Re: [ARSCLIST] Help with 8mm film

["joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" <sergei01@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd start by contacting Kodak. It's probably Kodak film. They have 
experience with this if anyone does.

If you know how to get the film out, could you not do so in a changing bag?

Dealing with the slitting is a different issue. Personally, I'd leave it 
alone until I speak with Kodak or someone who can do the processing.

Joe Salerno
Industrial Video Services
PO Box 273405
Houston Texas 77277-3405

Dave Bradley wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
>
> -----------------
> Diamond Productions
> Preserving the past for the future.
> Dave Bradley   President
>
> __________ NOD32 1.1738 (20060904) Information __________
>
> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.
> http://www.eset.com