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This page is dedicated to cataloging the numerous test pattern types used by Bell & Howell and its successor entities for over 40 years. |
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==Test pattern types== |
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* Black screen, 500 Hz tone |
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* Black screen, 875 Hz tone (slow clicking) |
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* Black screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* Lime screen, 400 Hz tone |
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* Lime screen, 975 Hz tone |
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* White screen, 400 Hz tone |
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* White screen, 875 Hz tone (slow clicking) |
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* White screen, 875 Hz tone (medium clicking) |
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* White screen, 875 Hz tone (fast clicking) |
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* White screen, 950 Hz tone |
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* White screen, 975 Hz tone |
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* White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* White screen with red letterbox bars, 1000 Hz tone |
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* White screen, 1000 Hz tone (clicking) |
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* White screen, 1025 Hz tone |
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* White screen, 1125 Hz tone |
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* White screen, 1175 Hz tone |
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* From 1988 to 1996, many tapes had a white screen test pattern (with optional red bars until 1989) and/or a closing black screen with a moaning sound. |
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==Pre-1984 test patterns== |
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Tapes duplicated at Bell & Howell before Q4 1984 (i.e. before the 40th week of 1984) had a wide variety of test patterns. Tapes confirmed to not have test patterns are listed in the next section. If you don't know what test pattern is on a tape, or whether or not such a tape had a test pattern, list it here without any additional info apart from the name of the releasing company and the year of release; if you can 100% confirm such a tape did not have a test pattern after all, move it to the next section. Also, for Disney tapes, check if the bottom of the square label says "Fotomat Drive-Thru Movies" instead of "For Rental Only, Not for Sale" or "For Sale Only, Not Intended for Rental" before moving anything, because if it says "Fotomat Drive-Thru Movies", it was definitely duplicated at Bell & Howell. |
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* ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (Fotomat Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Adventures of Chip and Dale'' (Fotomat Video, 1980) |
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* ''Airplane!'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 1125 Hz tone |
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* ''Airport'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - White screen, 875 Hz tone (slow clicking) |
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* ''Alvarez Kelly'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings), White screen, 1000 Hz tone (B&H pressings) |
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* ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - White screen, 1175 Hz tone |
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* ''America at the Movies'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''American Gigolo'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - Black screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''American Graffiti'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''The Andromeda Strain'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - White screen, 875 Hz tone (slow clicking) |
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* ''Apocalypse Now'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 950 Hz tone |
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* ''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' (Fotomat Video, 1980) |
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* ''April Wine: Live in London'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) |
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* ''Barbarella'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Battlestar Galactica'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) - Black screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'' (Fotomat Video, 1980) |
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* ''Benny Hill's Video Revue'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) |
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* ''The Black Hole'' (Fotomat Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Boat'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983) - White screen, 975 Hz tone |
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* ''Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Breaker Morant'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1981) |
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* ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1981) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''Bye Bye Birdie'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1979) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''Can't Stop the Music'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) |
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* ''Cat Ballou'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1981) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''Charlotte's Web'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Chinatown'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Special Edition'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''The Conversation'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 875 Hz tone (slow clicking) |
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* ''Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier'' (Fotomat Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Day the Earth Caught Fire'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Death Machines'' (VCI Home Video, 1983) |
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* ''Death on the Nile'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''The Deer Hunter'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) - Black screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Dracula (1979 version)'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) - White screen, 1125 Hz tone |
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* ''The Dresser'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983) - White screen, 975 Hz tone |
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* ''Emmanuelle'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Escape from Alcatraz'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - Black screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Escape to Witch Mountain'' (Fotomat Video, 1980) |
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* ''Flash Gordon'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) - White screen, 1125 Hz tone |
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* ''For Pete's Sake'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''The Four Seasons'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - White screen, 875 Hz tone (fast clicking) |
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* ''Friday the 13th'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) |
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* ''Friday the 13th Part II'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) |
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* ''Friday the 13th Part III'' (Paramount Home Video, 1983) |
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* ''The Front'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''Getting Wasted'' (VCI Home Video, 1983) |
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* ''Gimme Shelter'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''The Godfather'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Godfather Part II'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Godfather: The Complete Epic'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) |
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* ''Goin' South'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Grease'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Great Movie Stunts/The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (Paramount Home Video, 1982) |
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* ''Hardcore'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 400 Hz tone |
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* ''Harlan County, U.S.A.'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''Harold and Maude'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - Black screen, 500 Hz tone |
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* ''Hatari'' (Paramount Home Video, 1983) - White screen, 950 Hz tone |
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* ''Heartland'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) |
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* ''Heaven Can Wait'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Hot Lead and Cold Feet'' (Fotomat Video, 1980) |
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* ''Hud'' (Paramount Home Video, 1982) |
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* ''The Hunter'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 1125 Hz tone |
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* ''I Am a Dancer'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Jaws'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) |
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* ''Jaws 2'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) |
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* ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) |
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* ''Kids Is Kids'' (Fotomat Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Killers'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - Black screen, 875 Hz tone (slow clicking) |
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* ''King Kong'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''The Last Married Couple in America'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1982) - White screen, 400 Hz tone |
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* ''Little Darlings'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - White screen, 400 Hz tone |
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* ''The Little Prince'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Longest Yard'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Lord of the Rings'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1982) |
