the Library of Congress<a href="http://www.loc.gov/avconservation/packard/features.html"><b> Culpeper Campus</b></a>.</div><div><br></div><div>QuadList member Tom Bernier from the Alberta Archives was one of the archivists who had registered for the tour...</div><div><span><Tom-Mug.jpg></span></div><div>but needed to get to Washington, DC to overnight and catch the bus for the tour... or end up in Culpeper by other means. I was heading there for other business, so we decided to share the trip.</div><div><br></div><div>After organizing and loading equipment—which took much of Sunday—Tom and I headed south from Philadelphia about 3 p.m.</div><div><br></div><div>The density of population and traffic along I-95 made it quite a trip for Tom. The Philadelphia Eagles were playing at home when we drove past the stadium. Tom kept his iPhone busy taking stills and video as we drove along. I got in the act doing V/O and on-camera Tour Guide.</div><div><br></div><div>We stopped in Our Nation's Capital to take some pictures of Our Nation's Capitol. </div><div><span><<a href="mailto:DSC_6906-Tom-Ted@Capitol.jpg">DSC_6906-Tom-Ted@Capitol.jpg</a>></span></div><div>Advice... don't go driving round the area with a cargo trailer. You definitely get attention! </div><div>And are watched as you go from place to place :)</div><div><br></div><div>If you don't have a tripod, the dual parking meters we found make a useful tripod proxy for shots like these, accomplished by sticking your lens between the meter heads and using it like a saddle. </div><div>Hold your breath and squeeze gently <g></div><div><span><DSC_6882.jpg></span></div><div><br></div><div>We did end up in Culpeper just fine.</div><div><br></div><div>People on the <b>AMIA/IASA tour</b> saw the film labs, Recorded Sound work spaces and a wide range of equipment the NAVCC uses to recover and transfer multiple forms of media to digital files.</div><div><br></div><div>On my previous trip to the NAVCC, my timing has been out of kilter with the schedule for film presentations in the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/avconservation/theater/">wonderfully equipped theater</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>We were fortunate, this time.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom and I enjoyed the opportunity to see a restored silent film—considered lost—until it was found in New Zealand archives. The film was Fox's 1927 John Ford picture, "<a href="http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2010/09/the-re-premiere-of-john-fords-upstream-the-new-zealand-project/"><b>Upstream</b></a>," one of 75 American films repatriated to the US from NZ. Click the word "Ustream" to see actual strips from the nitrate print the restoration was made from.</div><div><br></div><div><span><avcon_theater.jpg></span></div><div>The LOC presented the picture with live Wurlitzer Theatre Organ accompaniment on Monday, Nov. 8, just the third showing including the restoration's premiere last month in Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div>The organ rises from a lift in the center of the stage. </div><div><br></div><div>Here's a clip of Organist Andrew Simpson in a previous appearance, leading into the screening of Universal's 1928 Horror/Melodrama "The Man Who Laughs":</div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flwE-8Cs2gY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flwE-8Cs2gY</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://andrewesimpson.com/"><b>Simpson</b></a> did a marvelous—and ad-lib—job of creating a musical setting that complimented "Upstream", which was hand-tinted in sections. He told us after the film that he'd only seen the first ten minutes... and winged most of the show, composing as he went for 50 minutes.</div><div><br></div><div>If you're planning to be in the Culpeper area, check the schedule to see what else is going on at the theater.</div><div><a href="http://www.loc.gov/avconservation/theater/schedule.html">http://www.loc.gov/avconservation/theater/schedule.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>If you're in Washington, DC, the Library's Pickford Theater is hosting a number of interesting films this month, including a Beatles Film Fest:</div><div><a href="http://www.loc.gov/loc/events/#eventlist9">http://www.loc.gov/loc/events/#eventlist9</a></div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday, Tom took the train to sight-see in Washington, DC while I took care of some business in several places.</div><div><br></div><div>After Tom got back, we met up with James Snyder at one of his favorite places in Fredericksburg, <a href="http://www.thebritishpubs.com/">the Fredericksburg Pub </a> which has an extensive selection of beers... almost larger than the number of caps that have to be shotgunned in an AVR-2.</div><div><br></div><div>So, we drove back to Culpeper and soon were fast asleep. </div><div><br></div><div>At 2 a.m., this little bugger in the hotel room ceiling starts chirping every 15 seconds or so. Grrr. </div><div><span><DSC_6936.jpg></span></div><div><br></div><div>Call the manager. "Nobody here to fix it."