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Interesting. I know that Agfa was originally called "Anscochrome", and those prints from the early 40's on up still retains they're color, though slightly on the bluish side, but curiously, having merged with Gevacolor, they apparently didn't embrace Gevacolor's film composition, as Agfa holds up very well in general, except for the rare, odd print that breaks down color wise, possibly "S1" stock. The others, "S2" on up holding up well
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Ansco merged with German Agfa in 1928, but I believe that the name Anscochrome was used during World War II for obvious reasons.Comment
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Your right, Maurice, as, my standard 8mm color anscochrome prints, done by Hollywood Films, of Disney titles, 100ft, were struck in the 40's.Comment
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Having read what Maurice and Paul have said about Gevacolour, it rang alarm bells in my head. In 1962 whilst a teacher at Crayford boys secondary school I accompanied a school trip to Switzerland and decided to make a film about it. It was filmed with my 9.5mm Decko camera and the Pathecolour /Ferrania film. Whilst on the trip I ran out of film and could only obtain Gevacolour from the local photography shop. I last looked at the film a couple of years ago and all seemed well. Looked at it again yesterday and lo and behold all the Gevacolour was red!! The Pathecolour was fine with colour rendering unchanged. Fortunately I only used one 30ft charger of the Gevacolour. Ken Finch 😳Comment
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