Fyi. This company and their request to NHA below is quite legitimate.  Jim Gillcrist  asked me to check out this pitch before sharing. I investigated and chatted to them this morning after having a look through their very fine web page. They have produced several very significant documentaries and are apparently working on another involving the Vietnam War. I gave them some insight on the recent HAL-3 movie (2018) and a little background on the limited number of Navy Aviation folks who were in country versus some of the other services.

Their offer on converting old 8mm film, making it digital and returning your film and a digital copy to you for the rights to use it is pretty fair. At Christmas time, I converted all my old 8mm and 8mm sound film myself and it cost nearly $2000 so their offer is not a bad deal if you have film in the area of what they are looking for…….fyi…mgb

Mike Brattland  CDR USN (Ret.)

NHA Retired Affairs Director/Membership/Signal Charlie Coordinator

NHA/NHAHS/NHASF Webmaster  CGAA LTM P-5463

Naval Helicopter Association (NHA) LTM #70  R-12230

 P.O Box 180578

Coronado, California 92178-0578

619 435-7139 Office  619 454-0496 Cell

retiredaffairs@navalhelicopterassn.org  www.navalhelicopterassn.org

www.nhahistoricalsociety.org  www.nhascholarshipfund.org 

www.navalhelicopterassociation.org

From: Sarit Laschinsky <assistant.scott@redafilms.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2021 10:53 AM
To: executivedirector@navalhelicopterassn.org
Subject: Vietnam-era Footage Call – Lou Reda Productions

Dear Mr. Gillcrist,

My name is Sarit Laschinsky, and I am with the film production company Lou Reda Productions.

Since 1983, Lou Reda Productions has worked hard to preserve and share America’s military history through film. The company has been a longtime collaborator with networks including the History Channel and National Geographic, producing high-quality, non-fiction programming.

Lou Reda Productions also maintains the Reda Archives, one of the largest privately owned film archives in the country, with a mission to accumulate, transfer, preserve, and restore footage of the nation’s history.

Currently, we are looking for 8mm and 16mm film of the Vietnam War, particularly footage shot by soldiers or individuals in-theater. We are also interested in collecting Vietnam War-era audio letters, as well as period footage from the 1950s-1970s highlighting the home front and the average “day in the life of an American,” such as holiday celebrations, sporting events, and general Americana.

If you are interested in contributing footage for preservation, we will clean and digitize the material into high-definition video before returning your original footage along with a DVD copy for easy viewing. You will be asked to sign a release form to allow for use of the footage in the future.

Additionally, we would kindly like to ask that you share our footage call – via your website, social media platforms, or email – with your organization’s members and veterans who may have film they would be willing to share and have preserved.

If you have any additional questions or would like further information, please contact Lou Reda Productions directly at scott@redafilms.com. To learn more about Lou Reda Productions, please visit www.redafilms.com.

We hope you will be interested in helping us preserve America’s historical footage and make it accessible for future generations.

Best regards,

Sarit Laschinsky

Lou Reda Productions

646.620.6181

www.redafilms.com

Lou Reda Productions is internationally known as a producer of top-quality non-fiction programming garnering immense praise in the form of People’s Choice Award, Peabody, and nine Emmy nominations (including one win).

Fyi. This company and their request to NHA below is quite legitimate.  Jim Gillcrist  asked me to check out this pitch before sharing. I investigated and chatted to them this morning after having a look through their very fine web page. They have produced several very significant documentaries and are apparently working on another involving the Vietnam War. I gave them some insight on the recent HAL-3 movie (2018) and a little background on the limited number of Navy Aviation folks who were in country versus some of the other services.

Their offer on converting old 8mm film, making it digital and returning your film and a digital copy to you for the rights to use it is pretty fair. At Christmas time, I converted all my old 8mm and 8mm sound film myself and it cost nearly $2000 so their offer is not a bad deal if you have film in the area of what they are looking for…….fyi…mgb

Mike Brattland  CDR USN (Ret.)

