Old Home Movies - Ruined Forever!

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KKD1247

KKD1247

16 жыл бұрын

Here is a tale of woe that you've probably heard before. You come across some valuable home movies that you should copy off to a DVD and then, guess what!?!
It's happened to me! I'll show you the results of my first 16mm sound films from the 1960s that I recently discovered in my collection. Both the separate audio tape soundtrack and the 16mm film exists and I was anxious to bring them together again for KZfaq viewers. The final result might make film collectors ill.
Taped: February 7, 2008

Пікірлер: 67
@kq6up
@kq6up 14 жыл бұрын
This damage is due to moisture. Too much humidity. The vinegar smell produced by cellulose acetate is caused by a reaction with water vapor, so cool, dark, and dry. I have some footage from 1961 looking as good as the day it was shot. The vinegar syndrome causes the film to shrink, and that is what you are seeing.
@CassetteMaster
@CassetteMaster 16 жыл бұрын
Whoa...I hope that didn't happen to my uncle's 16mm films. He has a lot of films he made, although he said they had been transferred. He did lots of film and tape work back in the day, although alot of the equipment is gone..
@KKD1247
@KKD1247 16 жыл бұрын
The acetic acid smell is the binder breaking down between the emulsion and the base. The problem often occurs when film is stored in tight cans, and is unable to breath in storage. This is also a big problem with old magnetic tracks in movie sound tracks which are often stored the same way.
@TheRenard10
@TheRenard10 9 жыл бұрын
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@choppergirl
@choppergirl 12 жыл бұрын
Before I would of thrown it out, I would of unwound some of it and seen if I could see through each frame. It looks like only the bottom edge or outside edges took most of the damaged. Kind of like how you throw a book into a fire, and then pull it out later and everything is intact one the printed page, only the outside edges got burned. Its actually pretty hard to burn a book quickly.
@KKD1247
@KKD1247 14 жыл бұрын
The film is gone. I haven't won the lottery yet to be able to undertake printing it step by step to a new film.
@JamesBanner
@JamesBanner 11 жыл бұрын
I have 16mm films that have been stored under normal conditions for 35 years and they're still fine. I might only project them once in a decade but none of them have ended up on rusty reels, rotting away like yours.
@spencerjoplin2885
@spencerjoplin2885 2 жыл бұрын
The vinegar is a runaway chemical reaction, and it’s exacerbated by temperature fluctuations. Ventilation theoretically helps, but few places are consistently cold, dry, and drafty.
@Musicradio77Network
@Musicradio77Network 8 жыл бұрын
I always keep my 8mm and 16mm movies in place to avoid any vinegar smell or some damage over the years, I have a set of three 3 projectors including my 2 Kodak projectors including my Super Showtime 8 and Instamatic Super 8 projector along my latest find, my Bell & Howell Filmosound Specialist 16mm projector. I have a batch of cartoons from Castle Films and others. Kerry was a great user, and he died a couple of years ago, he would be missed. :(
@therestorationofdrwho1865
@therestorationofdrwho1865 6 жыл бұрын
You could still attempt resurrecting the films by soaking them in a restoring fluid.
@robertwmartens
@robertwmartens 16 жыл бұрын
Yours is a very cautionary tale - kinda like those scary health movies we watched in high school! I have all the 16mm movies my Grandfather filmed from 1929 to the 1960's, and I've had nightmares of finding them all melted into goop. So far they're in OK shape - I keep them in a cabinet down in my basement, the coolest part of the house. I still worry for their safety, but what am I gonna do, rent a salt mine?
@tfd92
@tfd92 16 жыл бұрын
Sorry that you lost the movies. Hopefully you find that you recorded them on tape. I enjoy all of your videos and it is a shame that this work was lost.
@okiegrown7412
@okiegrown7412 4 жыл бұрын
That's a shame. Storing in your laundry room probably did it, with the humidity. - Ideally, is to store them in a shoe box up in your closet. Never in plastic. Film needs some air.
