Ged Jones
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The Early Years #2
Read more: The Early Years #2A look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers, or obtain 16mm for our library. Contracts & Rights Chapter 2 Another old contact of Derek’s, and one I never had the pleasure to meet, was Tom Blakeley. At sometime in the late 60s or…
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The Early Years #1
Read more: The Early Years #1This is the first of a series of posts that will look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers, or obtain 16mm for our library. Contracts & Rights Chapter 1 But let’s start in the mid 60s, 10 or so years before I entered…
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Collector’s Corner – Humberto Martinez
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Read more: Collector’s Corner – Humberto MartinezIf you have a story to tell send it to my personal messenger, and a photo or two would be nice. This chapter written by a resident of sunny Florida Humberto Martinez Ged, it all started when my Dad gave me an 8mm silent projector when I was 8 years old still living in Cuba…
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Collector’s Corner – Joachim Schmidt
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Read more: Collector’s Corner – Joachim SchmidtIf you have a story to tell send it to my email, and a photo or two would be nice. This chapter written by a new friend from Germany, who I had the pleasure of meeting at the 2023 Blackpool convention. Joachim Schmidt Ged asked me to write here about my experience with Derann Film…
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Collector’s Corner – Jeff Kinzie
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Read more: Collector’s Corner – Jeff KinzieIf you have a story to tell send it to my email, and a photo or two would be nice. This chapter written by Canadian Jeff Kinzie. Short but at least he was good enough to supply an entry. I could not find super 8 anywhere during 1989. So, I heard from a New York…
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Collector’s Corner – Andy Allard
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Read more: Collector’s Corner – Andy AllardIf you have a story to tell then send it to my personal messenger, and a photo or two would be nice. This chapter written by Andy Allard who readily admits that it was mainly video cassettes that was his interest. His tale comes in two parts. Video collecting in the 1980s I’d been fully…
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Collector’s Corner – Ian Rough
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Read more: Collector’s Corner – Ian RoughIf you have a story to tell then send it to my email, and a photo or two would be nice. This chapter is written by Ian Rough, another regular Derann customer and someone who worked in the film industry for many years before retiring to France. I first starting collecting standard 8m/m films when…
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Collector’s Corner – Graham Smith
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Read more: Collector’s Corner – Graham SmithIf you have a story to tell then send it to my email, and a photo or two would be nice. This chapter is written by a regular Derann customer and one that I always had the pleasure to deal with. Graham isn’t a member but we keep in touch on the phone. [He was…
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Collector’s Corner – Ian Bacon
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Read more: Collector’s Corner – Ian BaconIf you have a story to tell then send it to my email, and a photo or two would be nice. This chapter is written by a regular Derann customer and one that I always had the pleasure to deal with. Ian Bacon It was about 1978 when my local Cinema closed that I decided…
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Collector’s Corner – John (Johnny) Thompson
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Read more: Collector’s Corner – John (Johnny) Thompson[If you have a story to tell then send it to my email, and a photo or two would be nice. This chapter is written by the wife of a gentleman who was part of the Derann story from an early age and is still fondly remembered by all who met him. John (Johnny) Thompson.…