8mm Forum: Diagonal Splicing

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Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on July 30, 2014, 03:28 AM:

Just been checking one title from the newly acquired collection. It's a film from the 50s which contains many diagonal cement splices (all in perfect condition.)

I always thought diagonal splicing was used for magnetic film joining, I can't see any advantage is using it for optical/picture prints as some parts of each frame are present. It may be because there is no overlap on the perforation, but this is only a guess.

Posted by Charles Peich (Member # 3791) on July 30, 2014, 01:43 PM:

Hello Maurice!

Bell & Howell was an early supporter of the diagonal splice for the 'Home Movie' enthusiasts.

Here is the copy from a March 1932 ad for their splicers. I think it's the best description about the diagonal splice.

If you would like to see the full ad (too large to post in this forum), send me a post with an email address and I'll send it to you.

I've never made any diagonal splices when splicing film with frames. I did splice magnetic tracks with a diagonal splicer, however.

Hope this answers your question.

as B&H says: 'there's no reason why anyone should be content with poor splices in film'. lol

Charlie

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