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Alchemist In Hollywood, The (Part II)

1940/13 min 47 sec/43 shots

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This 1940 educational film explains the chemistry and machinery of motion-picture laboratory processing, from developing and fixing negatives to exposure control, printing picture and sound, drying, inspection, and theatrical projection. It contrasts older manual darkroom methods with modern continuous processing and scientific quality control.

Provenance and rights

Original producer: Atkinson (Ralph B.) & Solow (Sidney Paul)
Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Alchemist In Hollywood, The (Part II)
Date: 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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