OPTICAL RESTORATION OF FADED 35MM COLOR NEGATIVE

Since 1950, color negative film has become the standard on which milli ons of motion picture and television shows have been photographed. Sin ce the early 1970s, it has become apparent that the color negative fil m stock on which these images were recorded was not entirely stable an d was fading with time. Digital technology is beginning to offer solut ions for saving these records but will continue to be unavailable for most of them due to cost. Optical (photochemical) restoration offers a cost-effective alternative to preserving many film records that might be lost by the rime digital technology is affordable.