Myself, I’m hoping to do a full-length restoration of A Charlie Brown Christmas based on the Blu-ray and a 16mm print I downloaded from MEGA as part of this project.
The Internet Animation Database forum has a thread about the original poster obtaining a 1965 workprint and listing all the differences between it and the much more common re-edit. Here are some of the differences…
- The Coca-Cola references are left intact
- When Snoopy decorates his doghouse and Charlie Brown reads the paper about the lights and display contest, an instrumental version of “Christmas Time is Here” plays instead of “Surfin’ Snoopy” and Charlie Brown’s voice is softer
- Various sound effects are missing or different
- There is no close-up of Lucy’s hand when she gives “five good reasons”
…and here’s the thread I’m referring to. Was the print you downloaded the same as or similar to the one the thread was about?Additionally, are you going to sync some of Vince Guaraldi’s full stereo soundtrack elements, most (if not all) of which are available on CD and vinyl, to the video of your restoration project?
Yes, it was the same, and yes, I plan to sync whatever I can find.