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I’ve been collecting a lot of old Kodachrome slides from the 1950s and 1960s the past two months. Recently, I managed to get my hands on a couple of old 400ft reels of various home movies of events such as vacations, events, parades, sports games, races, weddings, parties, etc--things of that nature, shot on Kodachrome. It got me thinking: how many people back then shot home movies on 35mm motion picture film? Obviously, I am not insinuating that anyone would have had a giant, 1,000ft mag, 90lb, blimped Mitchell camera ready in their backyard to shoot Dale’s high school graduation party. However, small, light, little MOS cams like the Arriflex 35 IIB were widely available at the time. I imagine Kodachrome was by far the most commonly used consumer film stock in that era, so I suppose most of any home movies would've been shot using it. Unless I have my facts crossed (feel free to correct me if I do), I believe Kodak briefly sold canisters of 35mm Kodachrome intended for motion picture use in the 1940s. The stock was called Kodak 5267, and was introduced in 1942. I know next to nothing about how the market for motion picture film worked back in the day. At the time, did Kodak also sell the 35mm variants of their color negative motion picture films—such as Kodak 5250—to consumers via mail order like they do for their VISION3 stocks today? To be direct, if old home movie reels on 35mm such as these do exist, they’re something I would definitely be extremely motivated to get my hands on. Let me know if anyone has any leads.

Kodachrome held up great over the years. Would have loved to acquire it for the archive, but only rich collectors need apply. The eBay seller has many records for highest priced realized for his 16mm films. Amazing what films he sells. Anyone can get a great film or three to sell, but he routinely gets them. Full rundown... World's Fair 1939 16mm Film eBay D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

Here is the old 1942 16mm Kodachrome home movie I just scanned... https://archive.org/search.php?query=Sooner+or+Later+Y'all+End+Up+on+eBay The title came from a discussion they were having on a film collectors forum. One guy didn't like eBay, he wanted to buy film from yard sales. He was complaining he could find projectors, but he could not find any old films. I told him he has to suck it up and go to eBay. The pickers descend on estate sales at the crack of dawn, they gobble up old photos and any films and boom...Sooner or Later Y'all End Up on eBay! The scan is also an example of what the Retroscan can do. It is pretty much a raw scan. No image stabilization. Just slight color grading as Movavi software is not the best for color grading.

Hello all! I am currently working on a project with some old 8mm film. It was a roll of Kodachrome II that I found. I got it developed to B&W, as that is the only way most places develop it these days. However, the film is very faded. This is somewhat to be expected, considering it had been sitting undeveloped for upwards of 50 years. However, there is only so much I can do digitally to enhance the image. Is there any sort of chemical process that could be applied to the film after it is developed, to retrieve some of the image? Something that would boost the contrast? I'm assuming the answer is no, but I wanted to ask. Additionally, if anyone had any other suggestions or remedies, I would very much like to increase the clarity of this footage, as I am trying to track down the person who shot it. The footage is below for your convenience. Thank you so much! --------------- Here is the ungraded roll: Here is the graded roll: