"One Man's Alaska" 16mm Film

[Timberline]

I was given a copy of this film (been wanting to see it forever). It was produced in 1977 by the National Park Service, about Dick Proenneke using his film. Most of you know that, so I won't waste time about it here. This is not "Alone in the Wilderness" or "The Frozen North." It looks in good shape, no vinegar smell, etc.

Anyway, I would like to have a copy on dvd and I know there are places that can convert 16mm to dvd, however, with this being copyrighted material, I don't want to go there.

Does anyone here have that capability?

My library has a projector that I'm picking up tomorrow, so at least I'll get to watch it a couple times anyway.

If anyone has any ideas about converting this I'd love to hear it. I do have
a little camcorder, but don't know how good the quality would be.

[Tobster]

You are borrowing a projector, do you have a video camera? Google the word, KINESCOPE and read up on the process. In the old days of television, before the invention of videotape, this was how programs were recorded. A camera was focused on a monitor and filmed. You can videotape the projected image. You may get a bar rolling across the screen as a result of 24 frames per second being recorded at 30 fps. If your camera has 24 scanning capability try it. Good luck.

[salmonslayer]

How excellent and what a great thing to have. Its so easy to slip into nostalgia watching his film and the narrator puts me into another place. Treasure it and I hope you figure out how to copy to DVD to preserve it.