"LET'S TALK TAPE" 1960s KODAK 1/4" MAGNETIC SOUND RECORDING TAPE PROMO FILM TAPE RECORDER XD51634
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This longform advertisement from the early to mid-1960s, titled “Let’s Talk Tape” and produced by Kodak, promotes a line of magnetic tape used for recording made by the Magnetic Products Division of the Eastman Kodak Company. The film consists primarily of a tour of the Kodak recording tape factory, with quality control methods highlighted, as well as a sales pitch for Kodak products made in a studio showroom. At the very beginning and end of the film, recording tape is shown in action being used for recording music, instructions, radio, educational materials, and other applications. Keywords: recording tape factory, late 1950s / early 1960s factory, manufacturing, magnetic tape, Kodak company, history of advertising, factory quality control, Durol base recording tape, degaussing, splicing recording tape, playing time, tape players, print-through on tape recording, etc.
Detailed summary:
Lone woman singing playing acoustic guitar against black background - "Go Away from My Window" -- it's Joan Baez (0:11). Tape recorder in operation (0:21). Title: “Let’s Talk Tape” (0:30). Man presents in clean room with tape recorders (“Kodak tape, a name that’s known and respected all over the world”) (magnetic sound tape) (0:37). Salesman in clean white factory uniform gives presentation on product quality in active Kodak tape factory (1:30). Tape manufacturing employee operates factory machine (1:45). Factory workers cut strips of recording tape emerging from machine and begin rolling tape, hanging strips (2:10). Kodak factory technician studies recording tape under microscope-“high-precision magnetic oxide coating” (2:58). Factory worker feeds recording tape into machine (3:05). Backing of recording tape-cellulose triacetate / Durol base (3:07). Clean break of recording tape demonstrated (no stretching) (3:15). Worker arranges rough working model of coating operation with improved binder on table-plastic resin particles explained (3:30). Kodak recording tape factory workers amid active machinery; 1960s American factory work (4:06). Coating in process, factory durability tests (4:15). Precision slitting machine in action; slitting recording tape in factory (4:28). Slitting of recording tape studied through microscope (4:50). Workers in uniform busy at tape testing laboratory (quality control) (5:00). Recording tape spins on factory machine, buttons and various devices to test quality at factory: undistorted output (“Sensitive Research Instrument Corporation,” unity), low and high- frequency sensitivity (A.C. Volts, Decibels, Ballantine Laboratories), uniformity (5:15). Final packaging area of factory; electronically clearing-degaussing recording tape in 1960s (5:45). Salesman pulls Kodak recording tape from roll, displays “Eastman Kodak” label, factory code numbers, product information (“polyester base,” “1 mil extra play”) (“when Kodak puts their name on it, you can depend on it”) (5:55). Man removes uniform at busy recording tape factory (6:50). Back at showroom, salesman displays various kinds of tape: Kodak Type 31A (general purpose-low-print oxide, print-through ratio, base thickness, oxide type, acetate) (7:00). Salesman runs recorded Kodak tape on R Califone stereo tape player; display of recording tape (high frequency sensitivity, undistorted output, low stretch) (7:44). Kodak Type 34A tape final packaging-high output tape (8:15). Kodak Type 21A tape final packaging-extra playing time; Type 21P tape-polyester; Type 11P tape-Double Play; Type 12P tape-Triple Play (8:44). Full line of Kodak recording tapes in showroom (9:01). One-piece Thread Easy reel, frosted section for marking, measurements, smooth edges, groove for easily splicing recording tape (9:20). Spliced recording tape (10:10). Recording tape spinning quickly on reel (10:28). Kodak salesman in showroom again (10:30). Sign on door for “Language Lab” (10:55). Female student learning Spanish speaks into recording device while reading from textbook (Bell recorded tape device) (10:57). Various 1960s scenes in which recording tape is being used-businessman at desk with small desktop recorder readings from document/script, young girl on bed recording into small tape device, professional radio station using tape recorders, jazz trio recording in studio (11:00). Tape box (“if it says Kodak, you’re safe”) (11:30). The End (11:45).
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I became a tape recording enthusiast in 1968. I bought many brands of cassette and reel to reel recording tape over the years but never did I come across Kodak brand tapes.
Thank your lucky stars.
I had some Kodak tape. Worked as well as well as any. My favorites were from Audio Devices. They had different color tape: red, green, blue. The oxide was typical red-brown. I still have a few reels.
Was Scotch the most popular in the 60s?
@@papadop I once was a tech at a warranty shop for many brands of recorders. We used to set bias and levels for Scotch. I think it was #201 or something. Darker oxide color than the common #111. Hope I remembered the numbers right, it was about 50 years ago. If people specified a favorite brand, of course we would adjust to that.
@@hugh007 Hmm sounds like light. Ya um RGB makes white light.
We really need to bring back quality control like this. 👍
Hello, Techmoan.
Pretty often, manufacturers of film stock started to produce magnetic tape.
3M and BASF were exceptions, the first company is experienced with sticky tape and BASF, who were the first in PVC based magnetic tapes, does different chemicals. More than aniline and soda powder (BASF means Badenian Aniline and Soda Factories).
Thanks from Costa Rica.👌💯
3:49 shows yet another application for Uranus Corporation's Brown 25.
True to their photographic film roots, Thery refer to reels of tape as "rolls".
11:26 I didn't know there was a Hammond registration that gave such a life-like piano tone. 😜
Ha! I didn't catch that the keyboard player was sitting at a Hammond console. Good eye (ear?)!
