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Film & emulsion

Three-strip prints, reversal stock and home-movie reels.

Chrome tailfins of a classic car in three-strip Technicolor — Technicolor
Chrome tailfins of a classic car in three-strip Technicolor — Original
OriginalTechnicolor
Technicolor · 1955Three-strip print — saturated, deep blacks.
Glowing campfire embers on Kodachrome reversal stock — Kodachrome
Glowing campfire embers on Kodachrome reversal stock — Original
OriginalKodachrome
Kodachrome · 1965Reversal stock — rich reds and fine grain.
Bonfire sparks on grainy Super 8 home-movie film — Super 8
Bonfire sparks on grainy Super 8 home-movie film — Original
OriginalSuper 8
Super 8 · 1973Super 8 reel — warm grain, gate weave, halation.

Tube & tape

Early videotape, broadcast monitors and camcorder cassettes.

A foggy mountain sunset on 2-inch quadruplex videotape — 2-inch Quad
A foggy mountain sunset on 2-inch quadruplex videotape — Original
Original2-inch Quad
2-inch Quad · 1962Early videotape — banding and quadruplex instability.
Neon reflected in a rain puddle on a PVM broadcast monitor — PVM / BVM
Neon reflected in a rain puddle on a PVM broadcast monitor — Original
OriginalPVM / BVM
PVM / BVM · 1985Studio reference monitor — tight scanlines, rich phosphor.
A misty mountain sunrise on a Hi8 camcorder — Hi8
A misty mountain sunrise on a Hi8 camcorder — Original
OriginalHi8
Hi8 · 1991Hi8 camcorder — soft tape with chroma noise.

The vanished decades

Before colour: nitrate newsreel, silent stock and kinescope.

A vivid macaw reduced to silent-era black and white — Silent 1920s
A vivid macaw reduced to silent-era black and white — Original
OriginalSilent 1920s
Silent 1920s · 1925Silent era — orthochromatic contrast, scratches and flicker.
A chrome car grille as a high-contrast nitrate newsreel — Nitrate 1930s
A chrome car grille as a high-contrast nitrate newsreel — Original
OriginalNitrate 1930s
Nitrate 1930s · 1935Nitrate newsreel — high-contrast B&W, dust and decay.
A studio portrait filmed off a screen as a 16mm kinescope — Kinescope
A studio portrait filmed off a screen as a 16mm kinescope — Original
OriginalKinescope
Kinescope · 194816mm film of a live broadcast — soft and grainy.

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