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There are no pictures, so here's the seller's description:
On this 3" reel of Super-8mm color home-shot film is about 2 or 3 minutes of an October 1984 Reagan/Bush rally that took place in Hackensack, New Jersey. I tried like crazy to capture some digital images of this film, but my camera made that very unsuccessful. Therefore I will explain exactly what is on this film.
It starts off with some downtown Hackensack scenes of the crowd gathering. You can see Reagan signs all over, an American flag hanging from a tall building, and the flag-draped stage with gathering New Jersey dignitaries (none of whom I can identify.) Then there is a shot of Reagan's helicopter circling above. (I'm assuming Reagan is in the helicopter.)
Then you can see the dignitaries standing in a line on the stage as Reagan enters, shaking hands with everyone and then approaching the microphone and speaking (of course this is not a sound film so you can't hear what he is saying.) You can certainly tell that it is Reagan on the stage, but I don't want you to think that the cameraman zoomed in enough to see details of him. You can not see facial details and if you didn't know what Reagan looked like and how he carried himself, you might not know for sure that it is him. But having lived through 8 years of Reagan as President there is no doubt that it is him in all his historical glory.
Very cool footage!
There are no pictures, so here's the seller's description:
On this 3" reel of Super-8mm color home-shot film is about 2 or 3 minutes of an October 1984 Reagan/Bush rally that took place in Hackensack, New Jersey. I tried like crazy to capture some digital images of this film, but my camera made that very unsuccessful. Therefore I will explain exactly what is on this film.
It starts off with some downtown Hackensack scenes of the crowd gathering. You can see Reagan signs all over, an American flag hanging from a tall building, and the flag-draped stage with gathering New Jersey dignitaries (none of whom I can identify.) Then there is a shot of Reagan's helicopter circling above. (I'm assuming Reagan is in the helicopter.)
Then you can see the dignitaries standing in a line on the stage as Reagan enters, shaking hands with everyone and then approaching the microphone and speaking (of course this is not a sound film so you can't hear what he is saying.) You can certainly tell that it is Reagan on the stage, but I don't want you to think that the cameraman zoomed in enough to see details of him. You can not see facial details and if you didn't know what Reagan looked like and how he carried himself, you might not know for sure that it is him. But having lived through 8 years of Reagan as President there is no doubt that it is him in all his historical glory.
Very cool footage!