I managed to rescue a lot of cine footage from a house clearance. One film title caught my eye 'Racing at Snetterton', there turned out to be several cine films of late 1950's to mid 1960's motor racing events taken in East Anglia.....Problem is that the films have been stored where damp and dust have taken their tole. Any of you wizzes out there know the correct way to clean cine footage without removing the image.
ttfn.....Alistair
Compressed air.
You can swab with IPA (carefully, trial area first) but if dirt accumulates on the swab it will scratch the film.
If it's mildew-y be careful about removing the mildew as the mildew eats the emulsion.
This site has suggestions
I have successfully *washed* 34mm and 120 negative film.
And what happened? It shrank ;-)
No. remember that films are processed in water.
Alistair Ross has brought this to us :
Might be worth contacting a museum, BBC or similar - it might have some historical value.
Then try it in an 8mm projector :-)
I'll second handing them to a museum or possibly better the National Film Archive. The latter will at least have the facilities to store them without further degradation.
Didn't it start out as 35mm film though?
Owain
So that'll be "whooooosh", then.
If we use DVD why is it still called "Footage"
No, it started out as a mistype, which to my chagrin, I missed till now..;-)
Getting old. Humour points to Kevin..
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Rain water is cold.
Because the fleece is stretched over an inelastic skeleton; it just fits a bit more tightly, like shrinking your jeans in the bath.
Owain
They do.
Or lanolin. Whatever.
Since wool can absorb 40% of its own weight in water, they should expand...
Before you touch it take a look at the demo video from these professionals
Tampax for Elephants....
No, they just sag, like granny in her woolly swimsuit.
Owain
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