Splicing 101

One of our project team members, Asti Sherring, has put together this great little clip showing how to repair a broken splice. Once you get into the swing of splice repairing it is pretty straight forward; Remove any physical portions of old adhesive tape, swab the film cell with Isoproponol, wait for the area to fully dry, then use splicing machine and correct archival tape to re-splice. This week we have continued to wind and splice through the first 8 boxes of reels. There is a pretty large variance of quality in the film, with some needing all their splices repaired, whereas some need none. Others show noticeable evidence of colour fading, which is clear during the winding process, and this only reemphasizes the importance of digitizing these films.