The Care and Handling of Hazardous Nitrate Film at UCLA's Unique Projection Facilities

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPTE
Volume: 99, No. 6, pp. 453–456
Abstract: The UCLA Film Archive houses many nitrate films that are screened regularly in the university's Melnitz Theater. Since nitrate prints are extremely flammable, precautions must be taken each time they are projected. When nitrate burns, it produces its own oxygen and therefore cannot be extinguished. The Melnitz projection booth required extensive modifications in order to meet safety codes established for screening nitrate films. The modifications included the installation of a steel fire door with ports, which is lowered into position when nitrate film is present in the booth. A special interlock system was designed to prevent projection of nitrate films if the fire door is not in position. Safety rules include the inspection of every foot of nitrate film before it is projected and the presence of two licensed projectionists during nitrate screenings.
Publication Date: 1990-06-01
DOI: 10.5594/J03856
ISSN: Print: 0036-1682
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J03856
Author(s): Jess DailyChief projectionist at the UCLA Department of Film and Television, Los Angeles, CA.
Copyright: © 1990 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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