Yes that's what I tried with different textures of screen to hold back the highlights. I did find that running the projector at 24 frames and slowing the copy in post helped as well to avoid flickering. I must admit that your copying was very good that's why I asked.
The only projector I still have is an Elmo stereo sound that I bought towards the end of my S8 filming days, and surprisingly I sold a couple of S8 sound cameras to the USA in the last 2 years as there are still some "film anoraks" over there.
Although I used to enjoy editing film back then you didn't get a second chance if you made a balls up along the line somewhere, and I'm sure that todays video makers have no idea what it was like, and of course the price of the film itself!

Eric, I just loved the film as it reminded me of going to the local "flea pit" cinema on a Saturday morning and watching one of the shorts on Movietone News.  Did you do the 8mm to Digi yourself?, as I have thought about buying one of those machines that convert film to Digi frame by frame onto an SD card.
Over the years I have tried various ways (with limited success) to get some of my old 8 and S8mm films  onto Digi before they are lost forever, even projector bulbs are getting harder to find let alone any other parts!

Sorry about the title cards but I am useless at narration.  I could get other people to do it for me including a couple of radio presenters that I happen to know, and one ex ITV newscaster who lives in our village in the UK that I have been friends with for years. The only problem with that is I like to make the complete film myself and it would be a lot of "faffing"about.
As for live sound, I did try at first to use the sound off the camcorder, but it was very "echo" orientated and I went off the idea. Normally I use a separate audio recorder, but I knew that there was going to be a lot of walking up and down spiral staircases and only took the minimum gear with me on this occasion.
If I went again, I would also have taken at least one LED light as it was very dark in most of the tunnels, and as my camcorder only has a small sensor the lens was wide open for a good part of the video.

One other factor is experience.  This was not my first event like this.  It did take a fair amount of effort and time to edit.  But it was a labor of love.  My goal was to get it down to 15 min.  So, in that sense, I failed.  But my wife always wants these video memories to be longer -- not shorter.  If I cut things too much, she notices.  So it's too long for general audiences but, for us, on a cold winter's night, just right
Do you have any Cunard experience?

I know exactly what you mean regarding how long a big project should last. You shoot loads and loads and what do you leave in and leave out?  Obviously, you don't want to bore people with too much "baby on lawn" style footage.
What I tend to do is run though all the shots to make sure that I have enough of the main things and people that will matter, even if it means recording extra footage afterwards (if possible).
I always make sure that it has a start that establishes where the venue is, then the middle with all the important parts including onlookers/audience (if it has any). The end can take many forms depending what type of video I am filming, it can end with a fade out of the outside of the venue or a dance or whatever, but I always wind it down without a sudden stop, and if it has an audience, fade out on them. 
I am a bit ruthless on a lot of shots and do cut them tight in post unless they are important, this is probably left over from my old "proper film" days when it was expensive to buy.
After I have finished it, I run it on the TV in front of my wife for an honest opinion to see if it conveys what I am intending it to show to others, as it's easy for me as I was there. Very often I will alter parts before I am satisfied, and I will overdub music if it is feasible. I try and make sure that any part of the audio track is as good as I can get it and I always use a separate sound recorder. If it's a band I will (if possible) plug a flash drive into the mixing desk, but I will still use the audio recorder with mikes as I have had a few disasters in the past with the singer or some instruments not mixed properly!
Regarding Cruise Liners the answer is no, they have never appealed to me and the only sea voyages that I do these days are on the cross-channel ferries or to Nothern Spain, if I am not flying for some reason.

The thing is that we are very lucky in that we have a choice of both as we live very close to Gatwick airport and Spain is only a two and a half hours flight away for us. The only problem now is that since Brexit we can only spend 180 days a year in the EU, and only 90 days max at one time. We don't want to take up residency as owning properties in both countries can cause double taxation problems, and I don't want to give away my small amount of savings to something that I don't need to!
The 180 days thing is at least a "rolling" number, so we tend to do 5/6 weeks maximum at a time and pop back home in the UK for a while.
As we have been doing it for years "on and off" (and more since we both retired) it can get a bit confusing sleeping in different beds/driving different cars on alternate sides of the roads/eating different foods/different language etc, and a few hours later it all changes! However, all the time that we are fit and able to do it then we will continue.
Regarding traffic, yes on the open roads most are relatively free of vehicles especially out of season, but the main resorts are a bit of a nightmare and to find a parking space can be a pain in July/August, but we can walk to a lot of the places that we need to fortunately.

Is there anyone out there !!!!
I wonder if I am the only person on "post your videos here"?
I have been down in Spain for 6 weeks filming various bands and probably I didn't get around to making anything that people would be interested in on this forum?
As I have been down in Mojacar on and off since 1972 I find it difficult to make a new video of anything that you may be interested in (I could do a walk around the actual Mojacar village on the hill if anyone was interested)?     
Anyway, this is the type of thing that I spend most of my time filming that is not everyone's cup of tea. These "guys n gal "were doing an Addams Family special for Halloween and the lead guitarist was almost unrecognizable as he has very long curly hair that he had platted and greased tight to his head and normally a beard, also the singer has blond hair.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRrlt40HAwk

Is that your wife, with the hair, walking across behind him? Now fully recovered from covid?
Yes it is, although Sue is a lot better, she is not her old self at the moment. Mind you neither of us are at our age !

Please watch for the first 50 odd seconds and you will be surprised at our local rock band lead singer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxFgDm6fJ4o

You may well be right, my wife had covid at Christmas 2020 but it wasn't diagnosed back then, she caught it again about 3 weeks back but have no idea where she picked it up !  I haven't caught it yet (fortunately)

I like that video Eric, going back in time to show how people lived without all the mod cons that we have today. Mind you some of those things may well be coming back into use the way things are going at the moment.
Until I was 4 years old, we lived in a farmworker's cottage beside a hop garden about a quarter of a mile from the nearest road. We had no running water or electricity but of course we didn't know any difference, when we moved into a brand-new council house in 1951 it was amazing being able to actually flick a switch and a light would come on!!!  and turn a tap and water would appear all as if by magic. My elder brother and sister were highly delighted in flushing the toilet that used to terrorize me with the noise.  The house we now live in is 500 years old and oak beamed complete with a duck's nest fireplace, I fitted a wood burning stove into the huge space that keeps us warm and we can boil a kettle or even cook on it in the winter months if we are in the UK

Albert Ross The one that I made the other day was unfortunately miserable and wet, so it wasn't the best to get enthusiastic about. As I had already taken a fair bit of "footage" I decided to make it a little bit different with the poem and music to tell the story.
Also, I had to leave before Bob the owner served tea and biscuits in the hop garden that is part of the day, so I missed filming that and a "cuppa" and a ginger nut for myself!
Incidentally the last frame on the video that you mentioned I purposely left the wasp on the cake !

Despite the rain we had on Tuesday the annual "Hand Hop Picking" took place at Larkins Farm Chiddingstone Kent.
Unfortunately this year I couldn't spend much time there as I had another engagement, also it was curtailed because of rain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBtPT6tdmlY&t