Another Question for Viet Nam vets re: Kerry filming himself

[Mixxster]

She's at it again. Now it's, "Who had a camera with sound in Viet Nam"? I know I should just ignore her but this is a local forum, in a pretty conservative area, and I don't want her to continue to post this garbage without rebuttal. Although some of us have told her that vets did have movie cameras (although now she's changed it to cameras with sound), no one has spoken from experience.

If you have first hand knowledge and feel like stopping by to post your experiences, here is the addy:
http://talkback.lancasteronline.com/index.php?showtopic=11471&st=60&#entry52963

For those of you who are confused, see my original thread on this topic at: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=628246

[atreides1]

1. Vets Took Pictures and made Movies

My step father used to take Polaroids of himself and the other guys in his platoon, and one of the guys did happen to have a movie camera.

I don't know if it had sound or not, my stepfather never said.

[xray s]

2. I think this would be a more interesting subject...

...there were a whole lot of cameras in Alabama when Bush "served" in the National Guard.

Here's Bush. The hot shot kid from a powerful political Texas family, and NO ONE ever takes a picture with this guy at the base?

[Mixxster]

3. Good point. n/t

[Sporadicus]

4. Please Go There and Post This for Her

Eastman Kodak Super 8, 1965
Regular 8, or double 8, introduced in 1932, lasted nearly thirty years before serious consideration was given to improving it. The principal impetus for change came from those people who wanted to see the gauge become a bigger factor in the commercial, industrial and educational markets. For these markets, sound-on-film was a must, and the regular 8 format did not have enough room for an adequate sound stripe. Furthermore, many felt that the nuisance of having to stop after 25 feet, open the camera, and re-thread the film discouraged a lot of people from active use of the format.

So after several years of work and experimentation, in June 1965, Eastman
Kodak unveiled a brand new film format, faster film, a nifty new cartridge, and new cameras and projectors. First, the film perforations were much smaller, giving a nearly 50% bigger image area, and leaving room for a sound stripe and balance stripe, if desired. On top of that, the film cartridge slipped nicely into the camera, and told the camera exposure system what kind of film was inside!

http://www.oldfilm.org/nhfWeb/ed/essays/Kattelle_Film_Gauges.htm

She has been babbling that Super 8 cameras with sound weren't available in 1968. I don't want to take the time to create an account, since it doesn't look like a forum I would want to revisit. It's probably a waste of time, since it looks like she changes the topic frequently when she gets cornered.

[Mixxster]

5. "It's probably a waste of time...

... since it looks like she changes the topic frequently when she gets cornered.

You nailed her M.O. in no time.

Thanks for the info.

[Piperay]

6. My father in WWII

came back with photos, they were stills (cause a movie camera at that time would've been impossible to take) but he has dozen and dozens of them awhole box full.