Founder Derek Simmonds

Derann Vaults

Ged Jones

  • Introduction

    Introduction

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    Ged Jones

    I’m so pleased (and proud), to welcome you to the Derann Vaults website! Following the loss of my  Facebook group of the same name I was very lucky to receive the offer of a website from good friend and ally Eivind Mork. So here after many months of hard work from Eivind and limited input…

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  • 42nd Street – Part 2

    42nd Street – Part 2

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    Ged Jones

    With the line “you’re going out a youngster but you’ve got to come back a star!” being remembered to this day, this film was the beginning of a series of movie musical extravaganzas that has never been equaled. This was the very first film from our highly successful UA deal that was edited and hit…

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  • G.T.O. Films Ltd

    G.T.O. Films Ltd

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    Ged Jones

    A look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 35 G.T.O. Films Ltd and Arcade Records had been founded by Laurence Myers in the early 1970s. I have no memory of where their offices were located, but an appointment was…

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  • Smaller Dealers

    Smaller Dealers

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    Ged Jones

    Just a few of the many smaller dealers, libraries and accessory Manufacturers

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  • Collector’s Corner – Gary Brocklehurst

    Collector’s Corner – Gary Brocklehurst

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    Ged Jones

    If you have a story to tell then send it to my email, and a photo or two would be nice. The next two chapters are written by Derann’s own Export Manager Gary Brocklehurst. Gary began his time at Derann just twelve months after my arrival and like myself worked there until its closure. His…

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  • Jef Films

    Jef Films

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    Ged Jones

    As with the U.K. dealers there was numerous distributors in Europe and the U.S. This was a name that was popular with many UK collectors and regularly advertised in the UK magazines. Well known for their unlicensed Disney releases, releases  that I believe proved to be their undoing.

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  • The Widescreen Centre

    The Widescreen Centre

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    Ged Jones

    Run by husband and wife Tony and Beryl Shapps from their Marylebone premises, these two single-handedly put the word CinemaScope on the lips of collectors. Equipment and films and the organisers of the highly successful Widex conventions.

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  • Secombe

    Secombe

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    Ged Jones

    Many will recognise this regular advertiser in many popular magazines of the time. He offered a ready made range of titles and other products that his customers could use on their finished films. He would also produce bespoke material and Derann used him regularly, we would supply the wording and he would come back with…

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  • Lee’s Cameras

    Lee’s Cameras

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    Ged Jones

    Although Lee’s Cameras was well known to Derann and many of our customers would speak of their dealings with them (all good I should add), this is another dealer I haven’t been able to gather any information on…. so their adverts must once again do the talking. However as you’re able to see they were…

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  • Filmtek

    Filmtek

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    Ged Jones

    Keith Wilton is probably best known for being the organizer of the British Film Collectors Conventions but he also operated a film and video business by the name of Filmtek. This was established around 1981 after Keith took early retirement from his job as a BBC film editor although very soon after retiring he was…

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