How do I get hold of the Trade Test films once shown on BBC2, also the old animated idents on ITV and the start-of-day films shown in some ITV regions?
As for getting hold of the trade test films you have two methods. One is to buy copies on video from the film library that produced the film originally (Ride The Wild Horses is a BP film, for example, so in this case you would need to approach the BP film library). On this site is a listing of all the trade test films together with a list of organisations selling copies on VHS. There are also plenty of copies of (most of) these films scudding around collectors’ circles and if you put a small ad in the right places you will probably get a reply from someone prepared to trade a copy with you. Obviously these copies cannot be sold for cash and most sensible people swap them without any money changing hands (or just charge the minimum for providing blank tape, postage, wear and tear on their tape machines, etc.). Both 405 Alive and the Test Card Circle’s magazine cover the subject of trade test films and both magazines carry small ads.
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