I bought a film reel today, and am trying to date it. Could someone help?

It's an old Disney film, which I imagine only to be a few minutes long. The reel is small. I don't know the exact size, but it is smaller than a CD.





Around the edge of one side it says: MADE IN U.S.A. BY KODAK NOT FOR CAMERA USE





On the other side it says: MADE OF TENITE





On the film itself, on the edge, it says: Dupont Safety Film 3996 B





If you need more details, please ask.





I tried to find the title of the film, but from what I can see it doesn't say!





I'm just curious when it's from.





Thanks. =)|||Hello. I'm no expert on this but let me try to explain what I know.





As far as I know, Kodak changes their film stock every several year or so so there's a possibility that someone - perhaps an expert - could help you. I'm not sure what's to tell the differences between each film stock but those people should know.





You could probably contact someone at Kodak about this kind of thing - but I'm not sure about what department.





From what I found out during a search on the Internet, Kodak started to make 8mm Tenite film from the 1932.|||trying to date it.... weird woman. take it to out to eat, and a good movie.|||Get a loup and look for the copyright notice at the front of the film (or sometimes end)





It could be from the 1950's but you did not tell us if is in 8mm or 16mm.|||That 3996 B might be the film's print number. I know that all films are numbered by print. Maybe you could contact Disney, or a film distributor like Technicolor or Deluxe with the information you have.





But you have some mystery on your hands. Now I'm all curious too! This wikipedia site has some good ideas on testing it for date if you don't mind taking a sample splice out of it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_base#I鈥?/a>





And this wikipedia site has a bit of information on 8mm films with a link to 8mm history. It might help you put an approximate date on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_mm_film





I thought it sounded like it was pretty old because it says "Safety" on it, and film has been safe for like 60 years or something. (Before it was "safe" it tended to spontaneously burst into flame.)





Anyways, try that wikipedia article. It also has some links to other film sites. If you're concerned about taking a splice from it properly, contact a local theatre and ask if you can get a projectionist to make a splice from it. (From my experience theatre employees are pretty nice people.)|||Okay, here what to do. Get some plastic tape, depending on the size, make sure


that it just on the metal part, put your name


on it.Just make sure that it don't stick to the


plastic tape inside, take to a store employee


about that so they can get you the right type


of tape.


thank you darrett.