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* ''Malicious'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Mandingo'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Marathon Man'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Masada'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - White screen, 875 Hz tone (slow clicking) |
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* ''Melvin and Howard'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Midnight Express'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1979) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Murder on the Orient Express'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - White screen, 875 Hz tone (slow clicking) |
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* ''North Dallas Forty'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''On Vacation'' (Fotomat Video, 1980) |
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* ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1982) |
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* ''The Owl and the Pussycat'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''Pete's Dragon'' (Fotomat Video, 1980) |
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* ''Play It Again, Sam'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Popeye'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz |
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* ''The Professionals'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983) - White screen, 400 Hz tone |
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* ''Providence'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983) |
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* ''Pumping Iron'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''Queen: Greatest Flix'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) |
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* ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (Paramount Home Video, 1983) |
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* ''Rockshow'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1982) |
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* ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - White screen, 875 Hz tone (medium clicking) |
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* ''Rosemary's Baby'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) |
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* ''The Royal Wedding'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) |
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* ''S.O.S. Titanic'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Same Time, Next Year'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Saturday Night Fever'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Save the Tiger'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 875 Hz tone (slow clicking) |
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* ''Scars of Dracula'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) |
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* ''Schizoid'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''The Seduction of Joe Tynan'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) - Black screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - Black screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Seven Beauties'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''Shane'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Shootist'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - Black screen, 500 Hz tone |
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* ''Slap Shop'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) - Black screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Smokey and the Bandit'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) - Black screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Sophia Loren: Her Own Story'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) |
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* ''Spider-Woman'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1982) |
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* ''Stalag 17'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - White screen, 1125 Hz tone |
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* ''Star Trek Vol. 1: The Menagerie'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - Black screen, 500 Hz tone |
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* ''Star Trek Vol. 2: Amok Time/Journey to Babel'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Star Trek Vol. 3: Mirror, Mirror/The Tholian Web'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Star Trek Vol. 4: The Trouble with Tribbles/Let That Be Your Last Battlefield'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Star Trek Vol. 5: Balance of Terror/The City on the Edge of Forever'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Starting Over'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Sunset Boulevard'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Swept Away'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) - Color bars, 1000 Hz tone (CPVS pressings) |
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* ''Taxi Driver'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 400 Hz tone |
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* ''The Ten Commandments'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''Thank God It's Friday'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983) - White screen, 400 Hz tone |
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* ''Three Days of the Condor'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Three Stooges Meet Hercules'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983) - White screen, 975 Hz tone |
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* ''The Three Stooges Vol. 2'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (B&H pressings) |
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* ''The Three Stooges Vol. 6'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983) |
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* ''The Three Stooges Vol. 7'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983) |
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* ''The Three Stooges Vol. 8'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1984) |
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* ''The Three Stooges Vol. 9'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1984) |
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* ''Times Square'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - White screen, 875 Hz tone (slow clicking) |
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* ''The Tubes Video'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) |
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* ''Up in Smoke'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Victor/Victoria'' (MGM/UA Home Video, 1982) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone |
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* ''The War of the Worlds'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Way We Were'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983) - White screen, 400 Hz tone |
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* ''When Worlds Collide'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 1125 Hz tone |
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* ''Which Way Is Up?'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) |
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==Pre-1995 Bell & Howell tapes without test patterns== |
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This list does not include tapes that have the moaning sound but no white screen test pattern. |
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* ''The Bad News Bears'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Betsy'' (Allied Artists Video, 1978) |
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* ''Chaplin's Art of Comedy'' (Allied Artists Video, 1978) |
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* ''Crossroads'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1986) |
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* ''The Crying Game'' (Live Home Video, 1993) |
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* ''The Electric Horseman'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) |
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* ''Field of Dreams'' (MCA/Universal Home Video, 1992) |
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* ''The Fisher King'' (Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1992) |
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* ''Foul Play'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''In Cold Blood'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) |
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* ''The King and I'' (Fox Video, 1991) |
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* ''The Love Bug'' (Fotomat Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Man Who Would Be King'' (Allied Artists Video, 1978) |
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* ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie'' (FoxVideo, 1994) |
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* ''The Next Man'' (Allied Artists Video, 1978) |
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* ''Nobody's Perfekt'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) |
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* ''The North Avenue Irregulars'' (Fotomat Video, 1980) |
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* ''The Odd Couple'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) |
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* ''Papillon'' (Allied Artists Video, 1978) |
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* ''Popeye'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981, post-1984 printings) |
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* ''Quantrill's Raiders'' (Allied Artists Video, 1978) |
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* ''Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror'' (Allied Artists Video, 1980) |
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* ''Sherlock Holmes Faces Death'' (Allied Artists Video, 1980) |
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* ''This Man Must Die'' (Allied Artists Video, 1978) |
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* ''The Three Stooges Vol. 1'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980) |
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* ''The Three Stooges Vol. 3'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1981) |
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* ''The Three Stooges Vol. 4'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) |
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* ''The Three Stooges Vol. 5'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) |
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* ''Tickle Me'' (Allied Artists Video, 1978) |
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* ''The Woman in Green'' (Allied Artists Video, 1980) |
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