Working with Old Video

[jc3175]

I am working on a historic video and have been lucky enough to receive videos from the 1930s to today. Because they are so different, I know I will need different sequences? How can I edit them together well? Any advice on how to tackle this project?

[Richard M Knight]

What format is the video in, there were no video recorders in the 1930s.

[jc3175]

There are lots of historic video footage from the 1930s. Do you mean that personal video recorders weren't available until later?

Example One:

Example Two:

[Richard M Knight]

There were no commercial video recorders of any sort until the mid 50s so any earlier footage must have been shot on film and transferred to video later.

[jc3175]

Correct. This is all film that has been transferred to video by an archivist.

[Peru Bob]

Please use the free MediaInfo and post a screenshot the properties of your media in tree view:

  MediaInfo

[jc3175]

I am not able to download new software on this computer.

[Peru Bob]

jc3175  wrote

I am not able to download new software on this computer.

Can you put a sample clip on another computer with MediaInfo on it?

What is the file extension of the video?

Do you know the codec?

Can you get this information from the archivist or find out what software and hardware was used to digitize it?