The B&H “foot splicer” is still the industry standard for negative cutters 
today.  Amazing device. 

Jeff Kreines
Kinetta
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kinetta.com

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> On Apr 23, 2020, at 3:03 PM, Buck Bito - Movette <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Bell and Howell's advanced foot-actuated splicer's patent was applied for in 
> 1916 - so although I haven't found dates for earlier splicers, I feel there 
> must have been simpler splicers available prior to that along the lines of 
> the Bell & Howell 198A splicer design (although that particular model follows 
> the introduction of 16mm film in 1923).
> 
> Here's the google patent link:
> https://patents.google.com/patent/US1275431A/en
> 
> And Brian Pritchard has a 1929 B&H pamphlet scanned that shows this type of 
> splicer in the 3rd page:
> http://www.brianpritchard.com/B&H_Splicers.htm
> 
> -Interesting thread!
> 
> Lawrence "Buck" Bito
> Movette Film Transfer
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> On 4/23/2020 9:16 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>> Many thanks for that George - i have some of these type of splicers but have 
>> never actually used one.
>> 
>>> On 23 Apr 2020, at 16:33, George, Sherman <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The Griswold cement film splicer was patented in 1922 and was the first 
>>> splicer I used  in the early 1960’s
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