I found almost all of the original nitrate film reels to “Garbancito de la Mancha”, Spain’s and Europe’s first animated film from the early 40’s, at a yard sale in New York two years ago – a year later I found more reels from the same film 20 miles away.

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1. I sold them back to Spain https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/cine/la-filmoteca-recupera-el-color-original-de-garbancito-de-la-mancha-el-primer-filme-animado-hecho-en-espana_1_6115553.html

2. That’s pretty cool!

3. Wow that’s amazing!

4. That’s awesome, I saw it on the news. I guess you got a good deal for it.

5. Some clips, from two different copies in bad conditions. One is translated to catalan.

   [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwj4KaMxeS8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwj4KaMxeS8)

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   Edit: Thanks David 🙂

6. Awesome find. Why the fuck did they remove the post?

7. https://youtu.be/BHBHRY1B_tc
   It looks like it’s already uploaded!