16mm home movie ephemera from the 1920s

[William Short]

I just transferred my grandfather's collection of 16mm home movies. He started shooting somewhere at the end of the 1920s, but much of the material is undated. The earliest date code I could find on the edge of the film was 1926. Some of the film boxes have advertising inserts that I thought might be of interest here.

It's interesting to see the film prices. People complain about how expensive it is to shoot on 16mm film today. It appears that, adjusted for inflation, it was substantially more expensive for 100 feet of 16mm B&W reversal film and processing in 1928 than it is in 2023. And the 400 ft B&W silent golf film advertised would be a bit over $500 in today's dollars.

[Douglas Meltzer]

William,

Thank you for posting these. The 1926 date code is only 3 years after 16mm film was first introduced by Eastman Kodak!

[Joerg Polzfusz]

Does Kodak still offer titles?

[Ken Finch]

I noticed the mention of Kodacolour., the additive process using a rotating colour filter on camera and projector. A version of the Kinemacolour and Freise Green colour. The actual film was normal black and white. Ken Finch.😊

[William Short]

I noticed the mention of Kodacolour., the additive process using a rotating colour filter on camera and projector. A version of the Kinemacolour and Freise Green colour. The actual film was normal black and white. Ken Finch.😊

Respectfully, Ken, I do not think the Kodacolor movie film process worked that way. It was indeed an additive process, but it used a special lenticular film and a stationary color filter on the taking and projecting lens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodacolor_(filmmaking)

[Brian Fretwell]

Yes, more a version of Prizmacolor, which we had a demonstration of at a BFCC many years ago.

[Ken Finch]

Sorry, my mistake, I had forgotten about the lenticular film bit. I knew it used a filter on the camera and projector lens. Ken Finch.