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Nitrate film stock was used in every major film production before about 1951. Many silent films only survived because they were printed to 16 mm film , which did not use a nitrate base. A report published by the United States Library of Congress in September 2013 states that 70 percent of all American silent feature films are lost.
Cinema of Spain; pre-1930; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959: 1960s; 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969: 1970s ...
Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation claimed in 2017 that "half of all American films made before 1950 and over 90% of films made before 1929 are lost forever". [4] Deutsche Kinemathek estimates that 80–90% of silent films are gone; [5] the film archive's own list contains over 3,500 lost films.
Safety film" was relegated to sub-35 mm formats such as 16 mm and 8 mm until improvements were made in the late 1940s. Nitrate film is also chemically unstable and over time can decay into a sticky mass or a powder akin to gunpowder. This process can be very unpredictable; some nitrate film from the 1890s is still in good condition, while some ...
A list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Spain, ordered by decade and year of release on separate pages. For an alphabetical list of articles on Spanish films, see Category:Spanish films .
Someone Has to Die (Spanish: Alguien tiene que morir) [2] is a Spanish-Mexican thriller television limited series created by Manolo Caro, creator of the Netflix series The House of Flowers. [3] The series takes place in 1950s Spain and consists of three episodes revolving around a conservative and traditional society during the Franco regime ...
One of the first erotic films (or "stag party films") made. Only two minutes of the film have survived. 1897: The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight: Enoch J. Rector: James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons: A fight film shot outdoors in a widescreen process. Originally over 70 minutes, a 20-minute fragment survives. 1899: The Jeffries-Sharkey Contest
Cellulose nitrate (c. 1889 – c. 1950) is the first of film supports.It can be found as roll film, motion picture film, and sheet film. It is difficult to determine the dates when all nitrate film was discontinued, however, Eastman Kodak last manufactured nitrate film in 1951. [1]