NHA Retired Affairs Director/Membership/Signal Charlie Coordinator

NHA/NHAHS/NHASF Webmaster  CGAA LTM P-5463

Naval Helicopter Association (NHA) LTM #70  R-12230

 P.O Box 180578

Coronado, California 92178-0578

619 435-7139 Office  619 454-0496 Cell

retiredaffairs@navalhelicopterassn.org  www.navalhelicopterassn.org

www.nhahistoricalsociety.org  www.nhascholarshipfund.org 

www.navalhelicopterassociation.org

From: Sarit Laschinsky <assistant.scott@redafilms.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2021 10:53 AM
To: executivedirector@navalhelicopterassn.org
Subject: Vietnam-era Footage Call – Lou Reda Productions

Dear Mr. Gillcrist,

My name is Sarit Laschinsky, and I am with the film production company Lou Reda Productions.

Since 1983, Lou Reda Productions has worked hard to preserve and share America’s military history through film. The company has been a longtime collaborator with networks including the History Channel and National Geographic, producing high-quality, non-fiction programming.

Lou Reda Productions also maintains the Reda Archives, one of the largest privately owned film archives in the country, with a mission to accumulate, transfer, preserve, and restore footage of the nation’s history.

Currently, we are looking for 8mm and 16mm film of the Vietnam War, particularly footage shot by soldiers or individuals in-theater. We are also interested in collecting Vietnam War-era audio letters, as well as period footage from the 1950s-1970s highlighting the home front and the average “day in the life of an American,” such as holiday celebrations, sporting events, and general Americana.

If you are interested in contributing footage for preservation, we will clean and digitize the material into high-definition video before returning your original footage along with a DVD copy for easy viewing. You will be asked to sign a release form to allow for use of the footage in the future.

Additionally, we would kindly like to ask that you share our footage call – via your website, social media platforms, or email – with your organization’s members and veterans who may have film they would be willing to share and have preserved.

If you have any additional questions or would like further information, please contact Lou Reda Productions directly at scott@redafilms.com. To learn more about Lou Reda Productions, please visit www.redafilms.com.

We hope you will be interested in helping us preserve America’s historical footage and make it accessible for future generations.

Best regards,

Sarit Laschinsky

Lou Reda Productions

646.620.6181

www.redafilms.com

Lou Reda Productions is internationally known as a producer of top-quality non-fiction programming garnering immense praise in the form of People’s Choice Award, Peabody, and nine Emmy nominations (including one win).

Fyi. This company and their request to NHA below is quite legitimate.  Jim Gillcrist  asked me to check out this pitch before sharing. I investigated and chatted to them this morning after having a look through their very fine web page. They have produced several very significant documentaries and are apparently working on another involving the Vietnam War. I gave them some insight on the recent HAL-3 movie (2018) and a little background on the limited number of Navy Aviation folks who were in country versus some of the other services.

Their offer on converting old 8mm film, making it digital and returning your film and a digital copy to you for the rights to use it is pretty fair. At Christmas time, I converted all my old 8mm and 8mm sound film myself and it cost nearly $2000 so their offer is not a bad deal if you have film in the area of what they are looking for…….fyi…mgb

Mike Brattland  CDR USN (Ret.)

NHA Retired Affairs Director/Membership/Signal Charlie Coordinator

NHA/NHAHS/NHASF Webmaster  CGAA LTM P-5463

Naval Helicopter Association (NHA) LTM #70  R-12230

 P.O Box 180578

Coronado, California 92178-0578

619 435-7139 Office  619 454-0496 Cell

retiredaffairs@navalhelicopterassn.org  www.navalhelicopterassn.org

www.nhahistoricalsociety.org  www.nhascholarshipfund.org 

www.navalhelicopterassociation.org

From: Sarit Laschinsky <assistant.scott@redafilms.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2021 10:53 AM
To: executivedirector@navalhelicopterassn.org
Subject: Vietnam-era Footage Call – Lou Reda Productions

Dear Mr. Gillcrist,

My name is Sarit Laschinsky, and I am with the film production company Lou Reda Productions.

Since 1983, Lou Reda Productions has worked hard to preserve and share America’s military history through film. The company has been a longtime collaborator with networks including the History Channel and National Geographic, producing high-quality, non-fiction programming.

Lou Reda Productions also maintains the Reda Archives, one of the largest privately owned film archives in the country, with a mission to accumulate, transfer, preserve, and restore footage of the nation’s history.

