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Post by douglaswulf on Mar 15, 2007 23:26:26 GMT
So I take it that you have seen these signed affidavits of destruction for various episodes? Are any of the people who signed these documents still alive perhaps? I wonder if it would be feasible to look their names up in a current telephone directory, or perhaps their surviving relatives? Doug The affadavits, no, I haven't seen them, and I thinkit highly unlikely they haven't been thrown way by now (7 year statutes of limitations notwithstanding). But yes, I have been in contact with a number of ex-NZBC employees who were involved in the movement, handling and destruction of the films. And also with the man who was in charge of the film stores at the time The Lion was junked, but he couldn't shed anymore light upon what we already knew. Jon Jon: Well, very good of you to investigate in this way. Everything is a long shot, of course, but talking to former employees is indeed a strategy that could produce results. It's just that we don't know which part-time janitor might have been that one person who took a film print or two home. My wife worked at an advertising agency in Seattle and one day they tossed out a bunch of film prints of television commercials. My wife fished two of them out of the trash and they are now in our closet. I assume they are worthless, but I really don't know. In any case, people sometimes do take discarded items home from the workplace, as we know happened with Francis Watson at the BBC and the episode of Masterplan. Doug
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Post by inyotef on Mar 15, 2007 23:37:28 GMT
It is truly amazing the good stuff that is thrown away by its owners. I never cease to be surprised by it!
A year ago, I moved into a new unit, which was a lot smaller than the big spaces I had been used to. As I have mega books & videos & films, storage was an immediate problem. My contractor friend whom I mentioned earlier (who rescued all the old books from the tip) kindly stepped in to help by supplying me with filing cabinets, shelving, and containers that had been tossed (mostly in PERFECT order, apart from minor paintwork irritation!) so I now have all my walls covered in highrise shelves, and everything fits in fine.
This is stuff that would have been crushed by the bulldozers otherwise, and I would have had to pay hugely to achieve the same result. Money that can now be spent on movies and books.
So my advice to all: see if you can cultivate a friend who works at the tip. Or better -- a guy who delivers the good stuff there!
And Douglas: yes, those TV commercials are probably desirable items. I suggest offer them on Ebay (though you should first view them and try to date them.)
Bruce.
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Post by douglaswulf on Mar 16, 2007 20:24:53 GMT
My lost and found ad at Auckland Craig's List expired a couple of days ago, so I posted a new one at the Wellington Craig's List in the lost and found section. wellington.craigslist.org/laf/The odds that it will produce results are virtually nill, but it's free to post there, so there's no harm in trying. This ad is much more specific than my last one and incorporates what I have learned from Jon and others. I wish I had this sort of detailed information for other countries also. Doug
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