COLLECTION NAME:
Ira Current Collection
Record
Collection Name:
Ira Current
Title:
Projects - 3
Name:
Current, Ira B.
Name and Role:
Current, Ira B.;Photographer
Resource Type:
Moving Image
Genre:
Amateur films
Genre:
silent films
Place Created:
[New York]
Date Created:
1968/1969
Date Captured:
2020-02-24
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 film reel (13min., 16sec.)
Form:
color film (film, material)
Internet Media Type:
video/mp4
Form:
16mm (photographic film size)
Abstract:
Notes from container includes, "Second film developing exhibit operating, 11/68-3/69. Shop scene, 1/69. Lathe turning tray for second Smithsonian film developing exhibit, 4/68. Smithsonian strobe exhibit, 7/69." Hand-edited images of Ira Current's home workshop and camera equipment projects, including small electronics and camera/projector parts.
Note Type:
Segment sequence
Note:
00:00:00 Close-up view of machinery processing film. Different angles of various parts of the machine are shown. 00:02:20 Glass containers are filled with chemicals used to develop film. They are connected to the machine. 00:05:25 View of a work bench with equipment and machines on it. 00:05:43 Close-up view of machine parts spinning. 00:06:48 A small window provides access to watch a strip of negatives develop as it is fed through chemicals in the machine. 00:11:23 A man inserts various camera lenses into a small hole and lights flicker on and off. 00:13:16 End of recording.
Subject Topic:
Photography--Negatives
Subject Topic:
Machinery
Subject Topic:
Photography--Developing and developers
Subject Topic:
Workshops
Subject Name:
Smithsonian Institution
Subject Temporal:
Twentieth century
Identifier:
U183050990823_narv_currentIra_projects3_a.mp4
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Shelf Locator:
COU:491
Access Condition:
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