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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut
From what I can find, the process was K10 at that time, with K11 arriving in 1955, K12 in 1961, and K14 in 1974.
All the Kodachrome that I have personally handled did not fade this way, even stuff shot by my father in the early 50's. So, I'm thinking that while some earlier Kodachrome may have faded, any used in 1951 probably did not. I would love to see some dated examples from 1951 that prove or disprove this.
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I'll find an example from 1951 and upload it. That said, perhaps the Kotavachrome chemistry (Kodachrome "prints" on a funny little opaque sheet of white plastic) is slightly different than the "normal" slide chmenistry. Who knows...
Our 16mm home movies are in fine shape, having been projected only a handful of times. They do have truly excellent dark stability. My Great-Grandfather even coughed up the dough for a little RCA sound-on-film camera. The audio quality is terrible, but it is neat seeing amateur motion pictures with sound from a man who died in 1971.