16mm film

16mm film

  • 16 mm film is a historically popular and economical gauge of film. 16 mm refers to the width of the film, with other common film gauges including 8 and 35mm.
  • It is generally used for non-theatrical (ie. industrial, educational) film making or for low budget motion pictures.
  • It also existed as a popular amateur or home movie making format for several decades, alongside 8 mm film, and later Super 8 film.
  • RCA-Victor introduced a 16 mm sound movie projector in 1932 and developed an optical sound-on-film 16 mm camera, released in 1935.

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