Ezzex

August 2021

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Silent films - running time

Hei hei, Ezzex,

Further to your question on the Help Desk a few days ago: engaged on another task I was reading a book about early German documentary films:

Jung, Uli; Loiperdinger, Martin, eds. (2005). Geschichte des dokumentarischen Films in Deutschland. Band 1: Kaiserreich (1895-1918) (PDF) (in German). Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam. doi:10.25969/mediarep/14035.

and on p. 511 I found what you may be looking for. If you don't read German, here's a translation:

"The projection speed of films was variable until the general introduction of optical sound films from 1929, which required 24 fps for technical reasons. It is now customary to show silent films at the speed at which they were recorded. Up until the late 1910s [i.e. around 1920], film was generally shot at 16 to 18 fps. The operators of the Société Lumière usually shot at 20 fps. Based on the length information in meters recorded in the filmography [immediately below, pp. 511–531], the running times of the films in the 35 mm normal film format can be calculated as follows:

16 fps: m × 0.055
18 fps: m × 0.0483
20 fps: m × 0.0433
24 fps: m × 0.0365
24 fps in 16mm format: m × 0.0916

My maths is very very bad, but:

If you have a 305 meter film running @16 fps, 305 x 0.055 = 16.5 minutes duration
And 305 meters @24 fps = 305 x 0.0365 = 11.13 minutes duration

Since 1 foot = 0.305 metre, a 1000 feet film running @16 fps = 1000 x 0.055 x 0.305 = 16.8 minutes (I think)
And 1000 feet @24fps = 1000 x 0.0365 x 0.305 = 11.13 minutes.

There must be some intermediate calculation involving 60 seconds per minute, but my maths is not that good. I read somewhere that some experienced cameramen continued to film at slower speeds into the 1920s, since it was "in their blood", having hand-cranked thousands of kilometers of film at the same speed. Also, beware, American Biograph and other production firms used 70mm film rather than 35mm to circumvent Edison patents, and I think that this may need even more calculation.

Not sure how any of this works with e.g. Abel Gance's Napoléon (1927 film).

Hope this all makes sense,

PS My favourite beer is Gammel Brygd, I have some old bottle openers from around 2001... ha det, MinorProphet (talk) 17:51, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the answer. That was very interesting and informal.--Ezzex (talk) 18:50, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

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