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ShowHide detailsDer Märchenwald – Ein Schattenspiel (GER 1919). Credit: By courtesy of Deutsche Kinemathek. Photographs of the tinted nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: Agfa (trough to 1923). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 15. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsDer Alpenweg. Sallanches, Gombloux, Megeve (CH [1920]). Credit: Lichtspiel Kinemathek Bern. Photographs of the tinted and toned nitrate print by Noemi Daugaard, SNSF project Film Colors. Technologies, Cultures, Institutions. Edge mark: Agfa (trough to 1923). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 15. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide details[Emelka Woche 1928 /28 & 30] ( [1928]). Credit: Lichtspiel Kinemathek Bern. Photographs of the tinted, toned and stencil colored nitrate film by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: Agfa (1924 onward). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 15. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsMed Roald Amundsens nordpolsekspedition til første vinterkvarter [Roald Amundsen’s North Pole Expedition] (Norway 1923). Credit: Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin. Photographs by Barbara Flueckiger. -
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ShowHide detailsEdge marks: Kodak. Source: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on pp. 13–17. -
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ShowHide detailsGrass. A Nation’s Battle for Life (USA 1925, Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Marguerite Harrison), 35mm Nitrate, Duplicating Positive. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photographs by Olivia Kristina Stutz, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors. Edge code: Upper left: Kodak USA 1922 (second half of the year), copied from negative. Lower left: Kodak Canada 1926 (first half of the year). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on pp. 13–17. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsGrass. A Nation’s Battle for Life (USA 1925, Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Marguerite Harrison), 35mm Nitrate, Duplicating Positive. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photographs by Olivia Kristina Stutz, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors. Edge code: Kodak Canada 1925 (second half of the year). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 13-17. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsGrass. A Nation’s Battle for Life (USA 1925, Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Marguerite Harrison), 35mm Nitrate, Duplicating Positive. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photographs by Olivia Kristina Stutz, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors. Edge code: Kodak Canada 1926 (first half of the year). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on pp. 13–17. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Image courtesy of the 20th Century Fox Collection at the Academy Film Archive. Source: Earl Sponable Collection Film: [Sonochrome Sound Tests]. Photograph: Barbara Flueckiger. Edge marks: Eastman. Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on pp. 13–17. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Image courtesy of the 20th Century Fox Collection at the Academy Film Archive. Source: Earl Sponable Collection Film: [Sonochrome Sound Tests]. Photograph: Barbara Flueckiger. Edge code: Kodak 1930 (second half of the year). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on pp. 13–17. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Image courtesy of the 20th Century Fox Collection at the Academy Film Archive. Source: Earl Sponable Collection Film: [Sonochrome Sound Tests]. Photograph: Barbara Flueckiger. Edge code: Kodak 1929 (first half of the year). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on pp. 13–17. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsToned samples from the Kodak Film Samples Collection at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford. Credit: National Science and Media Museum Bradford. Photographs by Barbara Flueckiger in collaboration with Noemi Daugaard. Edge code: Kodak U.K. 1917. Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 13-17. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsMalombra (ITA 1917, Carmine Gallone). Credit: Cineteca di Bologna. Photographs of the tinted and toned nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge code: Kodak USA 1916 (second half of the year), copied from negative. Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on pp. 13–17. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsVoyage autour d’une étoile (FRA 1906, Gaston Velle). Credit: Cineteca di Bologna. Photographs of the toned nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: Gevaert Belgium. Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on pp. 15–16. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsComment le soleil se couche (FRA 1913). Credit: Cineteca di Bologna. Photographs of the tinted and toned nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: Eclair 1912 (F.E. = Films Eclair). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on pp. 11–12 . View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsI corazzieri italiani (ITA 1910, Società Italiana Cines). Credit: Cineteca di Bologna. Photographs of the tinted nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: Cines (1909-1012): SOCIETÀ ITALIANA “CINES” ROMA (partially visible). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 10. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification Frame characteristics / features of margins: Cines. Cf.: Brown 1990: on p. 23. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsI corazzieri italiani (ITA 1910, Società Italiana Cines). Credit: Cineteca di Bologna. Photographs of the tinted nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: Cines (1909-1012): SOCIETÀ ITALIANA “CINES” ROMA (partially visible). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 10. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification Frame characteristics / features of margins: Cines. Cf.: Brown 1990: on p. 23. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsI corazzieri italiani (ITA 1910, Società Italiana Cines). Credit: Cineteca di Bologna. Photographs of the tinted nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: Cines (1909-1012): SOCIETÀ ITALIANA “CINES” ROMA (partially visible). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 10. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification Frame characteristics / features of margins: Cines. Cf.: Brown 1990: on p. 23. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsMassafra (ITA 1911). Credit: Cineteca di Bologna. Photographs of the tinted, toned and stencil colored nitrate print by Noemi Daugaard, SNSF project Film Colors. Technologies, Cultures, Institutions. Edge mark: Cines (1909-1012): SOCIETA ITALIANA “CINES” ROMA (partially visible). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 10. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification Frame characteristics / features of margins: Cines. Cf.: Brown 1990: on p. 23. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsMassafra (ITA 1911). Credit: Cineteca di Bologna. Photographs of the tinted, toned and stencil colored nitrate print by Noemi Daugaard, SNSF project Film Colors. Technologies, Cultures, Institutions. Edge mark: Cines (1909-1012): SOCIETA ITALIANA “CINES” ROMA (partially visible). