Physical Characteristics of Early Films As Aids to Identification : : New Expanded Edition.

• Author: Blot-Wellens, Camille.
• Place / Publishing House: Bloomington : : Fédération internationale des archives du film,, 2022.; {copy}2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (339 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Harold Brown, a True Pioneer of Film Preservation -- Editor's Notes on the New Edition -- Genesis -- Methodology -- Notes on the Present Edition -- Chronology -- Structure -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- PART I -- Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification -- 1. Preface to the 1990 Edition -- 2. Introduction to the 1990 Edition -- 3. Perforation Shapes -- 4. Embossed and Punched Marks -- 5. Producers' Edge Marks -- 5.2 Lumière -- 5.4 Pathé -- 5.5 Gaumont -- 5.6 Cines -- 5.7 Vitagraph -- 5.8 Selig -- 5.9 Pasquali -- 5.10 Warwick -- 5.11 Ambrosio -- 5.12 Sascha -- 5.13 Messter -- 5.14 Éclair -- 5.15 Urban -- 5.16 Lux -- 5.17 Motion Picture Patents Company -- 5.18 Post-War Edge Marks -- 6. Stock Manufacturers' Edge Marks -- 6.2 Eastman Kodak -- 6.3 Agfa -- 6.4 Selo -- 6.5 Brifco -- 6.6 Gevaert -- 6.7 Pathé -- 6.8 Lignose -- 6.9 Goerz Tenax -- 7. Frame Characteristics and Features of Margins -- 7.2 Méliès -- 7.3 Paul -- 7.4 Edison -- 7.5 Pathé (Early Films with Small Perforations) -- 7.6 Lumière -- 7.7 Warwick -- 7.8 Hepworth -- 7.9 Vitagraph -- 7.10 Selig -- 7.11 Pasquali -- 7.12 Gaumont -- 7.13 Cines -- 7.14 Thanhouser -- 7.15 Pathé (Films of 1905 Onward) -- 7.16 Lubin -- 7.17 Kalem -- 7.18 Essanay -- 7.19 Ambrosio -- 7.20 Itala -- 7.21 American Biograph Company -- 7.22 Lux -- 8. Title Styles -- 8.3 Hepworth (1907-1913) -- 8.4 Gaumont (1906-1914) -- 8.5 Cines (1909-1914) -- 8.6 Vitagraph (1906-1919) -- 8.7 Thanhouser (1910-1915) -- 8.8 Selig (1908-1915) -- 8.9 Éclair (1908-1915) -- 9. Production Serial Numbers -- 10. Letters, etc -- 11. Trademarks in Scenes -- 11.2 Méliès -- 11.3 Hepworth -- 11.4 Pathé -- 11.5 Gaumont -- 11.6 Vitagraph -- 11.7 Thanhouser -- 11.8 Kalem -- 11.9 Éclair -- 12. Essay Thanhouser -- 13. Essay Hepworth -- Appendices: Film Lists.

1. Gaumont (1906-1914) -- 2. Cines (1909-1914) -- 3. Éclair (1908-1915) -- 4. Selig Polyscope (1908-1915) -- 5. Thanhouser (1910-1915) -- Title Styles - Illustrations in Colour (* = new to this edition) -- Hepworth -- Gaumont -- Cines -- Vitagraph -- Thanhouser -- Selig -- Éclair -- *American Standard (Éclair) -- *Scientia (Éclair) -- Pasquali -- *Ambrosio -- *Eclipse -- *Edison -- *Le Lion -- *Lubin -- *Lux -- *Messter -- *Mirror Films -- *Nordisk Films Kompagni -- *Pathé Frères -- *Robert W. Paul -- *Warwick Trading Co -- *Welt-Kinematograph -- PART II -- Lumière -- History (1892-1905) -- General Characteristics -- Perforations -- Inscriptions on the Film Reel -- Frame Characteristics -- Logotype -- Original Cans -- Bibliography -- Identifying a Georges Méliès -- Fiction Films -- Trademarks -- Non-Fiction Films -- Frame-lines and Frame Characteristics -- Perforation Shapes -- Splices -- Attributing a Film to Méliès Is One Thing, Finding a Title and a Date Is -- Title -- Shooting Date -- Parnaland and Éclair -- Camille Blot-Wellens and Pierrette Lemoigne Parnaland (1895-1907) -- Some Historical References -- Frame -- Settings -- Titles -- Éclair (1907-1931) -- History -- Inscriptions on Edges -- Intertitles -- Logotype -- Mention of the Name Éclair -- Catalogue Number -- Parallel Brand Names -- Film Title -- Logotype -- Series -- Some Bibliographical -- Éclipse -- History (1906-1923) -- Intertitles -- Catalogue Numbers -- Series -- Bibliography -- Lux -- History (1906-1913) -- Inscriptions on the Edges -- Frame-lines and Characteristics -- Logo -- Intertitles -- Catalogue Numbers -- Series -- Bibliography -- Pathé -- Pathé as Production Company -- Logos in the Settings -- Titles / Intertitles -- Edge Printings -- Pathé as Apparatus Manufacturer -- Application of Colour -- Frames -- Perforations -- Pathé as Film Manufacturer -- Emulsion Numbers.

Positive Emulsions -- Negative Emulsions -- Eastman Kodak -- 1. Introduction -- 2. 35mm Film Manufactured in the United States -- 2.1 1913 to 1950 -- 2.2 Strip Numbers, Frame-markers, and Other Symbols -- 2.3 Plant of Origin -- 2.4 1951-1996 -- 2.5 Pre-print Letter Codes, 1989 to the Present -- 2.6 Color Print Film, 1996 to the Present -- 2.7 Black &amp -- White Print Film, Late 1990s to the Present -- 3. 35mm Film Manufactured Outside the United States -- 3.1 Kodak Ltd. (United Kingdom) -- 3.2 Kodak Canada Ltd. (Canada) -- 3.3 Société Kodak-Pathé (France) -- 3.4 Kodak A.G. (Germany) -- 4. 16mm Film Manufactured in the United States -- 4.1 Camera Originals and Pre-Print -- 4.2 Prints and Reversal Prints -- 5. 8mm Film -- Agfa -- 1920s to 1940s -- 1920s -- 1930s -- 1940s to 1960s -- 1940s -- 1950s-Mid-1960s -- Gevaert and Agfa-Gevaert -- Gevaert -- Agfa-Gevaert -- Orwo -- Its Origins and Creation -- Edge Printings -- The Mid-1960s -- The Late 1960s Until the Mid-1970s -- From 1975 to 1998 -- 1998 to the Present -- Fuji -- The Foundation of Fuji Photo Film -- Edge Codes of Fuji Photo Film Products (35mm motion picture films) -- Preliminary Notes on Soviet Nitrate Film Stock and Other Aids to Identification of Russian and Soviet Films -- 1. A Brief History of Soviet Film Stock Manufacture in the Nitrate Era -- 2. Identification of Soviet Nitrate Film Stock -- Perforations -- Reel Lengths -- Film Stock and Edge Marks / Edge Codes -- List of Soviet Film Stock Manufacturers and Their Marks -- 3. "Non-Physical" Characteristics -- Production Serial Numbers and Censorship Numbers -- Trademarks in Intertitles -- Title Fonts -- Some Information on Other Film Stock Manufacturers -- 3M -- Ansco -- Deko -- Ensign -- Ferrania -- Foton -- Ilford -- Indu -- Lucky Film Corporation -- Mafe -- Perutz -- Contributors to the 2020 Edition -- Index -- 1. General Index.

2. Trademarks Index -- 3. Edge Printings Index -- 4. Film Titles Index.