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Hi,
Don't know if anyone else has seen this, but the BBC have recently posted a really interesting feature showing historic films, photos and recordings of Afghanistan shot by an American working there in the 1950's.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28660217
It really shows how Afghanistan was once a country that looked to the future, and was not blighted by war. It's sad though that all that ended in a day effectively in 1978 when the King was abroad and his cousin disposed him, which started the downhill slide to today. The same could probably be said for Iran and Iraq though as both those countries were once in the same situation.
BTW, in case anyone is wondering why the sprocket holes are showing in the 16mm films, it's because in those days 16mm film was double perforated and designed to shoot in an about 1.33:1 ratio, but in recent years "Super 16" has become more popular. Basically it's only single perforated, and has an enlarged gate to shoot in a wider about 1.67:1 ratio which is easily cropped to 1.78:1 (16:9); the films shown have been simply telecined as Super 16 so the sprocket holes show.
Sam.
Don't know if anyone else has seen this, but the BBC have recently posted a really interesting feature showing historic films, photos and recordings of Afghanistan shot by an American working there in the 1950's.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28660217
It really shows how Afghanistan was once a country that looked to the future, and was not blighted by war. It's sad though that all that ended in a day effectively in 1978 when the King was abroad and his cousin disposed him, which started the downhill slide to today. The same could probably be said for Iran and Iraq though as both those countries were once in the same situation.
BTW, in case anyone is wondering why the sprocket holes are showing in the 16mm films, it's because in those days 16mm film was double perforated and designed to shoot in an about 1.33:1 ratio, but in recent years "Super 16" has become more popular. Basically it's only single perforated, and has an enlarged gate to shoot in a wider about 1.67:1 ratio which is easily cropped to 1.78:1 (16:9); the films shown have been simply telecined as Super 16 so the sprocket holes show.
Sam.
