Posts: 845
From: Waharoa,North Island,New Zealand
Registered: May 2010
posted November 19, 2015 08:49 PM
Hi all, I won on Trademe in New Zealand a RETRO BLUE PLASTIC FILM REEL CASE for NZ$25,it looked like it holds 8mm films but when i picked it up it was bigger and way cooler than I expected! I think it must hold 16mm or maybe 35mm films? And film size of a bit bigger than 400ft. Has anyone seen these before or is it maybe a limited release for shipping films etc. It's size is 45 cm long x 25 cm in diameter.
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Posts: 873
From: Southern England
Registered: Apr 2008
posted November 20, 2015 05:09 PM
Probably for taking 35 or 16 to the lab from the camera directly. How much film did a 16mm camera used in TV production hold, for instance... something like that.
posted November 21, 2015 01:01 PM
That's an interesting find... A 35mm feature was generally delivered on 5 or 6 2000ft/600m transport reels. Sometimes less, sometimes more, depending on the total running time. Transport reels for 2000ft/600m in 35mm have a larger diameter than 25cm. Even reels on cores are slightly larger than 25cm. There are six spaces that could apparently hold 12 1000ft/300m 35mm reels. And that case is also supposed to be opened while "standing up" (feet at the bottom). Very strange.
posted November 21, 2015 04:27 PM
Another idea: Could that case have been meant to carry around old style computer magnetic tape data storage reels? These had a diameter of 25cm. And those "grooves" on this case spacers seem to be adequately placed to hold such reels steady for transport.