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Dave Cragg
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 166
From: Merseyside, Great Britain
Registered: Jun 2005

posted January 05, 2008 02:19 PM

Hi All,
I know that the following spool sizes are available for 8mm; 200ft, 400, 600, 800, 1200, 1600 and 2000ft. Also I discovered (through our forum) that 300 ft spools are also available. These came in very handy.
Just wondered if 100 ft spools were ever produced?

Thanks,
Dave

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Adrian Winchester
Film God

Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted January 05, 2008 03:46 PM

Yes, I have lots of 100' spools, and I've bought them in the past from one or two specialist dealers, but you would have trouble finding any new ones now. Derann used them for some of the trailers/shorts they released in the 1980s, as did companies such as Jeff Films.

I expect you're aware of 50' spools, but I'm sure I also have a really obscure 150' spool, sold in a cardboard box, that's probably of German origin.

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Adrian Winchester

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Jean-Christophe Deblock
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 693
From: Grimbergen, Brabant, Belgium.
Registered: Mar 2007

posted January 05, 2008 03:54 PM

Hi,
Indeed, I have a couple of 100ft spool too.

I think that there were use for private super 8 film made with a Beaulieu Camera. Some beaulieu Camera can use cartridge of 100ft.

But I'm not sure of these information.
Can someone confirm?

regards,

JC.

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Alan L. Hitchcox
Film Handler

Posts: 47
From: Willoughby, OH, USA
Registered: Apr 2006

posted January 05, 2008 09:11 PM

I don't think the 100-ft spools were exclusive of Beaulieu. I have a few reg 8 and super 8 spools, and one even says, "Not for camera use." One of the reg 8's is even metal -- it contains a full-length Disney cartoon.

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Alan Hitchcox
Willoughby, Ohio USA

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