IT’S AMAZING what you can pick up on eBay for a pittance, as Morace Park discovered to his delight recently.
For Park, an antiques dealer and inventor, has wowed the movie community by stumbling upon a previously unknown, uncatalogued film starring the silent era’s king of comedy, Charlie Chaplin.
He bought the film for £3.20, not knowing [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘History’
November 8, 2009
What A Bargain! Lost Chaplin Short Bought On Ebay
July 26, 2009
New Insights Into Life Of Composer Thanks To Film Discovery
NEW insights into the life of one of Britain’s greatest composers have come to light with the discovery of reels of film intended for a documentary that was never finished.
The colour film reels, dating back to the 1970s, contain unique interviews with family, friends and acquaintances of composer Gustav Holst (1874 – 1934), best-known for [...]
July 17, 2009
NASA Over The Moon With Hollywood Enhancement
The original high resolution Moon landing tapes might still be missing, believed wiped, but NASA has unveiled the next best thing to getting them back.
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission, the space agency has released an enhanced version of the television footage featuring Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin taking one [...]
March 25, 2009
Historic Footage of Sir Edmund Hillary Found Just In Time
Rare footage of mountaineer and explorer Sir Edmund Hillary ready to embark on his historic expedition to Antarctica has been saved from oblivion after being found in a loft.
The black and white 16mm film was discovered in February in the loft of CB Norwood, a farm machinery company in Palmerston North, North Island, New Zealand, [...]
