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Joshua Vega
Film Handler

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From: Nowhere, OK
Registered: Jun 2007

posted July 16, 2007 10:38 PM

How many feet of film does a Bell & Howell 7" Auto Load takeup reel hold? I would guess 400ft, but i may be wrong. I can post pictures if it would help. It came with my Chinon 6100 projector.

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Douglas Meltzer
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From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 17, 2007 06:55 PM

Joshua,

Your guess is right!

Doug

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Joshua Vega
Film Handler

Posts: 28
From: Nowhere, OK
Registered: Jun 2007

posted July 17, 2007 09:34 PM

thanks

. I looked all over ebay for a 600ft reel (maximum reel size for my projector) but had no luck [Frown]

, but the longest film i own (i own only 8!) is Mickey's Memorable Moments (and my only sound film too), and is 400ft (it doesn't say this on the box, but the reel is the same size). I will post pictures of my films and list them in a new topic.

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

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From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

posted July 18, 2007 01:56 AM

Joshua, don't worry, a 600ft reel isn't too difficult to find.
Most of the package movies from the 70s and 80s were spooled on 400ft reels, but some releases by UK companies (Derann, PM...) were on 600ft. Some features are also spooled on multiple 600ft reels (the original Star Wars, for instance, fills 4).

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