Standard 8mm film
Kodak released Standard 8mm film during the Great Depression as a home movie format that was more economical than 16mm. An unexposed roll of Standard 8mm film is 25 feet long and 16mm wide. When the film is run through the camera it only exposes one edge of the film. Then it’s flipped and run again and the other edge is exposed on the second pass. After the film is developed it’s slit down the middle and the two pieces of film are spliced end to end to create a 50-foot roll of film that captures 3-4 minutes of action. Compared with 16mm film, this process captured four times as many frames in the same film area and made it more affordable to capture home movies.
- Year: 1932
- Dimensions: film is 8mm wide and often found on reels that are three inches wide like this one, but 4”, 5”, 6” and 7” reels were all produced. The frame size of Super8 film is 4.5mm × 3.3mm
- Capacity: 3-60 minutes, depending on length and frame rate
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