On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:51:10 GMT, "Derek Gee"
wrote:

First, don't bother the Eastman House people with this kind of stuff. Find
a collector in your area with a 16mm projector and run it. Here's a URL to
help you date the symbols on the edge of the film:

http://www.historicphotoarchive.com/f1/16ekcode.html

If after you run the films you find something of historical interest, then
contact a museum such as the Eastman House. And as Larry posted, ALL
amatuer film made by Kodak was on Acetate safety stock, so ignore the Kodak
guy's note about the change over from nitrate, it doesn't apply to you.

Derek

Well, the Plenachrome was made by Ansco; Orthochromatic and probably
safety base as well.

"kauinohea via PhotoKB.com" wrote in message
...
Hello there,
We just recently found 6 reels of film; 3 are made on fine grain
plenachrome film, 3 others are on cine kodak panchromatic safety film.
All of them are motion pictures from 1936 or earlier, but we can't tell
which movies they are because we have no projectors compatible with
viewing the films. We do know that they are motion pictures because we
got a hit from google on the fim type alone that lead us into the kodak
motion picture search generator on the kodak website. I've tried the
serial numbers on the outside of the boxes, as well as other markings on
the boxes to see if there was any way of finding out what we have stumbled
upon, but to no avail. Would anyone know how I can, or where to find an
outlet (library, movie theater) that can help guide us in order to start
our discovery? I would really appreciate it. Thank you and have a nice
day.

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