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Dominique De Bast
Film God

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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted March 07, 2016 06:53 AM

A very interesting subject in the news today. They showed the INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel)building, where the archives are kept. I was surprised to see that still have the original 16mm films on spools. They showed, as you can imagine, an Ali Baba's cave full of films ! Some spools have just been rediscovered and the man who works there (well, one of them) was redoing the faulty splices.

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Paul Mason
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Aldershot, Hampshire, UK
Registered: Nov 2013

posted March 07, 2016 07:37 AM

I imagine they are short of money for copying them. However there is a big advantage in preserving films on 16mm as this a world standard nearly 100 years old.

No one knows how long the current digital video standards will last and they may not be playable in 20 years time.

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Stuart Reid
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
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posted March 07, 2016 07:43 AM

My only longevity concerns would be fading and possible oxide shedding if they were mag prints. A damn sight easier to work with than some out of date video codec!

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Dominique De Bast
Film God

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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted March 07, 2016 10:30 AM

The journalist annouces the subject at 33:09. It is in French as you may have guessed but you will see the films at 34:58.
http://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-jt/france-2/13-heures/jt-de-13h-du-lundi-7-mars-2016_1337893.html

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Yanis Tzortzis
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Greece
Registered: Aug 2005

posted March 07, 2016 06:38 PM

...what a paradise for the film archivist...

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Clinton Hunt
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Waharoa,North Island,New Zealand
Registered: May 2010

posted March 07, 2016 07:30 PM

That is alot of 16mm films and many just waiting to be rediscovered :-)

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Dominique De Bast
Film God

Posts: 4486
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted March 16, 2016 03:33 PM

Waw. It seems that the Belgian television has also an archives room full with cine spools. On Wednsday (so today) night there is an informations programme. The second subject of the magazine was the conspiracies on the Net. This subject was annouced by the journalist from this Belgian's Ali Baba's cave.

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Dave Groves
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Southend on Sea, Essex, UK
Registered: Feb 2015

posted March 17, 2016 06:23 AM

Why didn't I learn French? What was the fellow saying. Looking at the state of some of the films he was repairing I reckon he'll have a job for life!!

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