Howdy, The Frisco made a PR spot about Train Radio. It is a color movie, circa 1956. The freight equipment depicted is black and yellow, and the passenger equipment is red and gold. The Frisco Museum published the movie in VHS. Since the Frisco museum is defunct, I am wondering if the movie is in the public domain or still property of the Frisco/BNSF/whatever it is now company. Anybody know? Best Regards, mike
There was a person on Ebay selling copies on DVD a few months ago. I bought a copy. I believe they were with the museum or model railroad club in Springfield.
As vice president of the Railroad Historical Museum in Springfield I would like to say that we are very much alive and have been around longer than the Frisco museum that is defunct. We have rights to the movie and have the original 16mm reel. We still have copys. Also would like to invite all to come and visit you will be pleased to see what we have on display. AND WE ARE FREE... I have enclosed a link. www.rrhistoricalmuseum.zoomshare.com
I wish a DVD could be made from that and the old Frisco safety film using today's equipment. I bought the one on ebay and it's awful (quality wise). The safety film had some beautiful steam scenes in it as it was made before the dizmal invasion (other than VO-1000s)
I have both of them on VHS. What would it cost to have them both put on a DVD? Could they improve the picture quality in the process? Ken
Transferring VHS to DVD does not improve the quality, but it does keep the existing quality........as in, not "losing a generation" which occurs when transferring VHS to VHS. I, too, have that VHS tape kicking around somewhere. The hotbox episode was a hoot.
The best way is to have someone like Herron transfer it from 16MM to DVD with remastering. I don't know who has the 16MM Safety film. Transferring from VHS to DVD doesn't get you much, but if you have a decent DVD, then it can be copied without losing quality.
Hello guys. The Railroad Historical Museum here in Springfield has the copy rights to the DVD. I have the original 16mm film and can. The conductor in the film working from Thayer to Memphis was my Grandfather, W.H. Jackson. The 16mm is really brittle but is in good shape considering the age. If anyone is in Springfield please come by the museum (it's free) and visit with us. We are also looking for volunteers to help at the museum. Bill Houser Here is the link to the museum. www.rrhistoricalmuseum.zoomshare.com
H everyone! I've just created a website for our new division of the NMRA in Oklahoma City. I'm starting to add some content. One of the items i would love to add is the Frisco train radio movie. Can anyone let me know if this would be OK without violating any copyright or making anyone mad? It's such a great movie it would make a great item to add to our website. Check out our new website www.okcnmra.org Thanks, Royce Brown WN5L
The "Copyright Police" might getcha! But who's going to whine about it? The Frisco Museum is kaput, the railroad has been gone nearly thirty years, the equipment nearly sixty and the photographer is likely dead??? Tom
I attempted to obtain the copyright from BNSF about four years ago and never received a response. US copyright law says you can do what you want with it as long as you don't make copies, lend or lease it. I have a copy and I wouldn't hesitate to post it. If there was a way to post it here I would. Maybe I will put it on you tube this weekend so anyone who hasn't seen it has a chance. The quality will be bad but it's the best we can do for now.
I put my VHS copy on DVD and it did improve the quality. I played on my Xbox into the TV via the HDMI inputs and it was noticeably better
