Qui-Gon John
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Actually though, this thread should be in the "SD-DVD TV Shows & TV Movies" sub-forum. Hopefully a Moderator will move it.
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Actually though, this thread should be in the "SD-DVD TV Shows & TV Movies" sub-forum. Hopefully a Moderator will move it.
The museum has kinescopes. I have found no evidence that the 2-inch tapes still exist.Originally Posted by chas speed /forum/thread/138394/i-would-love-to-see-way-out-1961-tv-series-on-dvd#post_3571960
I was wondering has anybody seen an episode from the museum? Are they kinescope or film?
There are no original master tapes existing anywhere. CBS has kinescopes of the 14 episodes. A fan named Gary Joseph paid thousands of dollars to "sponsor" the show for the Paley Center, to get transfers made of the kinescopes. Thanks to him, the Paley Center is the only place in the world where the complete run of the show can be viewed by the public. The original 2-inch tapes do not still exist. Tape transfers of the episodes from the kinescopes reside at the Paley Center while CBS retains the kinescopes. Susskind's archival prints, also kinescopes, of Way Out as well as much of his other television work, was donated to the University of Wisconsin.Originally Posted by thegalaxybeing /forum/thread/138394/i-would-love-to-see-way-out-1961-tv-series-on-dvd#post_3618234
Way out was never "filmed". It was "taped' the same way that 6 season two Twilight Zones were taped (Static, Lateness of the Hour, Night of the Meek, The Whole Truth, Twenty Two & Long Distance Call).
The original Way Out tapes were donated to the Museum of broadcasting (Now Paley Media Center) by David Susskind. That means their videos should look pretty clean, but they are tape and wont be quite as crisp as film. More like the soaps of the 50's and 60's might look. I have never seen them, but based on what I know, this would be the case.
I understand CBS may also have 3 episodes, but I'm not positive on that. As I said before, I have to wonder that even if anyone influential DOES want to release Way Out, how much trouble would they have prying the tapes from Paley Media Center. I get the impression that once they have a copy of something, it is locked within their walls and only those visiting the center will ever see them. I hope my impression is wrong. I tried to make some inquiries with them but they never responded.
That's a good question. I don't really know but having looked at them I would say they aren't good enough quality to be 35mm. Besides, I don't know if there is such a thing as a 35mm kine. It would be nice if the 2-inch tapes did still exist somewhere. It's been a few years since I viewed these shows but I remember one of the kines being in pretty bad shape. And it was on one of the better episodes as I recall.Originally Posted by DeWilson /forum/thread/138394/i-would-love-to-see-way-out-1961-tv-series-on-dvd/30#post_3618353
Were the master kinescopes from WAY OUT done in 16mm or 35mm?
Yes there is - "Space Patrol" and "Time Out for Beany" were both kined in 35mmOriginally Posted by Neil Brock /forum/thread/138394/i-would-love-to-see-way-out-1961-tv-series-on-dvd/30#post_3618438
.....Besides, I don't know if there is such a thing as a 35mm kine....