This amazing 1960s informational film was produced by the Eastman Kodak Company. “Proper Print Handling” takes a look at 16mm film, and shows the damage that may occur to prints due to improper film handling. The film follows a printed 16mm movie from creation in the lab, to inspection, and onwards to the office, home or club room, or movie theater where it is shown. The movie compares properly handled and mishandled film to show the potential problems that could arise. The shots mostly focus on the film as such, but there are also detailed shots of the projection equipment.

0:08 Title “Kodak Presents”, 0:15 Title “Proper Print Handling”, 0:23 “A Calvin Production”, 0:30 Film running and being dried in a dry cabinet, 0:40 print is visually checked for scratches or defects, 0:50 sharp shots of scenes in a city, 1:03 Narrator turns off a projector and begins talking, 1:43 Side by side shots of the same print, one that has been stored and the other that has been projected multiple times, with a noticeable quality difference, 1:55 Narrator turns off projector and keeps talking, 2:31 projection of an unlubricated print causing jitters during projection, 2:50 demonstration projection of a film falling off a reel, 3:09 Narrator shows dirt on the projector gate area, 3:30 Inspection room in a film laboratory. Women inspecting prints of 16mm films for defects, 3:59 Woman packs up a print to prepare it for shipping, 4:15 Film distribution center. Men sitting in a broadcasting office in the film handling room, 4:40 man manually winds the film on a winder while wearing white gloves. A Moviscop viewer and sync block are visible on an editing table. 5:33 Contrast between slow winding and extremely fast winding, 6:05 incoming prints are brought to an female operator for inspection, run through a sync block. 7:01 Demonstration projection of improper cue marks on a print, 7:26 scratches shown on a 16mm print, 7:41 female operator cleans and lubricates a print, 8:00 Man inspects film in a TV station film handling room and times the print, 8:20 Man uses splicer to insert commercials into the print, 8:53 man applies Kodak film cement to the print to attach the commercial properly, 9:22 Man inspects the splice to ensure that it is done properly, 9:52 operator is rewinding a film being careful to align the film properly so it does not scratch, 10:24 Operator inspects film that is too lose on the reel, 10:32 demonstration of what singe marks look like upon projection, 10:52 man puts the reel on the Eastman 25B movie projector and inspects and cleans the lens, pressure plate, and aperture, 11:28 Operator threads the projector and ensures to align the film properly, 12:11 operator manually advances projector to ensure that the film is properly threaded, 12:30 Sound test of a perfectly threaded film compared to one that is not threaded properly, 13:20 Summary viewing of different places where film can be damaged: laboratory, distribution center, the cinema, the station, or the projection room, 13:48 closing title “A Kodak Informational Film”.

We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 — President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.”

This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com