OK... This one is tough and I am stumped.... I have a faculty member looking for a copy of an old film, later released on video - in the 1990's - on the Drottningham Palace Theatre.
Here is the detail that I have... When I was an undergrad at the University of Washington I was involved with early music performance on original instruments (Baroque fiddle) and I remembered seeing a documentary film on the Drottningholm Palace Theatre directed by Gunnar Fischer (OCLC # 4280457 ). I was impressed because it documented the restored 18c stage machinery found in the theatre. I found an excerpt on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdRUdoKfPvo and in exploring WorldCat I found out that the film was reissued on videocassette sometime in the 90s (OCLC # 38447571). WorldCat description of the film: Gunnar Fischer 1970-1978? English Visual Material : Motion picture : Film 1 film reel (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm. Stockholm : Svensk filmindustri, WorldCat description of the video: 1990s, 1966 English version. English Visual Material : Videorecording : VHS tape 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Stockholm : Svensk Filmindustri : Swedish Institute [distributor], Surveys the history of the Drottninghom Court Theatre both as a monument of baroque architecture and as a working theatre. Shows scenes of its auditorium, stage and museum collections of theatrical paintings and costumes, as well as backstage vignettes of actors in the wings and dressing rooms preparing for a Royal Swedish Opera performance of Gluck's Iphigenia in Aulis.... About 9 US Libraries have it in either 16mm or VHS (according to WorldCat)... One of them Penn State, so I wonder if this was at one time in the PA State AV Services rental collection..... Any leads? Thanx. -deg -- deg farrelly, Full Librarian Mail Code 1006 Arizona State University P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287 Phone: 480.965.1403 Email: [email protected] VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
