r/FilmPreservationists

On May 4, 2026, Sebastian Segura along with Niko Digital and Orbeez released an HQ 35mm film scan of the lost original mix of the THX cimarron trailer.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQfAxhOyBA

The original version of the trailer debut in May of 1988, however after complaints from employees about the speakers being damaged, it was pulled from theaters and replaced with a new version two years later in 1990.

The search for it went on for over a decade with many reconstructions made using low quality audio recordings and word of mouth describing what it sounded like.

But on February 20, 2022, a YouTube channel named Magicfly2001 released a video of the screening Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade which included the trailer in its entirety.

On a local marketplace type of site, I spotted an adverteisement of some hand cranked film equipment, 35mm format. It was clearly from the silent era.

On a rewind unit there was still a reel of film, a bit shrunk but not too deteriorated. A picture of one frame of the film was attached (luckily comparatively visible).

This 'screenshot' shows a man with a specific checkered suit. No soundtrack on the edges but that fits the rest of the stuff in the advertisement.

Sadly I've got no other information than this one picture. Still (no pun intended), all ideas are welcome what this might be.

Note. Physically this exists, because we have photos. But until we know what it is and have it available, it must count as lost according to the rules as I understand them.

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