This is part of a badly decomposed Universal newsreel from the 1920's. Showing the danger of this highly flammable film. This is only 2 or 3 min. of film.
My father told, when they were kids (in the 50's), they put films to the bottle, used magnifying glass to set the fire and bottles exploded. Some kid even lost his eye.
Thanks for the demonstration.
Nokorola 1 month ago
WOW! Nitrate film is very delicate indeed! Now I know why the original negatives to the pre-1952 MGM cartoons were destroyed.
KrazyKartoonKid 4 months ago
I hope you checked if there was still a copy left of that particular newsreel before you burnt the remains of it as some of it was still salvageable
Dakkiller1 4 months ago
My father told, when they were kids (in the 50's), they put films to the bottle, used magnifying glass to set the fire and bottles exploded. Some kid even lost his eye.
Supersaiyan79 7 months ago