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David Hardy
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Johnshaven Village , Montrose, Scotland
Registered: Jan 2015

posted May 29, 2017 05:45 AM

I have just checked a couple of 70mm film frame clips i have.

Bridge On The River Kwai ... faded to red.

Lawrence Of Arabia ... faded to pink.

Gets everywhere it does !

Shame really as i have had them a long long long time and they
were nice keepsakes from the original prints.

Oh well that's life. [Wink]

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Melvin England
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Feb 2016

posted May 29, 2017 08:02 AM

Is it a co-incidence,or not, that your 70mm frame of Bridge on The River Kwai is red....... which is the same colour that I have seen 3 or 4 copies of it on super 8mm ?

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David Hardy
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 955
From: Johnshaven Village , Montrose, Scotland
Registered: Jan 2015

posted May 29, 2017 09:06 AM

Melvin now that you mention it I have not checked my Super 8mm
400' version of this in ages.

The colour is most probably faded on that too.
[Wink]

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Bill Brandenstein
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: California
Registered: Aug 2007

posted June 08, 2017 10:05 PM

Since Technicolor ran only on 35mm equipment, all 70mm prints prior to LPP stock (c.1982) are faded.

Quite sad, really.

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