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PT BOAT PROJECT GALLERY - DVD 1
Microfilm - ELCO Drawings DVD . . . . $49.00 + P&H* $2.00 - U.S. Only
DVD Disk # DVD-001 - ELCO Microfilm Collection #1 . . . . . . . $49.00 + $2.00* Postage & Handling U.S. Only, International shipping see below**
The disk contains scans from six reels (over 3,500 frames) of microfilmed engineering drawings, saved as individual PDF files.
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READ THIS BEFORE ORDERING - SALES ARE FINAL, NO RETURNS:
What is on this ELCO Microfilm Collection #1
The DVD contains copies of PT boat engineering drawings (blueprints) produced by ELCO during the war and microfilm copied by the U.S. Navy in January of 1945. The disk consists of Adobe Acrobat PDF files created from over 3,500 Image Frames (pages) contained on six rolls of microfilm purchased from the National Archives. The roll numbers and number of total frames are identified as detailed below:
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| #1) Roll 310 |
ELCO 77' PT boat content |
389 Frames |
| #2) Roll 5535-1 |
ELCO 80' PT boat content |
609 Frames |
| #3) Roll 5535-2 |
ELCO 80' PT boat content |
704 Frames |
| #4) Roll 5535-3 |
ELCO 80' PT boat content |
609 Frames |
| #5) Roll 5535-4 |
ELCO 80' PT boat content |
635 Frames |
| #6) Roll 5535-5 |
ELCO 80' PT boat content |
615 Frames |
Each of the 3,500 microfilm frames have been scanned at 2,400%, resulting in the 1" x 1.5" microfilm image enlarged to approximate 25" x 35". Because of the huge file size and difficulty in handling, each scan was condensed to an Adobe Acrobat .PDF file, bringing the file size down to about 700KB each and making the files computer friendly to everyone. It would be very unusual if you didn't have Adobe Acrobat Reader on computer. If you don't it's a free program that can be downloaded from: http://get.adobe.com/reader/
The .PDF files (pages) are still approximately 25" x 35" and can be printed at 100%, however, with that size a specialty shop like a blueprinting company would be needed to output the files at 100%. However they were test printed on an 11"x17" laser printer as a reduced copy to 11"x 17" paper size and the copies look pretty good.
However, I'm not trying to fool anyone on the quality of the frames, they vary throughout. The Navy did an absolute terrible job of microfilming the ELCO drawings. Of course some of the quality loss can also be attributed to ELCO's engineering and drafting departments not completing some of the drawings with the standard ink tracing procedure. Some of the drawings were clearly still in their virgin pencil drawing stage. The microfilm didn't suffer from age issues, the original copy process suffered from operator neglect. Each Roll contains a roll leader section consisting between 30 to 100 tabulated type nomenclature pages and in most cases under burned to a very, very dark image. Some of the drawn pages are extremely over-burned with nearly no image apparent, while many of drawings are just the opposite, where they were so under-burned the images are too dark and plugged to decipher. There are however some very fine quality and some borderline but still very legible frames. I would estimate (only a guess) that about 70 percent are of a good to satisfactory nature. Not bad, not great, but very useable nonetheless. The DVD disk is burned with six folders, one for each roll and the contents include a full set of frames. At first thought I was going to edit out all the bad under and over exposed frames. Rather, I decided it was better to have a complete set regardless of quality for continuity of the archived roll. By ordering the disk you promise not copy the disk and/or re-distribute the information contained within/on the disk(s). I hope you understand.
Please view some typical copies of the microfilm frames below:
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* Postage U.S. Domestic Only:
$2.00 First Class U.S. mail, shipped in a stiff cardboard sleeve.
** Postage International Only:
$4.50 First Class U.S. International mail, shipped in a stiff cardboard sleeve.
ALL PAYMENT FUNDS: USD
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This web page updated Monday, May 31, 2010
Copyrighted 01/04/2006 Richard J. Washichek, Graphic Dimensions, Inc.
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