CED VideoDisc and Player Discussion

CEDatum · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:41 am Post subject: BLACKHAWK FILMS - CED TITLES.

Blackhawk Films marketed and sold old movies and documentaries on 8mm, Super 8 and 16 mm film. In the early 1980's they wanted to move into video formats and chose CED and Betamax.
The initial agreement with RCA was for 7 CED titles: Lowell Thomas Remembers, On top of old smokey, The last of the Pony Riders, Birth of a Nation, Slapstick, Nanook of the North and Phantom of the Opera.
Program numbers were assigned to each title. We beleive that 5 of the titles were mastered. Caddy artwork was prepared for 3 titles and the caddy labels were printed. A small production run was made of the discs. Samples were distributed to RCA management and to Blackhawk Films.
The final contract between Blackhawk Films and RCA was never signed.
The Blackhawk Films CED titles were never sold.
Go to website: www.cedatum.com . Select the CED notebook page to see pictures of the actual videodiscs.

blindfury420 · Joined: 26 Jan 2011 Posts: 1036

So awesome! I remember you mentioning these and I thought it was one movie named black hawk hahah. I am glad I know what they look like now! How did you get those pictures?
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blindfury420 · Joined: 26 Jan 2011 Posts: 1036

I knew I had seen the words birth of a nation! I went and checked again, low and behold......

it had no cover art but who cares haha!

I can't find it yet but i'm supposed to have a title called suspicion! vaporware? its not on vaporware list though

here is a quick vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLDKBT7jTVo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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SelectaVision420 · Joined: 25 Mar 2012 Posts: 1204 Location: Hartford

SO COOL!!!!!
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blindfury420 · Joined: 26 Jan 2011 Posts: 1036

It's got a huge amount of racist undertones haha and soooo many white people in black face its a joke.
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SelectaVision420 · Joined: 25 Mar 2012 Posts: 1204 Location: Hartford

one day i hope i can be that cool Cool

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Beetlescott · Joined: 03 Oct 2010 Posts: 2085

What a great find Ryan!!!!!! talk about rare!!!

Beetlescott · Joined: 03 Oct 2010 Posts: 2085

Ryan, is that a Vapor Ware disc you are playing?

blindfury420 · Joined: 26 Jan 2011 Posts: 1036

Here is the vaporware list!

http://www.cedmagic.com/home/wantlist.html

I've talked about this with cedatum, they are unreleased like vaporware but not on the list tom has compiled. But I would classify them as vaporware too!

Thanks to tom I now know what suspicion looks like and I have seen the caddy before but its in there somewhere!!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cedmagic/7010258375/in/photostream/lightbox/

Suspicion CED VaporWare Cover Art by ced_tom, on Flickr
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Beetlescott · Joined: 03 Oct 2010 Posts: 2085

I wonder if the Star Trek The Motion Picture (Stereo version) could be in the Vaporware list.

blindfury420 · Joined: 26 Jan 2011 Posts: 1036

Beetlescott · Joined: 03 Oct 2010 Posts: 2085

No, but it is shown on the Stereo Preview disc. one of those twin blondes is holding it and I believe she lays it on a shelf beside the CED player.