@merrill1940
@merrill1940 16 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the warning. I had a Bolex P2 8mm purchased in 1964. The films have been kept in a dry cool place but I'm still going right now to check on them. I wish that I had purchased a 16mm instead because the definition is so much better than 8mm. It's almost like looking a video tape.
@KKD1247
@KKD1247 16 жыл бұрын
Wow...those open reel tapes of yours look like many of my old "NightLife" shows from the 80s. Mold & "salt" all over them! What a surprise when you open them up years later.
@KKD1247
@KKD1247 16 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for your thoughts on this.
@joeystromboli65
@joeystromboli65 16 жыл бұрын
I feel your pain. and thank you for the lesson. To back up my movie
@tiger175
@tiger175 14 жыл бұрын
I have recently deposited my father's 8mm film collection with a film archive. Some of the footage was beginning to deteriorate but I know now that it will be stored at the correct temperature/humidity. I hope the memories stored in your head stay with you and are as vivid as the film itself.
@memahselfni
@memahselfni 16 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry on your losses. Anyone who enjoys old films knows the annoyance and dismay of learning that the interesting film they read about (or in your case made) is no longer around, and can never be viewed by them. Some old Hollywood films, you may or may not know, are actually ticking away. The chemicals used to make the celluloid reel erode the film after a long time.
@boyhey1
@boyhey1 14 жыл бұрын
oh my God, are those films can't play it anymore? oh no, its ruined. i really love old films!!!
@mikefromspace
@mikefromspace 13 жыл бұрын
I don't see how it's ruined for certain without trying to unwind it. Soak it in formula 2001 and once it's flexible again, use a chemical bath of baking soda, warm water, and this will remove impregnated iron by moving it to the anode. If anything is left of the film it might be fixable digitally to improve color and contrast.
@samplesmasher
@samplesmasher 14 жыл бұрын
oh man, that's such a sad story! I hope, you didn't throw away the film. i still would try by myself to safe some scenes of it, no matter how it would look like, just for some moved pictures of that time. Sorry about my bad english, i'm from Germany.
@kensims4086
@kensims4086 7 жыл бұрын
My disc's started to rot away already, thanks maxell.. Those films could be scanned one frame at a time and played back fine.. I got some films from 1920 that are perfect still on metal reels.
@Videogamehistorian00
@Videogamehistorian00 14 жыл бұрын
@EnerG15 Just try to keep it around 40-60 degrees F and 40-60% humidity
@rodneykingston6420
@rodneykingston6420 10 жыл бұрын
Is part of the reason for deterioration the metal reel? Would it not have degraded less if it were on a plastic (or several smaller plastic) reel?
@marktubeie07
@marktubeie07 16 жыл бұрын
I know EXACTLY you feel at your 'LOSS' - & it is a loss, not only of history but in fact, your youth! Attached above is a short clip of the worst of my some 15 open-reel J-Standard B&W Video Tapes that I had created in my youth. I am yet to have them 'baked' so I can transfer them to Digital Format. I have lost 1/3 of these reel...
@teendude16
@teendude16 16 жыл бұрын
Hey, thank you for the lesson here. You are like a director, the camera likes you. I wonder if it is really not restorable at all?. I heard things, but it was for tape recorder tapes, like reel to reel, maybe it won't work for that. Thank you for posting.
@KKD1247
@KKD1247 16 жыл бұрын
You are correct, sir! On all of the above.
@bertskoi
@bertskoi 16 жыл бұрын
you can get it washed and preserved don't throw it out! it may not be destroyed. they can do a digital frame by frame
@RetroGamerVX
@RetroGamerVX 8 жыл бұрын
Yup, that would have to be hand restored, even then, huge job if it could even be done successfully.
@Bobinti
@Bobinti 14 жыл бұрын
what would happen in you put it in the projector as you would do with the not rotten one?
@Juliannarox
@Juliannarox 14 жыл бұрын
looks like i'd better start copying my films onto DVD's right now. yeah, mine are old video tapes but even video tapes dont last forever! if i ever lost any of them, i'd be down in the dumps forever! sorry bout your movie dude, i truely am, it must kill you that something so old and important has been destroyed by time. you have an awesome voice btw, just saying.
