Descriptive Catalogue of Kodascope Library Motion Pictures (1932)

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To avoid disappointment by delays in transit, it is better when ordering subjects either by letter or by wire, to allow at least one day more than would usually be necessary for ordinary parcel post transmission. If a particular subject is desired and no alternate or substitute will be acceptable, then it is desirable for the member to make such reservation a week or two in advance, requesting definite acceptance if possible. With a few exceptions Kodascope Library subjects may be purchased. Prices will be quoted on application. Reels sold are not returnable. FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF FILM SERVICE 1. Be sure to read and preserve the book of instructions sent with your projector. Nine-tenths of all trouble is due to failure to read the instructions. 2. Oil the machine frequently with a very little sewing machine oil or preferably the oil supplied with your projector, but be careful to wipe off all excess oil so that it does not come in contact with the film. 3. Keep the gate clean. As the film passes through the gate a certain amount of emulsion is scraped off which, if allowed to accumulate, forms a hard scale on the guides. Sometimes the friction of this scale is so great that the perforations of the film are torn by the intermittent movement trying to feed the films thus tightly held. The film guides should be wiped with a chamois skin after every film and cleaned with a bone scraper whenever scale is found adhering to them. 4. Be sure to leave a full loop at both the top and bottom of the gate. The motion of the film in the gate is intermittent, while elsewhere it is continuous. If the loop is too short, the perforations in the film will be torn and the film rendered useless unless the damaged portions are replaced. For such damage the user will be held responsible. 5. Be sure that your lenses are clean and that you have the best possible focus obtainable while the film is running. 6. Do not run your projector too fast, as in doing so you produce unnatural movements in the figures on the screen and may injure both film and machine. 7. Do not run it too slowly as this is productive of unnecessary flicker. 8. We prefer that films be returned to us without rewinding — we rewind during inspection. 7