All very helpful suggestions and I checked them all out. Some very interesting stuff out there! I downloaded a free version of CGM Aged Film plugin. It does dirt, scratches, a programmable "hair". The professional version ($) also at also adds shakes, and other goodies for around $150?. MiniDV shot footage edited in Final Cut Pro. I desaturated the original footage. I opted to add a strobe, a soft edged darker vignetting, that you get in older projectors. Sepia tone can be added in the plugin or in Final Cut filters. I added some motion key frames so the film slips to show the interframe for an instant, etc. and a topmost slug layer (black) that I have chopped up and set for random transparency makes the image flicker unevenly. With all this don't overuse--less, is more. Looks great, very believeable.