@alext9067
@alext9067 9 жыл бұрын
Kerry, how did you get your hands on an anamorphic lens? That's pretty cool stuff to have laying around.
@autophyte
@autophyte 3 жыл бұрын
Strange. I have dozens of 16 mm films (not home movies) stored under my house in steel cans sitting in stacks on the rocky ground, which have been there for the last 40 years, but they are still in playable condition. The colour has faded in many of them but the film itself is still fine. These are release prints, not first generation prints. They are all on those blue plastic reels and cores. Maybe your films , as reversal first generation prints, had traces of developing solutions still on the film, which, in the sealed can slowly dissolved the emulsion and backing. A sad situation, definitely.
@MewtwoM
@MewtwoM 10 жыл бұрын
I heard on KZfaq that a user with a LaserScan type unit was actually able to scan some very badly deteriorated films to where they could be watchable to some extent. I suggest maybe looking up this user, if by now you have not tossed those old films. Yes, it is sad when a prized film like that becomes practically unplayable due to decay.
@MewtwoM
@MewtwoM 10 жыл бұрын
The user I was referring to in my above post is GammaRayDigital who uses the device I tried to describe that can scan very badly deteriorated film (as in the case of your ruined films caused by vinegar syndrome). What I have seen of the results of this user is very amazing. And yes, I see the point in storing these films in ideal conditions (namely a cool, dark place with relatively low humidity). I am so sorry for your loss.
@MisterEsoteric
@MisterEsoteric 10 жыл бұрын
Wonderful stuff, Mr. Decker. So sorry you lost your past treasures. If you had known how to salvage the film, what' the latest you could have saved it before it was too late? When we're young we don't think about these things. Perhaps if you'd got it out more frequently it would not've rusted. Also, I thing being back east in more humid climates could have contributed. I am from Colorado and none of my old super 8 films have shown any signs of deterioration, perhaps because it's so much dryer?
@FlyingMitch
@FlyingMitch 6 жыл бұрын
I copied my old vhs tapes from 30 years ago to my computer back in 2015 been trying to digitally clean it up In fcpx can’t really do anything with the date stamp unfortunately because it was turned on and off on the camera constantly
@Videogamehistorian00
@Videogamehistorian00 14 жыл бұрын
@Bobinti It would constantly go in and out of frame, and I'm pretty sure that this has melted together so I don't think you'd get very far in it. But most likely the sprockets are gone.
@wilkes85
@wilkes85 16 жыл бұрын
aaaaw man, that must hurt!! Have you tried getting in contact with a company that could possibly restore the film? maybe they could clean it so that it can be playable. if not, I hope you find the rest of those beta tapes that you transferred the film onto.
@SamHarrisonMusic
@SamHarrisonMusic 4 жыл бұрын
I think if you pay enough someone might be able to do a rough transfer of some of it for you... you can see what they do with old nitrate film!
@MRLOL785
@MRLOL785 13 жыл бұрын
@KKD1247 It's a good thing that Beta lasts longer than VHS. I've got several from the late '70s that still play back with nice results, but I do have a tape from the early '90s that was a dud. Luckily it was mostly second-gen stuff and the originals are still working. At least you have the audio...
@photomitch
@photomitch 13 жыл бұрын
Well, I discovered a reel of some super 8MM film I shot back in the late 60's when i was in High School had gotten wet and ruined when in storage. Oh well....
@KKD1247
@KKD1247 16 жыл бұрын
Hi. I would copy them to a DVD asap. Even if you do it yourself using a small setup with your camcorder. You won't regret it. (Several of my KZfaq videos from the 1960s are from old Beta tapes I copied long ago. The films are currently unplayable.)
@Onneff69
@Onneff69 14 жыл бұрын
I would make at leaset one extra DVD copies AND a copy on MiniDV TAPE. Also, store them in different locations, if convenient. It really depends on how important the film/video is to you - or on how much you think your descendents will care! :)
@spencerjoplin2885
@spencerjoplin2885 2 жыл бұрын
I’m from the future. What’s a DVD?
