Method of condensed motion picture films for projection

Claim 1

IN A METHOD OF MAKING A FULL LENGTH FEATURE MOTION PICTURE FILM WHICH CAN BE PROCESSED ON STANDARD 35 MM. MOTION PICTURE FILM EQUIPMENT WHEREIN THE FINISHED FEATURE FILM IS SUBSTANTIALLY SHORTER IN LENGTH AND NARROWER IN WIDTH THAN THE STANDARD 35 MM. MOTION PICTURE FILM CONTAINING A COMPARABLE FULL LENGTH FEATURE PICTURE, THE STEPS OF: PRINTING STANDARD SIZE VISIBLE IMAGES FROM A STANDARD 35 MM. FILM STRIP ONTO A STANDARD 35 MM. MOTION PICTURE NEGATIVE FILM HAVING STANDARD 35 MM. TYPE SPROCKET HOLES ALONG EACH LONGITUDINAL EDGE AREA AND OPTICALLY REDUCING SAID IMAGES TO 1/4 THE ORIGINAL HEIGHT TO FORM A SERIES OF NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ADJACENT RELATION ON ONE SIDE OF THE CENTER LINE OF SAID NEGATIVE FILMS, INVERTING THE NEGATIVE AND OPTICALLY PRINTING AND REDUCING A FURTHER SERIES OF VISIBLE IMAGES FROM SAID STANDARD 35 MM. FILM ONTO THE NEGATIVE TO FORM A CONTINUING SERIES OF REDUCED IMAGES IN ADJACENT RELATION ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CENTERLINE OF SAID NEGATIVE FILM, SAID CONTINUING SERIES EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION OPPOSED TO THE SERIES ON THE FIRST SIDE OF SAID CENTERLINE AND BEING SPACED THEREFROM, PROCESSING THE MOTION PICTURE NEGATIVE THROUGH STANDARD 35 MM. FILM PROCESSING EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE AN ORIGINAL NEGATIVE HAVING VISIBLE IMAGES THEREON, PRINTING THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE ON A STANDARD 35 MM. FILM USING STANDARD 35 MM. FILM EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE A LATENT POSITIVE FEATURE FILM, PROCESSING SAID FILM THROUGH STANDARD 35 MM. FILM EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE THE FEATURE FILM, FORMING A ROW OF CENTER PERFORATIONS ON THE FEATURE FILM WITH ONE PERFORATION FOR EACH IMAGE, PROVIDING A MAGNETIC SOUND RECORD TRACK FOR EACH OF SAID REDUCED SERIES OF IMAGES BETWEEN NORMAL EDGE PERFORATIONS OF SAID 35 MM. FILM AND EACH SERIES OF REDUCED IMAGES, AND CUTTING AND REMOVING THE LONGITUDINAL EDGE AREAS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FEATURE FILM TO REMOVE NORMAL EDGE PERFORATIONS OF THE 35 MM. FILM AND PROVIDE A FILM CONTAINING A FULL LENGTH FEATURE PICTURE OF SUBSTANTIALLY LESS SIZE THAN THE NORMAL 35 MM. FILM.