Nice Im just here to say they have man ipulated the music all sounds same. X bop what the frik need more G string !!!
that is not a Hammond...
@@mastasheo What is it?
@@ScottGrammer it’s most definitely a upright piano as you can hear. The whole thing is much too blocky and tall to be any kind of organ.
No idea, that Low Noise High Output Tape (what can get the same levels as CrO2 tapes) exists so long.
Most consumers used long play (35 micrometer), what is good for editing and double play (25 micrometer), what is optimal for 4 track machines. The 18 micrometer triple play is for small reel tape recorders, including cassette systems.
They did talk about Digital Photography. They didn't listen to themselves. Their film voice was too loud.
"If it says Kodak, You're safe!"
I used Memorex cassette tapes in the late 80s. The clear ones.
With the yellow labels and insert cards, and the magenta, blue, and teal accents in the clear plastic.
@@smadaf yes.
The host sounds like Bob Eubanks lol.
This looks likes a good idea.
When are they going to start selling these reel to reels and reel tapes?
I checked Amazon but didn't see any yet.
I guess they haven't received them in stock yet.
"It's tape!"
Never seen a Kodak tape, were they sold under other brand names?
I wondered about the most secure long term storage. I have some 1950's issued tapes that have serious print thru. Turns out vinyl is far more secure storage medium.
Interesting observation, never though about that? Analoge tape will eventually deteriorate. Can only be "baked" in an oven so many times. Most of the hiss on a vinyl record can be removed by a simple cleaning, I've heard?
@@markgrunzweig6377 Playing vinyl wet (with a thin layer of water in the grooves) can remove a lot of surface noise, but while that might work for a safety 2-track copy, it's beyond impractical for storing a multitrack master.
Bit like film, film will last for ages not like the vhs type, reel to reel will last for a long time.
@@eddievhfan1984 But does that water eventually damage the stylus or cartridge?
Print-through is sometimes caused by exposure to magnetic fields, sometimes it occurs on its own. Fast-winding the tapes before playback can sometimes reduce print-through, which is part of why studio tapes are usually stored tails out. The other two reasons for storing tapes tails out are (1) storing the tape played instead of fast-wound results in more even tension throughout the tape pack, and (2) print through that does occur will end up buried in the music instead of appearing as a pre-echo before the music begins.
Wonder how Kodak tape has lasted over the years, or does it have to be 'baked' nowadays before use like so many other old tape manufacturers. Anyone know??
I transfer video and audio recordings to digital for a living, among other things. Kodak is one of the worst offenders in the "Sticky Shed Syndrome" department. Not only that, but their acetate tapes almost always exhibit Vinegar Syndrome. Back-coated Kodak tapes must be baked, and acetate Kodak tapes, while they cannot be baked, should be carefully transferred ASAP, as they're just going to continue to degrade.
About 20 years ago I had the task of converting to digital some 30-year-old tapes that my grandfather had recorded. The Kodak tapes were a challenge. The edges curled inward, so they would not play properly. It's possible they were not stored perfectly but he also had some Scotch 3M tapes, which suffered from no curling, and which played perfectly.
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@@ScottGrammer Can it depend on the climate where one lives as to how these old tapes are effected? I live in the Midwest and all the reel to reel prerecorded tapes I have bought over the years have been fine.
@@alanrogs3990 Yes. Humidity is a big problem that can accelerate Sticky Shed Syndrome. But even tapes kept in air-conditioned rooms may eventually suffer these issues. Record companies and studios that kept their tapes in climate-controlled vaults were the first to discover these problems back in the early 90's. It's more a matter of what tapes you have.
Most acetate-based tapes made by other manufacturers (like Scotch/3M) usually have no issues at all. I have Scotch 111 tapes from the early 50's that play perfectly. Later tapes without back coating are also usually fine. But back-coated tapes, beginning with Scotch 206 and 207, often suffer from Sticky Shed Syndrome, even if properly stored. Back-coated Ampex tapes are even worse, especially 456 and 457. Kodak and some other acetate tapes break down on their own regardless of storage (although heat accelerates the breakdown), and this manifests as Vinegar Syndrome.
Another issue is lubricant failure. Scotch does well in this regard, but cheap varieties of tape sometimes don't.
Hey Kodak, "Let's Talk Digital Photography "
my friend used to work there but got fired because of his dandruff Kodak tape is dandruff free
Kodak is lucky, they can use the same reels for the use with normal 8 home movie and for delivering tape.
Agfa didn't survive producing magnetic tape, many tapes weren't reliable, started to decompose. So many TV shows of early 1970's are lost and Agfa had to take responsibility for this, so they came in bankruptcy. But all the money of the world cannot compensate the loss of a show.
Agfa existed as brand, but the company itself changed
Why are engineers not naturally sales people?
Kodak film and tape deterioration is worse than other brands.
Cellulose triacetate is also highly flammable
No, it's not. In fact, it was developed first as a substrate for film to replace cellulose nitrate films, which were highly flammable. Acetate film was actually referred to as "safety film," due to its non-flammable properties compared to nitrate film stock. Cellulose nitrate, on the other hand, was better known as nitrocellulose, or "guncotton," the first replacement propellant for gun powder. It can spontaneously combust all by itself. www.caymanchem.com/msdss/16521m.pdf No recording tape was ever made from nitrocellulose. It was out of use by the time plastic recording tape came along.
Acetate
Obviously!
Their VHS tape was shit though!
sekkund
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