The material of Aylon Film Archives is a digitized film film of various formats. Below is a description of their key features.

➣ 8mm / super 8

The 8mm (8mm wide) film was created by Eastman Kodak in 1932 as a film accessible to everyone for creating home movies. It was cheaper than the 16mm film that until then was the sole choice of amateurs. In the 1960s, audio recording was also possible.

In 1965 the super 8 was launched, an optimized version of the standard 8mm, in which the picture quality was better, as was the sound recording. These two types of films are of the same size, but they differ in the perforation. The standard 8mm retains the 16mm film perforation.

➣ 9.5mm

This film was created by the French Pathé in 1922. Despite its excellent image quality compared to the 8mm (due to the larger frame), Pathé did not stand up to Eastman Kodak and mass production stopped in the 1960s. It has the distinctive feature of bearing the perforation in the center of its surface, thus significantly increasing the usable area of the image.

➣ 16mm

The 16mm film was released in 1923 by Eastman Kodak as a more economical alternative to the 35mm film. It became very popular not only for amateurs but also for the production of small budget films and documentaries. For economic reasons, it was also widely used in television production. Since 1932, it is possible to add audio alongside the image. The 16mm film is still used today and has a variant, the super 16.