footage shared amongst films

[Bernardo]

The footage of the opening night barrage from the Battle of El Alamein has been frequently used.

[alan french]

Hi.

There was a big row over this some years ago, when a film called Dual was shown on a regional commercial station. At a not-so-later date, complaints come in, when an episode of The Incredible Hulk was broadcast, which featured extracts from Dual.



This subject is given a humorous treatment however, in an episode of Hancock's Half Hour, in which Sid James and Hancock become baby sitters, and turn a television set on. Sid is taking the programme seriously, and Hancock comes out with comments to spoil Sid's enjoyment. This includes the subject of stock shots.



I suppose it is an economic way of making films, but whether the film public see it that way is another matter.



Alan French.

[batman]

All the battle scenes in the Richard Burton clunker Raid on Rommel are nicked from Tobruk. To redress the balance, footage from the Burton film The Fifth Offensive is re-used in the DTV classic Bridge to Hell.

[batman]

name='alan french']

There was a big row over this some years ago, when a film called Dual was shown on a regional commercial station. At a not-so-later date, complaints come in, when an episode of The Incredible Hulk was broadcast, which featured extracts from Dual.

It was Steven Spielberg's Duel that was edited into the Hulk story. Duel was a TV film made for Universal who also produced the Hulk. It was common practice for expensive scenes to re-used in this way in the 70s. Spielberg had no control over the use of the footage.



A similar thing happened with the series Harry O and Star Trek. The original pilots were unaired so scenes from them were cut into later episodes.

[Lord Brett]

name='batman']It was Steven Spielberg's Duel that was edited into the Hulk story. Duel was a TV film made for Universal who also produced the Hulk. It was common practice for expensive scenes to re-used in this way in the 70s. Spielberg had no control over the use of the footage.



A similar thing happened with the series Harry O and Star Trek. The original pilots were unaired so scenes from them were cut into later episodes.

I rememer the Duel/Hulk case well, as I think Universal failed to realise how well known Duel was at the time - absolutely everyone noticed the re-used footage!



The Harry O case was an odd one, as the show's original pilot movie, Such Dust as Dreams are Made On, had been widely seen, but they still re-used much of it for a later episode, which was itself very highly thought of by fans.

[batman]

name='Lord Brett']

The Harry O case was an odd one, as the show's original pilot movie, Such Dust as Dreams are Made On, had been widely seen, but they still re-used much of it for a later episode, which was itself very highly thought of by fans.

I believe that a truncated version of Such Dust.... (minus the scenes used later) was broadcast in an edited form (60m) prior to the second pilot and the complete film (73m) wasn't broadcast until later. It is certainly one of the best TV pilots ever made.