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Posted by Matthew Peters (Member # 1495) on 05-17-2005, 09:30 AM:
 
This must sound bizarre, but what is the weight of say an average two-hour film? I am writing a report and need an estimate. I’d have taken some scales into the booth and measured, but I’m not working at the moment.

Thanks
 

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Posted by Alex Rolfe (Member # 1648) on 05-17-2005, 10:19 AM:
 
Including metal cans, I'd say around 70 pounds. Most fall between 60 and 75, depending on the length, weight of the cans, and whether the shipping reels are metal or plastic.
 

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Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 05-17-2005, 10:19 AM:
 
Around 50 pounds?
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 05-17-2005, 12:52 PM:
 
In the last 7 months (that's how far back my shipping records go) we have shipped 19 prints out of here via UPS. Some in Fox boxes, some in cans. Here are some statistics:

Average weight: 59 lbs
Lowest weight: 42 pounds (that was a Fox box)
Highest: 71 lbs (8 reels in old cans)

Whenever we ship out film in cans, we enclose the cans in a box to avoid the UPS "additional handling" charge. The boxes weigh 2 pounds, so that'll skew the average very slightly.
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 05-17-2005, 01:07 PM:
 
When I ship my prints out, they usually go by Fed-Ex. They are all weighed when the waybill is filled out.

Film in cans, reels and all, usually weighs between 30 and 40 pounds. At two cans per movie, that's 60 to 80 pounds per print.

Extra long movies would obviously be heavier. A print like that, I estimate, would be around 100 pounds.

If I can find the tracking numbers in my records I'll look up a few prints that were shipped out and come back with the weights.
 

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Posted by Kenneth Wuepper (Member # 1174) on 05-17-2005, 01:49 PM:
 
We deliver the films to the UPS terminal. There is no additional handling fee charged to us. The terminal has specific instructions NOT TO ACCEPT film cans WITHOUT a tie wrap fastening the catches so they cannot pop open in shipment. We, therefore, have a supply of electrical tie wraps in the booth to assure the proper closure of the cans.

Our 70mm prints come in single reel Aluminum cases and weigh in at 35 to 40 pounds per case. Most of these are road show prints of 12 to 14 cases. Typical door to door air freight shipping is $500.00 per showing.

KEN
 

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Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 05-17-2005, 02:15 PM:
 
Anyone remember how heavy Gods & Generals was?
 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 05-17-2005, 02:43 PM:
 
As a "rule of thumb", figure just a bit under 5 pounds per 1000 feet of 35mm processed print film. So for a 2-hour print with leaders (about 11,000 feet), the film itself would weigh about 55 pounds.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 05-17-2005, 04:58 PM:
 

quote: Kenneth Wuepper

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We deliver the films to the UPS terminal. There is no additional handling fee charged to us.

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