Brian R  Pritchard - Motion Picture and Film Archive Consultant

British Motion Picture Laboratories

British Motion Picture Studios

British Motion Picture Studios - Publicity Material MGM London Studios  Post 1959 leaflet Associated British Pathe Laboratories 1949 Leaflet These documents comes from the private collection of David E. Pelayo.  I am grateful for his permission to add them to my...

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Help and Assistance

Help and Assistance Help can be given with queries on laboratory work for filmmakers, advice on archival laboratory techniques, help with insurance claims and investigations, advice on purchase of equipment and suppliers. I am always happy to give help and advice...

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Multi-perforation Formats

Multi-perforation Formats Multi-perforation formats were introduced so that laboratories could process and print formats on laboratory machines that were designed for common formats such as 16mm and 35mm.  If. for example. a laboratory  had a processing machine could...

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Early Days

  EARLY DAYS You will find below some excerpts from early magazines and leaflets at the bottom of the page. 'THE BIOSCOPE' 4 March 1909 The Kinemacolor Pictures The Rosie Film Company 'THE KINEMATOGRAPH AND LANTERN WEEKLY'  July 1909 List of references from 'Origin of...

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Common Film Formats

Common Film Formats 70mm Colour print 65mm Colour Negaive 35mm Technicolor  Colour Print with duplex variable area sound track 28mm Bkack and White Print 16mm Silent Double Perforated Colour Reversal Positive 16mm Single Perforated Colour Print withvariable Area Sound...

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Biblography

Bibliography This is a list of articles that might  of interest to Motion Picture Archivists. Items 1 and 3 refer to pages on this website please refer to the page index above at the top of the page You will find an Excel file Excel File Book Index  that is an index...

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