Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/02

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Invention Leica segment
From: dwong@qualcomm.com (Donald Wong)
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 09:17:49 -0700

>Greetings,
>
>I also enjoyed the all-too-brief segment about the development of the Leica.
>I was most enthralled by the movie snippets taken at the factory showing lens
>grinding, etc. I wonder whether more of that kind of footage is available. It
>would make a great video for those of us who can't get enough of that nfity
>promotional stuff.
>
>When I used to own a Mini Cooper, I had a great video made by the British
>Motor Car Company that showed the assembly of the vehicles from scratch. It
>had some quaint period (1950s) narration and was fascinating.
>
>Does anyone know if the factory (or anyone else) has archival footage or old
>public relations-type films available?
>
>All Best,
>
>Corey Levenson
>Oakland CA



What I enjoyed the most was seeing someone actually operating the UR-Leica
(the circa 1913 Leica prototype), and the scenes of an M6 being assembled.
For those of you who missed it, this INVENTION episode will be shown again
tomorrow(Sat.) at 6:00PM on the Discovery Channel.

-Don


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