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Lyres_Mighty Idy, Boston Film & Video Foundation, Boston, 1979

November 24, 2019 - Flashpoint Events

Here you go…we’ve got a new Lyres video from the BFVF show in 1979. This is a first time viewing, as it has been sitting in the can for 40 years. Why leave it lonely and blue in the can? I didn’t want to but the 3/4″ video tape cartridge was damaged and and it couldn’t be played back on any machines. I decided to try and transfer the tape to a working cartridge, which in most cases is a bad idea when I’m the guy trying to do it. I found a good one that did play back and had useless information on it. I removed the tape while carefully examining the layout inside….took a couple of pictures for reference…and loaded the BFVF tape onto the good cartridge. Dropped it into the playback deck, crossed my fingers, and BOOM it played back! I digitized all the analog footage and was able to put this clip of “Mighty Idy” together….ENJOY!

***NOTE*** if you want to play it full screen click the kinodv logo in the bottom right…its covering the full screen icon.

2 thoughts on “Lyres_Mighty Idy, Boston Film & Video Foundation, Boston, 1979

Sam Berger

Fantastic! Thanks Jan!

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    JCrocker

    Glad I was able to save this and share it. I was shocked the oxide didn’t flake off the tape when I played it.

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