stuckdamselfan wrote: ....Properly converting a motion picture to digital format is a very exacting process. So any distributor with a decent film print of Congo Bill would need a strong incentive to make the effort.
And Columbia serial pictures never quite had the same high status as the Republic ones. We're fortunate that good digital copies of the Batman and Superman serials are available.
Thank you for the insight. It's interesting.
As far as I can tell, the clip on Youtube was taken from the version I may have put up on quicksandmovies.net or captured from one of the clip tapes I assembled. If I recall correctly, I have the original scene as part of a Congo Bill VHS box set. It's one of many scenes that will be revisited for re-capture/re-rendering.
Of course, if anyone ever sees this available on DVD, let me know.