• Film Preservation Handbook Contents
• Film Construction
• Base Polymers & Decomposition
• Gelatin
• Image Forming Materials
• Damage to Films
• Cold Storage of Film
• Preparation for Long Term Storage
• Occupational Health & Safety
• Condition Reporting
• Film Identification & Handling
• Film Repair
• Conservation Treatments
• Photographic Duplication
• Disaster Planning

Film Preservation Handbook

• Film Construction
  • Topcoat/Handling Layers
  • Emulsion
  • Subbing Layer
  • Base
  • Backing Layer
• Base Polymers & Decomposition
  • Film Base Polymers
  • Base Polymer Decomposition
• Gelatin
  • Manufacture
  • Physical Handling Properties
  • Physical Chemical Properties
  • References
• Image Forming Materials
  • Chromogenic Dyes
  • Silver
  • Tint, Tone and Other Colour Processes
• Damage to Films
  • Physical Damage
  • Biological Damage
  • Shrinkage
• Cold Storage of Film
  • Cold Storage
  • Acclimatisation
  • Desiccants
• Preparation for Long Term Storage
  • Cores
  • Film Leaders
  • Wind Tension
  • Cleaning
  • Film Cans
  • Storage Orientation
• Occupational Health & Safety
  • Hazard Identification
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Control
  • Specific Problems for AV Archives
  • Film Conservation Hazards
  • Good OH&S Practices
  • Case Study
• Condition Reporting
  • Condition Reporting Program
  • Risk Analysis
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Cyclic Maintenance
  • Condition Report Form
• Film Identification and Handling
  • Film Identification
  • Opening Stuck Film Cans
  • Film Handling
  • Film Winders & Winding
• Film Repair
  • Splice Repair
  • Perforation Repair
  • Repairing Tears in Film
• Conservation Treatments
  • Cleaning
  • Rewashing
  • Unblocking
• Photographic Duplication
  • Image Quality
  • Characteristic Curves
  • Using Characteristic Curves
  • Exposure
  • Contrast
  • Subject Luminance Range
  • Exposure, Development and Gamma
  • Duplication Theory
  • Technical Selection
  • Printers
• Disaster Planning
  • Prevention Practices and Planning
  • Water
  • Water Damage Recovery
  • Fire
  • Fire Damage Recovery
  • Severe Damage or Destruction of the Storage Vaults
  • Storage Plant Failure
  • Long Term Issues
  • Disaster Planning Questions

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