Celluloid
EST. ARCHIVE · 1968
№ 001 / WINTER LEDGER SHELF B · DRAWER 04

The Family
Archive, in light .

Forty-two reels of Super-8 stored in tin cans, catalogued by hand. Cousins on porches, grandmothers stirring coffee, the dog learning to swim. A working ledger of the small, unimportant, irreplaceable hours.

TOTAL REELS
042
ERA
1968–82
DIGITIZED
34/42
PENDING
08
RUNTIME
14:32:08
★ KODAK SUPER-8 · 50 FTEKTACHROME EXP. 7242★ AUDIO MAGNETIC STRIPE24 FPS · DAYLIGHT★ HOME PROCESSEDTYPE A FILTER ★ KODAK SUPER-8 · 50 FTEKTACHROME EXP. 7242★ AUDIO MAGNETIC STRIPE24 FPS · DAYLIGHT★ HOME PROCESSEDTYPE A FILTER
§ 02 — THE VAULT

Reels, by the tin.

R-012 · SUMMER '74

Lake Hopatcong, the week the dock broke.

12 minutes. Color, no sound. Cousins, the rowboat, a missing sneaker.

DURATION
12:04
FRAMES
17,376
R-012 Lake Hopatcong Summer 74 orange film canister
Kids jumping off the lake dock at golden hour
★ FEATURED
KODACHROME II · 50FT Thread reel
R-007 · XMAS '71 06:18
R-007 Christmas 71 green film tin
Christmas tree with warm bulbs at night
The tree, on fire briefly.
R-019 · ROAD '76 14:42
R-019 Route 66 Road 76 dented turquoise film canister
Station wagon road trip at dusk through windshield
Route 66, sleeping in a station wagon.
R-031 · WEDDING '78 21:07
R-031 Aunt Lou Wedding 78 ivory tin with satin ribbon
Bride and groom under a dripping umbrella outside a chapel
Aunt Lou's vows, & rain.
R-038 · UNDATED PENDING
R-038 corroded grey film tin recovered from a cellar
Mysterious silhouette of a woman holding a child, damaged film frame
UNIDENTIFIED
Unknown, found in the cellar.
→ AWAITING DIGITIZATION
§ 03 — NOW SCREENING: R-012

Summer '74, frame by frame.

24 FPS
SILENT
SCRUB ↔
FRAME 00:00:14:08
The dock, before
f/2.8
1/60s
00:01:22
f/4 · daylight
00:02:48
f/5.6 · noon
00:04:11
f/2.8 · indoor
● NOTE
f/4 · porch
00:07:33
f/8 · sunset
00:09:02
f/4 · table
00:00:00
00:12:04
§ 04 — FRAME 00:00:14:08 · ATTACHED MEMORY

Stories pinned to frames.

FOCUS LOCK
R-012 · F.00:00:14:08 · KODACHROME II
Frame 47 of 17,376
TIMESTAMP
14:08:24
EXPOSURE
f/2.8 · 1/60
EMULSION
KOD-II 25
LOCATION
NJ · 40.96°N
ARCHIVED
1974
INDEX CARD · 04-B

A memory
about the dock.

The summer the dock broke, we were already half in the water. Grandpa Vic was filming from the shore — you can see his shadow lean in the bottom-left corner of the third frame. Mom was furious. We were delighted. The dog learned to swim that week, sort of.
— Marisol, recalled Aug. 2024
PEOPLE IN FRAME
Vic (grandfather) Sylvie Marisol (8 yrs) Benny the dog + identify
§ 05 — SCHEDULE A TRANSFER

Mail the
tin. We'll
do the rest.

Drop your physical reels at the studio and we'll inspect, clean, and scan at 4K — frame-by-frame, hand-graded, returned in archival tins.

SCAN
4096 ×
3072
PER REEL
$ 48.00
TURNAROUND
14 days
REQUEST FORM № 042-D

The particulars.

SUBMITTED BY
M. ALVAREZ
ESTIMATED TOTAL
$ 384.00 · 8 reels