Re: [AV Media Matters] dying film

[allan.goodrich@nara.gov]

Contact Brodsky & Treadway in Rowley, Mass. They're the experts on 8mm
Allan Goodrich

>salernoj@swbell.net 03/19/01 12:04PM
>
>I just came into possession of some additional family footage on regular
>8MM. Some of it is sad and appears beyond repair to me. The outer layers are
>wrinkled, curved, barreled. Just about any kind of film distortion you can
>think of it is. Is there any process for restoring it to projectable
>condition so it can be transferred?
>
>It's all vinegar-y, and there is at least one reel that is broken down so
>bad that I don't have any hopes for it. It is a light brown color, has white
>flaky specs on it like severe dandruff. I've never seen film this
>deteriorated, but now I understand how a can can be opened and literally
>nothing remains on the reel save for some dust.
>
>Yes, I know, if it isn't too late, get it off the metal reels and out of the
>metal cans that it has been stored in for over 50 years.