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Author Topic: Kodak Eastman Edge Codes Jane Matthews Film Handler Posts: 8 From: Berkhamsted Hertfordshire England Registered: Oct 2015 posted 10-28-2015 04:19 AM                    Hi Everyone, this is quite a tricky one so sorry if it's not appropriate. I'm a film archivist at the British Film Institute and I'm currently repairing a film called Ascendancy (1983). The print is made up from three different kinds of stock which have been stuck together, two kinds of Eastman stock and a AGFA stock. I've managed to date the stock for the AGFA and one of the Eastman stocks but I can't identify the second Eastman stock. The edge code is x triangle and the word safety is written SAFE.TY which would suggest to me that the stock is from France. However, I can't find any record of the code x triangle anywhere. The closest I can find is x triangle x which is 1983 stock (which would make sense as the film is from this time). Has anyone come across the code x triangle before? Is it possible that it's a misprint? Any help would be greatly appreciated . Thanks very much.  |  IP: Logged Jack Theakston Master Film Handler Posts: 411 From: New York, USA Registered: Sep 2007 posted 10-28-2015 04:40 PM                     XΔX is US for 1983, so perhaps ΔX is a shorthand code for it. Would make sense because they picked up on a three-glyph code in '82 in the US.  |  IP: Logged Jane Matthews Film Handler Posts: 8 From: Berkhamsted Hertfordshire England Registered: Oct 2015 posted 10-29-2015 04:30 AM                    I suspected that might be the case. Thanks for your suggestion  |  IP: Logged

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