Inspiration for YOUR memories

Scanned a very interesting book for a family about their father’s service for the country in being called to active duty to test the A bomb at Bikini Atoll nearly a year after the bomb had already been dropped on Hiroshima. He had pictures and comparisons of the air bomb and the bomb detonated under water.
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Ideas Abound! Giving the Gift of Memories this Year?

Memories always make the best gifts, even for those “hard to buy for” people on your list.  Where else can you make a priceless gift for an affordable price? We always seem to be hopping at Leave A Legacy but during the Holiday season we start double timing!  Need some ideas?  Check out our Holiday
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Interesting Projects to Inspire

Notable relative:  Marcia came in with a fun story about her photo.  Her relative, Florence Chauncey, was the first woman to vote in a New York election once it became legal.  The wife of a local minister, she cast her vote in the morning at 6:10 a.m. on Jan. 5, 1918. Marcia brought in her collection
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How to clean moldy 8mm film

How To Clean Moldy 8mm Film   Watch this video to learn how to clean moldy film reels.  If you don’t want to do it yourself send it to Leave A Legacy in Fort Collins.
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How to use the Eumig 2000 Projector

Eumig 2000 Projector Tutorial Here is our video tutorial on how to use the Eumig 2000 projector that projects 8mm and super 8 movie films either on a wall or on the enclosed “tv-type” screen.  Once you view your films or even if you aren’t able to view them first, we at Leave A Legacy
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Determining the Length of your Films and Videos

Movie film length is determined by the diameter (distance across) of the film on the reel. Many of the films that come to the Leave A Legacy studios are 3 inches across and on blue plastic reels. These are 50 feet long when they are full. The attached chart shows the length of film on
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How we do it: Transferring Film to DVD or digital files

Leave A Legacy can transfer your regular 8mm film, super 8mm film and 16mm film directly to DVD. At the time of this article we had both an 8mm and a 16mm projector that have been modified and are mounted in line with a 1CCD digital camera.  Update 2018: We have upgraded our equipment twice
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