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

[Grant Millar]

Grant, that's really good news. Lets hope it all goes well and you get some reasonable results.

Thanks, Kevin! The place in Ruislip can develop the film in black and white, but not in colour. So the Netherlands and Canada, it is! Fingers crossed!

[Kevin Faulkner]

Grant, that's really good news. Lets hope it all goes well and you get some reasonable results.

[Grant Millar]

Agfa used different colour couplers to those used by Kodak and other films which used the E6 process and therefore needed a different type of colour developing agent to get the colour couplers to work correctly. For this reason I'm not sure you will find anyone that can develop it in colour. Fingers crossed that maybe you will find someone.

Thanks, Kevin! The Film Rescue folk in The Hague say they can do it, although it will be sent to the lab in Canada for the actual developing. Regards, Grant.

[Grant Millar]

Spectra Film & Video in California USA, process a list of Expired, old out of date films including Kodachrome in B&W,
they may also process old Agfa Films too.

https://spectrafilmandvideo.com/lab/

Thank you, Rodney! I'll go and have a look at this. Best regards, Grant.

[Grant Millar]

Hi Everyone,

Just a note to say that the Film Rescue office in The Hague have replied to say that they can develop AGFA MOVIECHROME 40 Super 8 cine film.

The film is of great value to its owner, so she'll be thrilled about this.

Thank you, again, for your very helpful comments. Without your advice, I would still be searching the world for a processing lab!

Best regards,
Grant.

[Rodney Bourke]

Spectra Film & Video in California USA, process a list of Expired, old out of date films including Kodachrome in B&W,
they may also process old Agfa Films too.

https://spectrafilmandvideo.com/lab/

[Kevin Faulkner]

Agfa used different colour couplers to those used by Kodak and other films which used the E6 process and therefore needed a different type of colour developing agent to get the colour couplers to work correctly. For this reason I'm not sure you will find anyone that can develop it in colour. Fingers crossed that maybe you will find someone.

[Grant Millar]

Hi Kevin, Winbert, Dominique and Joerg,

Thank you for your very helpful comments!

Yes, not all the film has been used. It's just around 2 minutes of footage - but it's very precious footage.

I'm going to contact all of the places that you've so kindly suggested.

Best regards,
Grant.

[Dominique De Bast]

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

That's bad news :-(

[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)

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Dominique De Bast]

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

Indeed. Filmstocks will last longer in a freezer.