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Crisis in Celluloid: Color Fading and Film Base Deterioration

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Abstract

The twin dilemma of film base deterioration and color fading threaten the film collections of archives everywhere. The causes of these phenomena, rooted in past and present film industry practice, appear highly resistant to corrective measures. Current research has established procedures that can only retard, not stop or reverse, the effects. Alternative film bases and imaging systems, as presently constituted, exhibit technological or economic drawbacks that render them unattractive. Without practical, cost-effective solutions to these problems, the prognosis for film archives is grim.

How to Cite:

Hincha, R., (1992) “Crisis in Celluloid: Color Fading and Film Base Deterioration”, Archival Issues 17(2), 125–135. doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/archivalissues.10610