Re-Iter8 Film Archive
Re-Iter8 Film Archive
What happens to obsolete stuff?
That was a conundrum I faced whilst entering the 21st century. As a photographer and 8mm film-making enthusiast, it was starkly apparent by 2020 that nobody immersed in the digital age would be interested in my several thousand ‘feet’ of shaky, fading, splice-ridden 8mm footage.
I set to work dusting off and digitising my old films (I’d personally not seen them for years) with my new and surprisingly easy-to-use digitiser. Through trial and error, and digitised one frame at a time, the films slowly took on a new life in a new medium. The digitising, editing and addition of select royalty-free musical soundtracks made my now quite interesting archival films more viewable than they had ever been ...
Postscript: Having digitised and published my 8mm films, I have since edited and published video footage too.
Jeff Catchlove
March 2025
54. CockleTrain - beautiful steam locomotive travelling along the South Australian coastline.
130. Royal Observatory, Greenwich, UK & 'CuttySark' - 2004
129. Boxing - Maloney's Fight Club 2004
128. Bastille Market - Paris, France 2004
127. Ha Long Bay 2009 - Vietnam Part 2
126. Hanoi Old Town 2009 - Vietnam Part 1
125. Turkey 2008 - a cameo of contrasts.
124. Gallipoli, Turkey 2008
123. Troy, Turkey 2008
122. Ephesus, Turkey 2008
121. Prominent Pergamon, Turkey 2008
120. Aphrodisias, Turkey 2008
119. Cotton Castles - Pamukkale, Turkey 2008
118. Turkey - Antalya on the Turquoise Coast 2008
117. Archaeology over Lunch - amazing Roman ruins at Aspendos and Perge.
116. Cappadocia Dancing 2008 - entertainment in an underground restaurant.
115. Cappadocia in ancient, remarkable Turkey 2008 - Love Valley and beyond.
114. Ankara, Turkey 2008 - Anatolian Museum, Ataturk's tomb, Rumi's tomb in Konya.
113. Istanbul 2008 - Journey from Istanbul to Gordion's Midas Tomb.
112. Istanbul 2008 - Taksim Day & Night
111. Istanbul - three sites by Golden Horn 2008.
110. Istanbul - Sultanahmet - three historical Sites 2008
109. Istanbul - the Bosphorus 2008
108. Istanbul - Golden Horn and Galata Bridge 2008
106. Prague Jewish Quarter - 2010
105. Prague City 2010 - Central Europe
104. Cesky Krumlov, 2010 - a medieval marvel in Czech Republic.
103. Nuremberg, Germany - Danube River 2010
102. Regensburg, Germany - River Danube 2010
99. Danube Cruise - Budapest To Nuremburg 2010