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Certified Mail grindhouse era film to VHS transfer D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C.
D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C.
NOTICE: On May 25, 2020 the Internet Archive closed down my account. It was shut down for about a month. Only after numerous complaints did they restore 1,649 out of 1,666 collections. While they are to be commended for reversing their decision, it was only because I chanced upon someone that cared enough about the collection to restore it otherwise nothing would have been done. But I'm not going to bend your ear about all this. Let me just say this to you. If you find anything useful in my Archive...download it and put it on M-Disc or laser engraved synthetic quartz. For it could be gone in an instant. If it is digital and not on M-Disc or quartz...it is not archived. Update:2.2.2021: After trying the tape on a number of different VHS machines I was able to transcribe the full video. The new version transcription will replace the old version. I left up the earlier transcription to illustrate the problems associated with VHS tape preservation. Many of the video store owners would make dupe tapes of their adult videos as their tapes would wear out and / or they could rent out more tapes with dupe copies. As such, some of the material may be cut when they dupe the tape. In this version there is no end title. Previous description for the damaged version. Certified Mail is a rare, early pornographic 16mm film transferred to VHS video tape. It is notable as this was the era when 16mm grindhouse films were being replaced by VHS video. Unfortunately, most of the video tape was damaged. 23 minutes was salvaged from the estimated 60 minute film. The footage presented here was from the first 38 minutes of the film and required 31 cuts. There are sound dropouts, synch issues and additional screen blackouts that were left in to present as much of the material as possible in this extant video. In this videotape version of the film a bootleg version of the Beatles ' Please Mr. Postman' was used as the opening song which was removed for copyright issues on a later commercial DVD copy of the film. Note: If you have a slow computer or connection, film is best viewed as a download. Contributed to the Internet Archive in Honor of Ted 'Jazz Hound' Williams & Solomon D. Butcher Daniel D.Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D.Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D.Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D.Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D.Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D.Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
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