AGFA MOVIECHROME 40 - Super 8 cine film. Does anyone still develop this type of film?

[Grant Millar]

Hello,

I have a film cartridge of AGFA MOVIECHROME 40 that needs to be developed/processed.

Can anyone advise me regarding who might be able to do this job? I live in Scotland so, at the moment, am just thinking about the UK.

I don't suppose AGFA still have a processing lab?

Also, does anyone know if this might be sound Super 8 cine film? I don't see any info on the box about sound, so am presuming it's silent Super 8. But am hoping that somebody out there might be familiar with the AGFA MOVIECHROME 40 format.

I've attached some photos below of the box and film cartridge.

Thank you!

Grant Millar.

[Dominique De Bast]

Hello Grant. It dépends if your film is E6 processing or not. Agfa is not on the list of examples of films he processes but I suggest you to try John Salim in the UK : https://www.johnsalimphotographic.co.uk/motion.html

[Grant Millar]

Hello Dominique,

Thank you for your very helpful reply - much appreciated!

I will contact John Salim to see what's possible.

Best regards,
Grant.

[Brian Fretwell]

It is certainly not a sound cartidge for a sound camera as they were a differnt shape longer top to bottom to allow the souond head assembly to access the film. I can't remember if Agfa sold pre-striped film in silent cartridges but it would have been marked as such if it were.

[Winbert Hutahaean]

Not to kill your joy but I doubt you will get the result with this old stock. Having seen the original price for a silent cartridge, I guess that was sold around 1985.

[Steve Lee]

If my memory serves me right, didn't Agfa sound cartridges come in a white box that had a colourful diamond shaped design on them?.

[Dominique De Bast]

Not to kill your joy but I doubt you will get the result with this old stock. Having seen the original price for a silent cartridge, I guess that was sold around 1985.

Agfa films seem not to be the worst ones when they are outdated : https://super8.nl/en/knowledge-base/expired-films/agfa/

[Brian Fretwell]

As usual storage conditions will have a deal to do with results. Stored in a metal fridge is better thanin a warm cupboard or shelf.

[Dominique De Bast]

Stored in a metal fridge is better thanin a warm cupboard or shelf.

Indeed. Filmstocks will last longer in a freezer.

[Grant Millar]

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for all your helpful posts - I really appreciate it! I've learned a lot by reading them, and am much further forward now.

It seems that a company called Film Rescue International, based in Canada, might be able to develop this film, and I'll likely contact them later this week.

www.filmrescue.com

Best regards,
Grant.

[Grant Millar]

Agfa films seem not to be the worst ones when they are outdated : https://super8.nl/en/knowledge-base/expired-films/agfa/

Thanks, Dominique! I've just emailed this place in the Netherlands - think they're connected to the Film Rescue folk in Canada.

[Kevin Faulkner]

This is early Movichrome and used an Agfa process not E6. The later Movichrome in the white boxes also used an Agfa process. As far as I remember Agfa only sold pre striped stock in their sound cartridges. I think the best that can be done these days is to have it processed as B/W.
One other thing to note is that if the film were used it would showing the words "Exposed" in the aperture so that's either not been used or has partially been used.

[Winbert Hutahaean]

Hi Everyone,

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www.filmrescue.com

Best regards,
Grant.

What I heard, film rescue is very expensive. Not to mention they work based on cycle (waiting for enough cart to be processed). If the cost is more than $50 why don't use new stock with less risk.

Anyway, based on the conversation in this video, the poster say he sent it to Berlin (I guess may be Andec):

As you are in Scotland, it may save money on shipping since Film Rescue is in Canada.

[Joerg Polzfusz]

Andec only offers E6-processing for color reversal films (= no Agfa Moviechrome, no Orwochrome, no Kodachrome, no E4, …). There are also other labs in Berlin, e.g. https://www.laborberlin-film.org/

I also cannot remember any lab in Amsterdam: Super8.nl once moved from Rotterdam to Den Hague. And filmwerkplaats is also not in Amsterdam, but in Rotterdam. So which lab should have been in Amsterdam back then?

In other words: how reliable are the comments?


As you are in the UK, you might want to contact https://oldfilmprocessing.com/servic...-transfer-dvd/ (they’re in England despite their .com address)

[Dominique De Bast]

This is early Movichrome and used an Agfa process not E6.

That's bad news :-(