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 10. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification Frame characteristics / features of margins: Cines. Cf.: Brown 1990: on p. 23. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsL’Antre infernal (FRA 1905, Gaston Velle). Credit: Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art Department of Film. Photographs by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: PATHÉ FRÈRES PARIS 1905 (partially visible). Cf.: Ill.PM.3: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 9. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsLes petits vagabonds (FRA 1905, Lucien Nonguet). Credit: EYE Film Museum. Photographs of the tinted and toned nitrate print by Olivia Kristina Stutz, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors. Edge mark: PATHÉ FRÈRES PARIS 1905 (partially visible). Cf.: Ill.PM.3: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 9. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: EYE Film Institute Amsterdam. Film: [Kleurenpracht]. Edge mark: Pathé (April 1907-1909), on one edge, PATHÉ FRÈRES and on the other, 14 RUE FAVART PARIS (partially visible). Cf. Ill.PM.4: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 9. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsAn Atlantic Voyage (GER / GBR / FRA). Credit: Deutsches Filminstitut DIF. Photographs of the tinted and toned nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: PATHÉ FRÈRES PARIS (with gap, early 1906, partially visible). Cf.: Ill.PM.32: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 9. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsAn Atlantic Voyage (GER / GBR / FRA). Credit: Deutsches Filminstitut DIF. Photographs of the tinted and toned nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: PATHÉ FRÈRES PARIS (without gap, 1906-1907, partially visible). Cf.: Ill.PM.33: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 9. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide details[Franz-Josef-Land] Credit: Lichtspiel Kinemathek Bern. Photographs of the tinted and toned nitrate print by Noemi Daugaard, SNSF project Film Colors. Technologies, Cultures, Institutions. Edge mark: Pathé (1909 onward), on one edge, PATHÉ FRÈRES 14 RUE FAVART PARIS and on the other, EXHIBITION INTERDITE EN FRANCE EN SUISSE ET EN BELGIQUE (partially visible). Cf.: Ill.PM.5: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 9. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsTinted samples from the Kodak Film Samples Collection at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford. Credit: National Science and Media Museum Bradford. Photographs by Barbara Flueckiger in collaboration with Noemi Daugaard. Edge mark: Pathé (1911 onward), thin italic letters, on one edge, PATHE FRERES 14 RUE FAVART PARIS and on the other, EXHIBITION INTERDITE EN FRANCE EN SUISSE EN BELGIQUE ET EN ITALIE (partially visible). Cf. Ill.PM.6: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 9. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide details[Gaumont Fragments] Credit: Lichtspiel Kinemathek Bern. Photographs of the tinted, toned and stencil colored nitrate film by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: Pathé (1911 onward), thin italic letters, on one edge, PATHE FRERES 14 RUE FAVART PARIS and on the other, EXHIBITION INTERDITE EN FRANCE EN SUISSE EN BELGIQUE ET EN ITALIE (partially visible). Cf. Ill.PM.6: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 9. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsOiseaux sauvages des monts d’Ecosse (FRA 1914). Credit: Cineteca di Bologna. Photographs of the stencil colored nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: Pathé (1911 onward), thin upright letters, on one edge, PATHE FRERES 14 RUE FAVART PARIS and on the other, EXHIBITION INTERDITE EN FRANCE EN SUISSE EN BELGIQUE ET EN ITALIE (partially visible). Cf.: Ill.PM.7: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 9. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide details[Tänze] (? 1920s). Credit: Deutsches Filminstitut DIF. Photographs of the tinted and toned nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: Pathé (1920s). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 16. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: EYE Film Institute Amsterdam. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Richard Wagner (DE 1913, Carl Froelich). Edge mark: “MESSTERFILM” – BERLIN (partially visible). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 11. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: EYE Film Institute Amsterdam. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Richard Wagner (DE 1913, Carl Froelich). Edge mark: “MESSTERFILM” – BERLIN (partially visible). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 11. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: EYE Film Institute Amsterdam. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Richard Wagner (DE 1913, Carl Froelich). Edge mark: “MESSTERFILM” – BERLIN (partially visible). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 11. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide details[Gaumont Woche] [1926]. Credit: Lichtspiel Kinemathek Bern. Photographs of the tinted nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: Goerz Tenax. Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 16. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide details[Gaumont Woche] [1926]. Credit: Lichtspiel Kinemathek Bern. Photographs of the tinted nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: Gevaert. Cf.: Ill.SM.10: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on pp. 15–16. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art Department of Film. Photographs by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Little Nemo (USA 1911, Winsor McCay). Edge mark: THE VITAGRAPH CO OF AMERICA (1909 onward, partially visible). Cf.: Ill.PM.12: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on pp. 10–11. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification Frame characteristics / features of margins: Vitagraph (1906-1916). Cf.: Brown 1990: on p. 22. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsMedium Wanted as Son-in-law. Credit: Library of Congress. Photograph of the nitrate prints by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: On one edge, LEASED FOR USE ONLY ON MACHINES LICENSED BY MOTION PICTURE PATENTS CO. N.Y. (1909-19014, partially visible). Cf. Ill.PM.30: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 11. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsMedium Wanted as Son-in-law. Credit: Library of Congress. Photograph of the nitrate prints by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: On one edge, LEASED FOR USE ONLY ON MACHINES LICENSED BY MOTION PICTURE PATENTS CO. N.Y. (1909-19014, partially visible). Cf. Ill.PM.30: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 11. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsMedium Wanted as Son-in-law. Credit: Library of Congress. Photograph of the nitrate prints by Barbara Flueckiger. Edge mark: On one edge, LEASED FOR USE ONLY ON MACHINES LICENSED BY MOTION PICTURE PATENTS CO. N.Y. (1909-19014, partially visible). Cf. Ill.PM.30: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 11. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification
