It's not green, it's an Italian tape splicer!

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Finally, after 11 years of the Clarke's Historic Film Project,  we bought a tape splicer to splice moving image film, mainly Channel 9 & 10 News raw film footage. We don't have to use a cement splicer anymore. This moves us into line with the rest of the film splicing and preservation community using tape splicers. My supervisor, Carrie, agreed to buy us a refurbished quality splicer, a Leo Catozzo 16 mm film tape splicer. A roll of clear splicing tape is visible in the bottom image at the bottom of the splicer. The tape splices two pieces of film or film and leader together by wrapping around the film and or leader where they meet. The wrap makes the splice stronger for when we project it to view it. The splicer punches in new sprocket holes where we cover the old ones with tape. The splicer will make film processing much faster and easier and the splices should hold up longer. My film students and I are all very excited! Here are some images-closed on top and open on bottom showing where the film goes. We can't wait to try it out! If you want to see how this type of film splicer works, here's a short video demonstration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzhST6WdIk0  In our film world, this event surpasses St. Patrick's Day. For those of you who don't agree, happy St. Pat's. 


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