@AmazingShoestring
@AmazingShoestring 16 жыл бұрын
Don't throw it out just yet! If these films are very special to you, a chemical restoration by a professional could probably restore part of it.
@Videogamehistorian00
@Videogamehistorian00 14 жыл бұрын
Yeah you're problem is it looks like your conditions were less then "half ideal". That film looks like it's melted and the fact that the reel is corroding it seems there was a high humidity content.
@therestorationofdrwho1865
@therestorationofdrwho1865 5 жыл бұрын
at lot would be lost but please keep it you might be able to keep some small parts of it.
@andrewbarnum5040
@andrewbarnum5040 7 жыл бұрын
This sort of problem is not an issue modern film. B&W film like this gentleman has is prone to vinegar syndrome which causes the film to melt. Film releases gasses over time which is normal. However if these gasses get trapped in an air tight film can it will causes the film to shrink and finally melt while admitting a strong vinegar smell. There are professional scanners which are able to scan film which has been damaged in this way. Film should be stored in cans with small holes drilled into them for ventilation or remove the lid ever 6 to 12 months to allow the gases to escape. Newer polyester based films don't have this problem and have an amazing shelf life of up 700 years if stored in perfect conditions.
@TheGrindhouselover
@TheGrindhouselover 11 жыл бұрын
ive heard of companies that can restore old film thats been destroyed by the vinegar reaction, i dont remember what it was, but you can look online, they might be able to help bring out some of the pictures on it and transfer it to dvd
@KKD1247
@KKD1247 16 жыл бұрын
Images are probably there but the film is all stuck together and fused into a mass.
@KKD1247
@KKD1247 16 жыл бұрын
The expense would be excessive for their value - "zero" for everyone but me. It was hard to do but I already threw the 16mm in the dumpster.
@MarkShannonroad_videos
@MarkShannonroad_videos 13 жыл бұрын
That hurts real bad! Now I have to wonder how DVDs will hold up over time. Will they look like this, all warped and smelly, or will they still play? Hate to see good film go yuck like this. History lost forever!
@geekthinker
@geekthinker 12 жыл бұрын
@KKD1247 find 'em yet?
@KKD1247
@KKD1247 16 жыл бұрын
The film is oily & gummy and would not even thread into a projector. Besides, it would leave gummy residue all through the thread path and mess up the next film thru the projector. I know what you mean - but not worth it. :-(
@KKD1247
@KKD1247 16 жыл бұрын
No - not yet.
@fredroper398
@fredroper398 7 жыл бұрын
just take your films out every so often and do a rewind then wind them back that film i would have unwound it on another reek to inspect and see what can be saved and gently unstuck film
@jumentoasiaticopringao582
@jumentoasiaticopringao582 5 жыл бұрын
The metal's reel fault😔
@teendude16
@teendude16 16 жыл бұрын
Find those beta tapes, I heard they must be kept away from heat humidity, speakers, magnets. Thank you.
@CodyLee6969
@CodyLee6969 16 жыл бұрын
you find all the beta tapes?
@Onneff69
@Onneff69 14 жыл бұрын
This is definitely a MAJOR personal loss and I'm truly sorry for you. However, what happened to your film is definitely & emphatically NOT typical. Something(s) went wrong somewhere - and it could've been as far back as the day those emulsions were made to what was in the air in the garage storage. Contrary to popular mythology, film (movie and still) and magnetic tape happen to be VERY archival (nothing "amazing" about your audio tapes still playing) even without ultra-special storage.
@michaelmcgee8543
@michaelmcgee8543 4 жыл бұрын
This is sad.
@joeystromboli65
@joeystromboli65 9 жыл бұрын
Very Good Info thanks Kerry
@miloklis
@miloklis 11 жыл бұрын
rewind
@TheDeadDeadsons
@TheDeadDeadsons 15 жыл бұрын
dude! that sucks.
@tanello2
@tanello2 11 жыл бұрын
DVD lasts only 30 yr after that it will allso start to skip and do some ohter ugly stuff
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