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Lots of great info here! My next question is how many prints those matrix films good for?
I believe that there is a considerable collection of Technicolor dyes at George Eastman House.
PE
... .... I am also working with the Efke matrix film, not Kodak. It has a few dust contamination issues, just like most of the film they
made prior to shutting down. ...
The three strip technicolour cameras were only used for a brief time, once Kodachrome was available, Technicolour made a deal to have it perforated for Motion Picture use, and sold exclusively through technicolour for that purpose. The three strips were then made in the lab off the technicolour Kodachrome original. I guess they used a Kodachrome dupe material to provide work-prints, or maybe just B&W reversal.
Eventually Eastman color Negative was used in Camera.
I am amazed that George Eastman House has preserved some of the Technicolor dyes.
They are working on trying to get it cataloged
Sometime in late autumn I might be able to visit the George Eastman House (GEH) and I PROMISE that I will arrange an appointment and schedule things so that it is convenient for all the people involved. Thank you PE and all the folks at GEH. It is a valuable opportunity.
Don't know where you're getting your information, but if somebody put a gun to my head I'd have to say that it is largely inaccurate. T
There could be others, but I am aware of only two Technicolor films which used Kodachrome as a source for the original color image: John Ford's "The Battle of Midway", (1942); and Louis Hayward's "The Marines at Tarawa", (1944). Both films were documentaries which used color footage actually shot during the battles. Only Kodachrome 16 had a camera small enough to allow combat filming. I assume that separation negs were made of the Kodachrome original and the dye-transfer matrices were made from these.
As I recall a film, "King Solomon's Mines" (1950), first used color sequences shot on a monopack in-camera negative. Most of the film was shot with three-strip cameras, but some of the live action footage used a newly invented chromogenic monopack film--this might have been based on Kodachrome. Technicolor might have entered into an exclusive dealing contract with Kodak for this product. Anybody know?.
When you get ready to come to Rochester and visit the GEH, let me know and I'll put you in touch with the GEH person working with the dyes.
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