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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>G'day</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>For those of you interested in the restoration of
videotapes or in this case missing videotapes this site explains how some
twenty years ago the BBC restored missing Doctor Who episodes by using the
monochrome video from 625 originated kines and the chrominance from 525
NTSC U-matics.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://www.restoration-team.co.uk/">http://www.restoration-team.co.uk/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It would be a lot easier today, but still a
challenge.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Chris Patten</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sydney</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ted@quadvideotapegroup.com
href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">Ted Langdell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com
href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">Quad List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 28, 2011 7:40
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [QuadList] Fred Astaire
Color Videotape-Background-Part 1 ofSeveral</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi, Scott,
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>There are some DVDs offered that were struck from Kinescopes. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>There are a number of clips from Videotape on YouTube... likely from
restored versions that were shown on the Disney Channel in 1988.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>I'm not aware of anything from videotape legally available on
DVD.</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>The restoration of "An Evening with Fred Astaire" from Quad to D-2 was
undertaken in 1988, and resulted in an Emmy award for the participants.</DIV>
<DIV><IMG src="cid:9922A4ECAA4A4B51BDBBCF5F03F3C639@your9e8503f508" width=644
height=470 apple-height="yes" apple-width="yes"></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"><I><B>The stills-from-video shown here are from a
KTLA TV news video report about the restoration project.</B></I></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>KTLA engineer Don Kent handled the actual transfers and recalls:</DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Helvetica><I>"The Astaire masters were found by a
former employee of the UCLA Archive who was then working for
Universal. </I></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"
class=Apple-style-span><I>He found them in their tape library. They
didn't even know they had them. They were there because Astaire had a
distribution deal with them, but primarily (I think) because of his
movies.</I></SPAN></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><I></I> </P>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Helvetica><I>When Astaire died, Universal sold the
"restored" shows to Disney. They hadn't even been done
yet!</I></FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><I></I> </P>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Helvetica><I>The restored D-2 is owned by
Universal and is there now. The original quads are in the UCLA Film and
Television Archive in Hollywood."</I></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><IMG src="cid:94772C893EEE41B983375BA4BAA78824@your9e8503f508" width=644
height=427 apple-height="yes" apple-width="yes"></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>The "heavy lifting" was undertaken by Don Kent who transferred the tapes
on this KTLA AVR-1 and by QuadList member Ed Reitan, standing over the AVR-1's
left-hand circuit-card drawer.</DIV>
<DIV><IMG src="cid:8BD4153613C246A2BAE4D0CB30B85EA1@your9e8503f508" width=644
height=427 apple-height="yes" apple-width="yes"></DIV>
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<DIV>Reitan researched the RCA Labs hetrodyne color system used at NBC
Burbank, designed and made circuit modifications to 10 AVR-1 boards that
enabled recovery of the program.</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><IMG src="cid:D1CDAFB652A04ADC9DBD9019CEBDCA28@your9e8503f508" width=644
height=470 apple-height="yes" apple-width="yes"></DIV>
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<DIV>Kent recalls:</DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 16px 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=4 face=Helvetica><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"
class=Apple-style-span><I>"The AVR-1’s DOC was used. The takeoff was at
the input to the AVR-1 TBC. Ampex labeled it “Demod”, as the signal
hadn’t been timebase corrected at that point. That was what we used to
feed the N.E.C. and then </I></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4
face=Helvetica><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"
class=Apple-style-span><I>it’</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=4 face=Helvetica><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"
class=Apple-style-span><I>s output went directly to the D-2
machine."</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 16px 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=4 face=Helvetica><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"
class=Apple-style-span><I><BR></I></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 16px 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=4 face=Helvetica><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"
class=Apple-style-span>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><I>The "N.E.C." was an NEC NTC 10 Timebase
corrector supplied by QuadList member Ken Zin and Merlin Engineering Works in
Palo Alto. That TBC could handle the Quad's head switching.</I></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium">The stills-from-video shown here are from a
KTLA TV news video report about the restoration project.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium">Look for more parts as I have time to pull
quotes from e-mails Don Kent and I exchanged. Like a lot of projects,
this one began with something personal to Kent.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium">This series of posts will eventually become a
section of the QuadVideoTape.com website.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium">I'd finish the job in one pass, but I'm off to
clear out what's left in my 10 x 20 storage H47 and put it into my 10 x 40
storage H-73 before the end of the day so I don't owe another month's
rent!</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium">Some items may become available.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium">Enjoy your Sunday! </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium">Ted</DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" class=Apple-style-span>Ted
Langdell</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=Apple-style-span>Secretary</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=Apple-style-span>Skype: <SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"
class=Apple-tab-span> </SPAN>TedLangdell</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=Apple-style-span>e-mail:<SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"
class=Apple-tab-span> </SPAN><A
href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV>
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