FILM EVALUATION MISSION (SANITIZED) 180

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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SUBJ~CTs FILM EVALUATION MISSION ~ 180.
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1~. - CAMERA B 10 WAS USL~' IN MISSION ~~180 FLOWN ON 30
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SEPTEMBER 1963; PROCESSIt~i WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY .EASTMAN KODAK.
C. 9L SIDEa A PPOCESSOR MISTRACKING PROBLEM NECESSITATED
THE CUTTING OF THE FILM THROUGH FRAME 696. THIS MISTRACKING
AN1) STATIC TRACES.
PIWHOLES ARE NOTED THROUGH APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST 1500 FRAMES
Ql~` THIS SIDE. A MANUFACTURER' S SPLICE IS PRESENT THROUGH FRAME
.359 AND ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SPLICE ARE THE USUAL MINOR CREASES
Ai~D E3RADUALLY DIMINISHES TQWARD THE END OF THE MISSION. NUMEROUS
PRESSURE ROLLER CHATTERS I~` PRESENT ALONG BOTH EDGES OF THE FILM
SF~ACED 1.55" AFAR? ?THROUf~HfiUT THIS MISSION. STATICS RESEMBLING
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A. THE EXPOSURE IS t~fi3EQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDES A ROW flF MINUS DENSITY DOTS ARE PRESENT ~ac~; ~~~
1 ~5" FROM AND PARALLEI. TO THE QdTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM AND
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`CA1~ NO APPARENT FILM ti~f[~GE WITH 1` EXCEPTION OF A FEW MINOR
CREASES ON FRAME 694. -1"RES$URE -~t~LLER CHATTER OCCURS ALONG THE
.INBOARD EDGE OF THE FIL1~ AT T~IEiNING OF 'TFtiS MISSION BUT
`IT GRADUALLY D,I~tINLSH?S TOWARD T OF THE MISSION. A
SERIES OF FINE, LONGITt~4L PLUS NSITY STREAKS ARE PRESENT
I[~?ERMITTENTLY ?HROUE3l~t}1 THIS SIDE 1.9~", 2.2", 2.6", 4.75 AND
5.G" RESPECTIVELY FROM TliE-OUTBOARD EDGE ~~' THE FILM. A MINUS
DENSITY STREAK flGGURS 0,9" FROM AN}'?. PARALLEL TO THE OUTBOARD EDGE
OF T1~ FILM BETWEEN FRAMES 1374 ".; 1414.
il, THE METERINt3 ; I~~-~i.iG HTLY ERRATIC THROUGHOUT THIS MISSION
YITH' NO OVERLA1aPING FORMA'~S`NOTED. THERE ARE 3543 FRAMES ON EACH
E. THERE WERE N0 MAJ#iR` CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING
bE OF THIS MISSION.
PR~.LEMS, OTHER THAN THE 'a~'QREMENT IONED MI STRACK ING .
CLOUDS OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 45 PER CENT OF THIS MISSION.
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2. POSITIVES
A. PI SUITABriITY IS'GOOD.
B,. PRIN?INt3: A'ND PROCESSING OF THE POSITIVE ARE 600D.
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