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  1. Jack P

    The Universal Fire

    I don't think "M Squad" *ever* had any videotape transfers. The series to my knowledge never played in syndication or on cable outlets after the early 80s when Universal made their first set of tape masters. This is true of most of the other Timeless series where the titles in question...
  2. Jack P

    The Universal Fire

    The DVD and Blu-Ray for "Midway" does have some of the TV footage as a bonus supplement. They included the new subplot with Susan Sullivan as Charlton Heston's girlfriend, but not the more extensive Battle of Coral Sea segment. "Airport '77s' bonus footage I'm pretty sure was shot at the...
  3. Jack P

    The Universal Fire

    I did hear a report just after the fire took place that one casualty was the syndicated 1974-75 "game" show (but more a comedy talent show), "Don Adams Screen Test." but UCLA TV Archive has another set of that. (The pilot episode of that with James Caan, which he actually refers to in the...
  4. Jack P

    The Universal Fire

    Why Universal's in-house costs for transfer work has to be so high as to be cost prohibitive in contrast to how CBS/Paramount has done a *lot* of recent remastering of their titles is one mystery of life we'll never be able to figure out. I can't imagine that CBS is plunking down the exact same...
  5. Jack P

    The Universal Fire

    It was a big story at the time because this was a fire that destroyed part of their backlot (including I believe a "Back To The Future" set) and the facility that had tape transfers of TV shows. The 35mm elements are stored in a different facility but what this meant was that in order for...
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