Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>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 ------------------------------- Don Wong (dwong@qualcomm.com) OmniTRACS Repair Service Center Bldg M, ext.82206 -------------------------------