Leaders are marked with single-reels numbered numerically, and "part numbers" for double-reel numbers. So double-reel 1 is labelled Part 1 and Reels 1 and 2; double-reel 2 is labelled Part 2 and Reels 3 and 4, etc. Oh, how I long for 1A/1B...
Non-theatricals might note that Criterion Pictures handles non-theatrical rights, not Swank, even though Swank generally handles Lion's Gate titles.
Likely EASTMAN Color Print Film 2386, which did NOT have the transparent anti-static abrasion-resistant backing of today's KODAK VISION Color Print Films. The old film was more likely to attract dirt particles, and give a "shocking" rewind experience. Unless prints were properly edgewaxed per SMPTE Recomended Practice RP151, some projectors could abrade the edges of the film, generating white dust in the gate.
Kodak has invested over $200 million to develop and manufacture VISION Color Print Film to improve the movie-going experience:
here New $200 Million Polyester Film Base Plant
here KODAK VISION Color Print Films introduction in 1998
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