16mm Cine Film Identification
How to recognise 16mm Cine Film
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16mm is easily identified by measuring the width of the film - it is 16 mm across.
If there are sprocket holes on both sides of the film, then the film is silent. Sprockets on one side of the film indicates that that there may be a soundtrack.
There were are two types of sound track (as shown below). The first is a brown magnetic strip down one side of the film.
The second is an optical sound track. This can be seen when held up to the light as a 'squiggly' line down the side of the film
16mm was made by a variety of manufacturers including Kodak, Agfa, Fuji, Ilford, and many others.
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