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I like to think that things that I read from Kodak are industry standards coming from those who know.

It's still a great source of information John, and your pointers this month was quite interesting. I commonly find knicks in the film and actual tape within a reel of film that would've caused a wrap, but would've definitely not been a static related issue.

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distributors specifically request, so many of the complaints (e.g., lack of full inspection, delivery date) posted on Film-Tech are not under their control.

I just opened another of the old prints that I got a few months ago. It has an INSPECTED sticker on it with the following information:

TITLE
Reel 5 of 5
CONDITION: VG--has sprocket marks in the soundtrack--otherwise OK.

Just running the reel on the rewinds through my sound reader was misery. It sounds like a motorboat engine. I cant hear the sound for the noise. My booth is still in limbo The Holmes are still dead.

The print was rejected by a theater after it was inspected, so what good did the inspection do if they just sent it out again?

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A reel severely damaged by sprocket "roping" like yours would be rated "5" and junked, with the theatre getting charged.

For a bit of nostalgia, check out the article about Ola McElhinney, an inspectress at Benton Brothers in Atlanta, in the December 1977 "Film Notes for Reel People" H-50-5. Film-Tech has these on line in the "Manuals" section. Ola started in the film industry in 1915, when she was only 19 years old, and was still going strong in 1977 when she was in her 80's! Bless her soul.

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com

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You might remember me telling everyone that I knew Ola M. when I lived in Atlanta. She was a very sweet lady and loved talking about the old days of film handling, and just about anything else. I went by the home that she owned the last time that I was in Atlanta, and was told by the young couple living there that they had bought the home from the previous owners estate in 1990.

As for the 1-5 rating system, and the cards, I used this exact system for my 16mm collection. Most of my stuff was a 3 or 4.

My question: If the distributor KNEW that the roping was on R5, then why waste the money shipping it to the theater, and wasting the time of the projectionist inspecting it? The whole print has the same print numbers on the bands, and all head and tail splices are the same. The thing is on LPP stock, and R1-4 are scratch free, as is R5 with the roping.

My guess would be that the person who inspected the reel saw and noted the roping damage, but didn't realize that that kind of damage sounds so BAD. So they didn't rate the reel a "5" and junk it.