[Frameworks] b & w archival film bright yellow?

[Buck Bito - Movette]

Hi Caryn,
Tinted film was very common in the 1920s into the 30s. Many of the
Kodascope library 16mm prints I've seen from that period used tinted
stocks.
I can't tell you the why...
Although I certainly understand the use of different tinted stocks within
a film to indicate mood or time of day/night, but I don't know why the
many single-tint prints I've seen were made that way - other than
'pizazz'.
Here's a link to Kodak history listing the availability of lavender, red,
green, blue, pink, light amber, yellow, orange and dark amber stocks in
1921.

http://www.motion.kodak.com/motion/About/Chronology_Of_Film/index.htm

---Buck Bito

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On Fri, May 8, 2015 6:17 pm, Caryn Cline wrote:
> Dear Frameworkers,
> <snip> ... the sequence I used was one that probably should have been
> black and white - it was archival but for some reason it was bright
> yellow.  Do any of you have ideas about why that would be?
>
> With deep gratitude for your collective wisdom.
>
>
> CC
>
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> Caryn Cline
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