[ARSCLIST] Help with 8mm film

[Dave Bradley <db65@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks,

I have a dilemma regarding 8mm film that I need some assistance with. 
I know how to work with 8mm film, I do frame accurate transfers of 
8mm and super 8 film. That's not my problem.

My late father-in-law had gotten a movie camera in the late 1950s and 
had shot two rolls of film. Apparently he also shot, or started to 
shoot, a 3rd roll, but never finished it. It's still in the camera, a 
Bell and Howell camera, (no model number on it though). The camera is 
over-wound, and will not run.  So, I can't take the film out without 
exposing it to light (and there's no guarantee that over the past 5 
decades someone else didn't already do that).

I'm far more concerned about recovering any images the film might 
contain than I am about the camera, although as an antique movie 
camera it also intrigues me.

Does anyone know of any company that still develops 8mm movie film 
(it's dual 8 that will need to be slit during processing)?  If so, do 
you know if they can accept the entire camera and remove and process the film?

Thanks in advance for any assistance anyone might be able to give me.




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