</div><div><br></div><div>"Do you have a battery?" He brought one over, and after adjustments to the AC power connector dangling from the ceiling, we managed to have quiet by 3:30 a.m. Didn't get much sleep, though.</div><div><br></div><div>We did get a break on the room rate for the inconvenience. </div><div><br></div><div>Put Tom on the train in the morning. He took Amtrak to Union Station in Washington, DC, then the <a href="http://www.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=Acela&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=959&bih=747"><b>Acela Express</b></a>—First Class—to Philadelphia's 30th St. Station, and then the local light rail to the airport to catch a plane for home.</div><div><br></div><div>I headed north toward Philadelphia, and stopped to see clients. Saw more Quads—but didn't take pictures of them.</div><div><br></div><div>In College Park, MD, Tim Bono's <a href="http://www.bonofilm.com/"><b>Bonofilm</b></a> has a trio of AVR-2's—one working and two on-deck.</div><div><br></div><div>At <a href="http://www.colorlab.com/"><b>Colorlab</b></a> in Rockville, MD, owner <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px; ">Russ Suniewick has <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal; ">Charlie Brewer keeping an Merlin Ultrafurbed Ampex VR-2000 humming with Quad tape recovery<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">. The Merlinized machine is equipped with the NEC NTC10 digital TBC, among other wizardry. QuadList member Ken Zin's comment when I mentioned this to him tonight: "Oh, yeah! I sold him the machine!"</span></font></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">I'm orbiting in Princeton, NJ waiting for a <b><i>flashscanHD</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> to clear US Customs so I can install it and train its new owners at <a href="http://tailormadetransfers.com/"><b>Tailor-Made Transfers</b></a> in NE suburb of Feasterville.</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><br></span></div><div>Did go out and take some pix of the fall colors in Princeton, on Sunday.</div><div><div><br></div><div>There's a lot of color in the home of the <a href="http://www.goprincetontigers.com/"><b>Princeton Tigers</b></a>... seemingly color-coordinated with the flora.</div><div><span><DSC_6941.jpg></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Here's a pix I call "Red Leaf Monster attempts to be-head a column."</div><div><span><DSC_7046.jpg></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">I've got an invite to see the Quad Collection at <a href="http://www.georgeblood.com/">George Blood Audio</a> / <a href="http://www.safesoundarchive.com/">Safe Sound Archive</a>, and hope to shoot pix there.</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">NYC after that... and then homeward via Covington, KY and our QuadList member John Walko at <a href="http://www.scenesavers.com/"><b>SceneSavers</b></a>, Chicago, Columbia, MO and then California.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">Is there a Quad Videotape Group gathering somewhere along the way? Let me know.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><b>Mark your calendars for our next two Annual events:</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><b>Fourth Annual Quad Videotape Group Tuesday Lunch at NAB</b>:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">12:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 12, 2011</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">Location somewhere in or near Lower South Hall.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Fourth Annual Quad Videotape Group Dinner at AMIA</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><b>Tuesday, Nov. 15, Austin TX</b>. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">Time and location to be determined. Suggestions welcome.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">Two more sections to appear: Sections 2 and 3 with more about the Library of Congress Quad and other VTRs.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">And that's the EOT for now.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><b><br></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">Ted</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br></span></div></div></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Ted Langdell</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Secretary</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0018ea" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 24, 234); "></font></div></div></div></span> </div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying!<br>Send QuadList list posts to <a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br><a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com">http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a></blockquote></div><br><div>
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