<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>On Dec. 31, 2013, at 5:03 AM, Ted Langdell wrote:</div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>One might want to clarify whether that 16mm color film at UCLA was indeed struck from a Lenticular element.</div><div><br></div><div>A Lenticular print could have some identifying characteristics from the color filter separation process:</div></blockquote><br></div><div>I've gone back through both the QuadList thread that goes back several years, and also the AMIA-L (Association of Moving Image Archivists) to find some past discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>John Gledhill at <a href="http://Bitworks.org">Bitworks.org</a> posted a sample of Lenticular film during a discussion about how to tell ordinary black and white from black and white vintage Lenticular Kodacolor when spliced into the same reel.</div><div><br></div><div>Along with the link, John advised:</div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>Check the shape of the lenticular marks as they cross the women by the foliage <a href="http://www.pbase.com/filmworks4ever/image/133995785">http://www.pbase.com/filmworks4ever/image/133995785</a><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Clicking on the image will take you to:</div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><a href="http://www.pbase.com/filmworks4ever/kodacolor_process">http://www.pbase.com/filmworks4ever/kodacolor_process</a></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div>I remember seeing some Lenticular color film after recovery, but I can't recall where or when.</div><div><br></div><div>Googling "Kodacolor Lenticular Film" brings up a number of references, including links to clips, and this useful document that tells what to look for, and outlines a digital color recovery process.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><a href="http://www.dhlab.unibas.ch/dokumente/r_gschwind/ARRI_2013-doLCE.pdf">http://www.dhlab.unibas.ch/dokumente/r_gschwind/ARRI_2013-doLCE.pdf</a></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div>Scroll down this linked page about half-way to see some magnified examples of original Kodacolor Lenticular film are shown on this Vancouver Archives webpage:</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><a href="http://www.vancouverarchives.ca/2012/12/exploring-lenticular-kodacolor/">http://www.vancouverarchives.ca/2012/12/exploring-lenticular-kodacolor/</a></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.filmtech.com/">Film Technology (FilmTech)</a> on Cole Ave. in Los Angeles did a transfer to film for the archive. Call Zac Fink to get more information.</div><div><br></div><div>Here's a 720p clip from LA-based Periscope Films stock footage archive, which used a service provider's proprietary system to transfer the footage:</div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj1LyNfUWig">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj1LyNfUWig</a></div></blockquote><br><br><div>So keep an eye out for some funny-looking black and white movie film that has an odd vertical stripe pattern in it. You may have some color lurking therein.</div><div><br><div>
<div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="font-size: 17px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" style="font-size: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; ">Ted</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Ted Langdell</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Secretary</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Skype: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>TedLangdell</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">e-mail:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></div></span></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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