So Mike, how were you going to put these onto DVD? Please detail, either on-list or off because like I said I have one all digitized but still not positive how best to put it together (format, etc). -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Richter" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 1:44 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Slides and inconvenient media > Roger and Allison Kulp wrote: >> There are also some fun film strip records made for school use in the 60s.I have a cool one on >> The Solar System,by none other than Ken Nordine. > > Since there's a current thread here on the Met, it may be worth mentioning that they used to lend > filmstrips of opera to schools. A few years ago, they decided to clean them out and offered them > without charge. They replied to my note that they had rights only for use as filmstrips and that > they were giving them away only to teachers. > > While I did not qualify, I had managed to obtain a half dozen with the idea of CD-ROM slide shows > with recordings - not for distribution since rights would be unobtainable, but as a demonstration. > Unfortunately, the filmstrips had been mishandled so badly that I abandoned the project. > > Whether there are archival copies somewhere, I cannot guess. Since these were of productions > otherwise unrecorded visually, I hope they're protected - but I'm not prepared to make bets. > > Mike > -- > [log in to unmask] > http://www.mrichter.com/ >