Facts About Film (1948)

★★★★★ · All About Film and the Sound Projector · JSBejma · 2012-10-03

As noted by commentors years ago this is a very detailed account of how one would have handled film in the mid 20th century, and I presume was made (and by the way, copyrighted from here to euternity!) for people like teachers and theaters who borrowed films. I really liked the remark that only a properly trained experienced person should operate projectors as they show a 12 year old kid working in a projection room.(??!!) I am left wondering what tempest-in-a-teapot precipitated the conception and subsequent production of this film in the first place. Bet somebody at the film dispensary had…

★★★★ · Watch out for the scratches! · Spuzz · 2003-09-15

Pretty amusing film on the do's and don'ts on hot to project film. Featuring a moan and a kid, it came very evident early on the kid represented the "don't" and the man represented the "do". The kid rather hilariously begins tearing up the film, while the man admonishes him for it. The kid scratches the film, and, in an astonishing bit of celluloid trickery, we see the actress on the film that he has scratched REACTING horribly to the scratches. Quite funny stuff. Other then that, pretty standard (but in a good way) film care stuff. The sound goes wonky in the final 2 minutes, so watch out…

★★★★ · Scratches on Film May Trigger Phobias · Christine Hennig · 2006-06-14

This is an educational film about showing films, which I guess makes it meta-ephemera. The content of the film is rather dry, giving fact after fact about film and how to care for it to prevent damage. However, somebody decided to have some fun with the visuals. Thereâs a goofy kid who always demonstrates what not to do, and thereâs an anxious woman who actually appears on the film-within-a-film and reacts with fear to scratches. The kid seems to take glee on inflicting such scratches and other damage upon her. The kidâs dad also appears in the film and looks embarrassed and apologetic about…

★★★★ · Pretty much what it sounds like. · orshick · 2008-08-18

Yep, this movie promises to give you the facts about film, and give you the facts it does. If you are looking to learn how to operate an old-school film projector, or just to learn more about how they did things in the good-old-days (as I was happy to) you will not be disappointed. Otherwise, this is pretty standard fare documentary from the time period, with some amusing moments as other reviewers have mentioned.