Knit One, Purl Two

I was fortunate enough to find some and reattach the first few crucial seconds (not only the opening titles, but the entire three-minute shorts were reverse-image for the machines). In other cases, I was not so lucky.

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As I acquired old 16mm films over the years, it became clear that certain unwise individuals would tear off the opening of the original Panoram films, as they were reversed... This always frustrated me.

I was fortunate enough to find some and reattach the first few crucial seconds (not only the opening titles, but the entire three-minute shorts were reverse-image for the machines). In other cases, I was not so lucky.

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[Music] most girls like to knit and once that bug has been you know it soon as you have met her if a pretty knit sets your heart a Twitter here how you can surely get her well first you knit one Pearl two drop three skip four first thing you know you've got a sweater then you see one smile two kiss three hug for first thing you know you've got a gal hey wait a minute that's not the way to win a girl Ronnie camper that's not the way to win a girl oh no that's not the way to win a girl Ronnie camper you know the way to win a girl let her knit one hurl two drop one take you first thing you know you sweee let her knit one Pearl two that's all you you do and she's your baby yes indeed now whatever it looks like pretend it's a sweater and tell her your mother couldn't make it any better let her knit one let her Pearl Mr Man go get your girl the first thing you know you got love [Music] [Music] and so with falling in love is like making a sweater count kisses for stitches which is certainly much better let her knit one let her Pearl Mr Man go get your girl the first thing you know you got love

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16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record, video

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