"Blade Runner" 1983 -Pre cert - PAL Betamax

 PLEASE READ.

My betamax tapes were previously rental copies.
I have tested them manually by lifting the tape cover and turning the spools to ensure that both spools move and that the tape also slides smoothly.
 I do not own a betamax player and so cannot do further testing.
The generic case and even sometimes the inner cover itself, occasionally has "labels" on them. My scans will show these labels, where present on the tape or the cover, but not on the generic case.
I do not attempt to remove these labels, preferring to leave such surgery up to the final owner, who's probably more experienced about doing it without screwing it up.
My scans are real.

I DO offer refunds for GENUINE problems - but I reserve the right to decide on the circumstances. If in doubt, check my feedback.

Overseas Bidders
this is a PAL tape. It is YOUR responsibility to ensure that your system will play such tapes.


What is a Pre-Cert?
A "pre-cert video" (Pre-Certification) is any videotape (or laserdisc/CED) issued in the UK before the introduction of the 1984 Video Recordings Act.

Pre-cert videos were not required by law to be submitted to the BBFC so the era was unregulated, leading to many uncut releases of videos which would have fallen foul of the BBFC's strict guidelines, and would therefore have been censored if submission to the board was a legal requirement.

However, whilst many of the larger respectable companies simply issued their previously BBFC certificated cinema releases onto video to play safe as they feared there was bound to be a clampdown at some stage, some of the smaller independent companies decided to take advantage of the unregulated video rentals market by issuing "strong uncut" versions depicting graphic violence and gore. A whole barrage of titles previously banned by the BBFC from getting a cinema release suddenly ended up uncensored on home video.