Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 12:09:15 -0400 From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> To: <wsfalist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Aussiecon video tapes (1975) Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Some fannish history now available . . . mjw --- Mark Loney <loney at alphalink.com.au <http://uk.f250.mail.yahoo.com/ym/C= ompose?To=loney at alphalink.com.au&YY=28970&order=down&sort=date&pos= =0>> wrote: > > Aussiecon video tapes (1975) > > On behalf of the Australian Science Fiction > Foundation > (http://www.vicnet.net.au/~asff/ <http://www.vicnet.net.au/%7Easff/>), I = am pleased to > announce that the > video recordings of program items made at Aussiecon > in 1975 are being > transferred to a modern recording format in order to > make them available > to modern fandom and to ensure their preservation > for future fandom. 43 > reel to reel video tapes were made at Aussiecon, > including 40 thirty > minute tapes and 3 sixty minute tapes. > > The transfer of the tapes from the original 1975 > format also provides an > opportunity for anyone interested in obtaining their > own copy of the > Aussiecon video tapes. Copies can be provided in > either VHS or DVD > formats. At this stage, indicative pricing for a > complete set of tapes > in either format is AUD$250 not including postage. > The copies should be > available by the middle of the year. > > Requests for copies of individual tapes cannot be accommodated at this > time (although it may be feasible to provide copies > of individual tapes > once an index of the tapes is created). > > If you are interested in obtaining a complete set of > the Aussiecon video > tapes, please let me know by the end of April. > Final pricing > information should be available by that time and > confirmation will be > sought before any orders are placed. > > For more information about Aussiecon, the first > World Science Fiction > Convention held in Australia, see > http://fanac.org/worldcon/AussieCon/w75-p00.html. > > Anti-Fan Films (1972 & 1980) > > On behalf of Victorian Science Fiction Conventions > (http://www.vsfc.org.au/), I am pleased to announce that copies of the > Anti-Fan films, Aussie Fan (1972) and The Anti-Fan > Strikes Back (1980), > can now be ordered in either VHS or DVD formats. At > this stage, > indicative pricing for a copy of the films in either > format is AUD$20 > not including postage. Copies should be available > by the middle of the > year. > > If you are interested in obtaining a copy of the > Anti-Fan films, please > let me know by the end of April. Final pricing > information should be > available by that time and confirmation will be > sought before any orders > are placed. > > For more information about the Anti-Fan films, see > http://www.vsfc.org.au/antifan_films.html > > Contact Details > > If you are interested in obtaining copies of either > the Aussiecon videos > or the Anti-Fan films, please: > > A) send an email to antifan at vsfc.org.au <http://uk.f250.mail.yahoo.com/ym= /Compose?To=antifan at vsfc.org.au&YY=28970&order=down&sort=date&pos= =0>; > > B) write to Aussiecon/Anti-Fan, PO Box 903, > Belconnen ACT 2616, > Australia; or > > C) send a fax to +61-2-6241-3211. > > Mark Loney > On behalf of ASFF and VSFC > > 6 April 2004 >