Is my old 8mm K II and older 16mm film lost?

[Theo Sulphate]

So, back in 1978...


... I was using Kodachrome II "regular" 8mm to make a movie of my travels. Reaching my destination at the halfway part of the film, naturally I flipped the spool over and planned on finishing the roll in the next few months.

That never happened.

The camera sits at home in my "camera room" and has spent the last 36+ years at room temperatures, but that varies between 60F and 80F as extremes for a few weeks in winter and summer. About 10 years ago I was about to send it to Rocky Mountain, but never did. My question: is there any chance whatsoever of getting any type of image from it? If so, how and where?

Even earlier than 1978 I received a Ciné Kodak Magazine 16 camera which had a metal 16mm magazine inside. Some paper also inside suggested the film was bought in the late 1940's. I don't know if any of it was ever exposed, but I assume it's totally unrecoverable.

 

[Lee Rust]

I just sent some Kodacolor rollfilms from the late 1960's off to Film Rescue in Canada. We'll see how they turn out. The procedure can take quite a few months since for any particular emulsion type they only mix the appropriate chemicals a few times a year. They also process movie film. The website is very informative and well designed.

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I was originally going to use Rocky Mountain myself, but their business started to look a little dicey in recent years, based on their website. Maybe things have improved recently.

 

[railwayman3]

Don't try to use either Rocky Mountain, or process C22 in the UK, both are out of business, and, if you Google around, it seems that people have lost film and money.

There are no practical ways now of processing Kodachrome to color, but there may be a chance of recovering some B&W images by someone like filmrescue.

 

[phildil]

Bearing in mind the age of your film, and the room temp storage, don't bet on getting much of a result, but perhaps worth a try. There is no colour Kodachrome processing now (as is well documented) but it can be developed to BW, either neg or reversal, with varying results. I have done this myself in fact and there might even be labs willing to undertake such a job if you search round.

this sticky might also help you see (there was a url link here which no longer exists) .

 

[AgX]

As the film was not flipped there are enough frames to be easily cut-off for test processing