If the film looks to be in good shape, there is nothing to worry about. (My first reel of nitrate I took on the bus to NYC.) But I would call up the archives first, see who wants it, and arrange on where to meet there.
As for nitrate films catching fire in projection booths, fire was actually the biggest concern. I'm sure the fumes aren't healthy, but inhaling smoke is never good for your health. And for anyone who wants to play mad scientist, professional ping pong balls are STILL made out of the same material as nitrate film. A fun trick archivists like to play is to hold the ball with long steel tongs, light it on fire, dunk it in a vial of water and show it burning underwater. OF COURSE, you need the proper equipment for this and probably not at home. Dennis On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 4:56 PM, John Matturri <jmatt...@earthlink.net>wrote: > On 2/18/12 4:42 PM, Steven Gladstone wrote: > > On 2/18/12 1:39 PM, Dennis Doros wrote: > > In New York, > >> the best place to take film is to the Anthology Film Archives (Andrew > >> Lampert, though he's only working part time these days while making his > >> own films), the Museum of Modern Art (Katie Trainor is the head of the > >> film vaults) and the George Eastman House (Jared Case) in Rochester. > >> > >> Dennis > > Thanks Dennis, > > > > I'll contact them this week. I suppose I'll have to bike it there, isn't > > there a ban on using public transport with Nitrate, or was that only in > > a Hitchcock film? > > > A friend called MoMA wanting to know if they were interested in what > seemed to be a nitrate print of an Italian silent from the era of > Cabiria. They told her to definitely not walk through their doors with a > reel of nitrate. > > j > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > -- 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: milefi...@gmail.com 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>
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