Currently, we are looking for 8mm and 16mm film of the Vietnam War, particularly footage shot by soldiers or individuals in-theater. We are also interested in collecting Vietnam War-era audio letters, as well as period footage from the 1950s-1970s highlighting the home front and the average “day in the life of an American,” such as holiday celebrations, sporting events, and general Americana.

If you are interested in contributing footage for preservation, we will clean and digitize the material into high-definition video before returning your original footage along with a DVD copy for easy viewing. You will be asked to sign a release form to allow for use of the footage in the future.

Additionally, we would kindly like to ask that you share our footage call – via your website, social media platforms, or email – with your organization’s members and veterans who may have film they would be willing to share and have preserved.

If you have any additional questions or would like further information, please contact Lou Reda Productions directly at scott@redafilms.com. To learn more about Lou Reda Productions, please visit www.redafilms.com.

We hope you will be interested in helping us preserve America’s historical footage and make it accessible for future generations.

Best regards,

Sarit Laschinsky

Lou Reda Productions

646.620.6181

www.redafilms.com

Lou Reda Productions is internationally known as a producer of top-quality non-fiction programming garnering immense praise in the form of People’s Choice Award, Peabody, and nine Emmy nominations (including one win).

Fyi. This company and their request to NHA below is quite legitimate.  Jim Gillcrist  asked me to check out this pitch before sharing. I investigated and chatted to them this morning after having a look through their very fine web page. They have produced several very significant documentaries and are apparently working on another involving the Vietnam War. I gave them some insight on the recent HAL-3 movie (2018) and a little background on the limited number of Navy Aviation folks who were in country versus some of the other services.

Their offer on converting old 8mm film, making it digital and returning your film and a digital copy to you for the rights to use it is pretty fair. At Christmas time, I converted all my old 8mm and 8mm sound film myself and it cost nearly $2000 so their offer is not a bad deal if you have film in the area of what they are looking for…….fyi…mgb

Mike Brattland  CDR USN (Ret.)

NHA Retired Affairs Director/Membership/Signal Charlie Coordinator

NHA/NHAHS/NHASF Webmaster  CGAA LTM P-5463

Naval Helicopter Association (NHA) LTM #70  R-12230

 P.O Box 180578

Coronado, California 92178-0578

619 435-7139 Office  619 454-0496 Cell

retiredaffairs@navalhelicopterassn.org  www.navalhelicopterassn.org

www.nhahistoricalsociety.org  www.nhascholarshipfund.org 

www.navalhelicopterassociation.org

From: Sarit Laschinsky <assistant.scott@redafilms.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2021 10:53 AM
To: executivedirector@navalhelicopterassn.org
Subject: Vietnam-era Footage Call – Lou Reda Productions

Dear Mr. Gillcrist,

My name is Sarit Laschinsky, and I am with the film production company Lou Reda Productions.

Since 1983, Lou Reda Productions has worked hard to preserve and share America’s military history through film. The company has been a longtime collaborator with networks including the History Channel and National Geographic, producing high-quality, non-fiction programming.

Lou Reda Productions also maintains the Reda Archives, one of the largest privately owned film archives in the country, with a mission to accumulate, transfer, preserve, and restore footage of the nation’s history.

Currently, we are looking for 8mm and 16mm film of the Vietnam War, particularly footage shot by soldiers or individuals in-theater. We are also interested in collecting Vietnam War-era audio letters, as well as period footage from the 1950s-1970s highlighting the home front and the average “day in the life of an American,” such as holiday celebrations, sporting events, and general Americana.

If you are interested in contributing footage for preservation, we will clean and digitize the material into high-definition video before returning your original footage along with a DVD copy for easy viewing. You will be asked to sign a release form to allow for use of the footage in the future.

Additionally, we would kindly like to ask that you share our footage call – via your website, social media platforms, or email – with your organization’s members and veterans who may have film they would be willing to share and have preserved.

If you have any additional questions or would like further information, please contact Lou Reda Productions directly at scott@redafilms.com. To learn more about Lou Reda Productions, please visit www.redafilms.com.

We hope you will be interested in helping us preserve America’s historical footage and make it accessible for future generations.

Best regards,

Sarit Laschinsky

Lou Reda Productions

646.620.6181

www.redafilms.com

Lou Reda Productions is internationally known as a producer of top-quality non-fiction programming garnering immense praise in the form of People’s Choice Award, Peabody, and nine Emmy nominations (including one win).