Dear Kristie, In the case of nitrate (or any deteriorating film), it's always worth talking to your local archive. In your case, that would be the Pacific Film Archive and the best contact there would be Kathy Geritz.
Best regards, Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: [email protected] www.milestonefilms.com www.comebackafrica.com www.yougottomove.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com <http://www.killerofsheep.com/> Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook and Twitter! and the Association of Moving Image Archivists <http://www.amianet.org/>! Follow Milestone on Twitter! <http://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms> > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *k. a.r. > *Sent:* Friday, February 17, 2012 4:44 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Frameworks] What to do with one roll of nitrate film?**** > > ** ** > > hello. > > I have one roll of nitrate film in my collection. > > I recently looked at it for the first time in a year or so, I keep it > stored in a drawer with more modern 16mm. > > The metal reel that it is on has started to grow these oxidized looking > stalagmites and the whole reel is looking kind > of funky. > I wonder what I can do with it? > > The images are a partial reel of some musical comedy from the silent era. > It is 35mm. > Seems to be about 150-200' long. > > I'm assuming that if anyone wanted it, I can't mail it, due to it's > extremely flammable nature. > > So any ideas or suggestions of what to do with this roll? > > thanks. > > > > > > > > > Kristie Reinders, B.F.A. > Director of Cinematography, Electric Visions > Curator and Head Projectionist, Electric Mural Project > The Mission, San Francisco, CA > > 'A first class technician should work best under pressure.' > - - - Issac Asimov **** > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
_______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
