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Government discovers method to preseve film. Folding endurance test, The flexibility is measured in this folding endurance tester. A strip of film is folded back and forth under tension until it breaks, and the number of folds it withstands is counted. Three types of films have been studied, termed accoring to the chemical process of making them, acetate, viscose, and nitrate. The acetate base proved to be very stable on heating and is considered suitable for permanent records if properly made. The nitrate base became brittle quite raipidly and is considered unsuited for record purposes. The viscose base is in an intermediate position similar to that of record papers made from ordinary bleach wood fiber, 7/8/38

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Government discovers method to preserve movie film indefinitely. Washington, D.C., July 8. People living in the year 2000 will be able to see and hear today's history in the making through experiments on preserving movie film now being conducted by the National Bureau of Standards. The experts at the bureau recently completed "accelerated aging tests in which films in six months went through the effects of 50 years' storage in a cool dark room. These tests showed that cellulose, or explosive film, would last from 50 to 100 years. The new Safety or Acetate film "may be preserved for longer periods." Unofficially, the experts put the figure at several hundred years. The following set of pictures were made at the Bureau of Standards and the National Archives Building. (1) Accelerated aging, The stability of the films is tested similarly to paper. They are heated in this oven at 100 [degrees] C and tested for loss of flexibility and for evidences of chemical decomposition. Arnold Soorne, of the Bureau Staff, is picture making the test

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House members put more flexibility in neutrality. These veteran House members of the Foreign Affairs Committee have worked out a compromise neutrality bill which may be passed before the end of the session. The Senate bill allowed virtually [...] latitude in certain of its provisions. From the left: Rep. Sol. Bloom, D. of N.Y., ranking Democrat of the committee; Rep. Sam D. McReynolds, chairman, and Rep. Luther A. Johnson, D. of Texas. 8/22/35

House members put more flexibility in neutrality. These veteran House ...

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