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antique 16mm films
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. -- Message posted via http://www.photokb.com |
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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? It's most likely nothing special since almost everything for theater use was printed on 35mm Also, all 16mm regardless of year was made on Safety Base. Larry |
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Greetings,
Not sure if you have visited the George Eastman International Museum of Photography and Film, but it is a great place. Try going to the following URL. http://www.eastman.org There are many reference links on this site and a lot of information can be had. I will try to help you through some of the contacts I have, but ask that you identify the film by number or other reference. If you can I may be able to be more specific. As you know the date in question was just about the time that the stock of movies changed from Nitrate to other support, i.e. the term safety film. In any event, try this contact information as well for more. Society for Cinema & Media Studies University of Oklahoma 640 Parrington Oval Room 302 Norman, OK 73019 Phone: (405) 325-8075 Fax: (405) 325-7135 www.cmstudies.org Good luck! Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company "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. -- Message posted via http://www.photokb.com |
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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 "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. -- Message posted via http://www.photokb.com |
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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. -- Message posted via http://www.photokb.com Robert Vervoordt, MFA |
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