Champion Film 1911
- Adam Hawkes
- Oct 2, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 9
Restoration details
This is a very early hand-cranked 35mm black-and-white film that shows clear evidence of age, handling, and process-related deterioration. The material displays damage from edit splices, early mold growth, and extensive fine tramline scratching throughout. Despite the film’s age and the severity of these artefacts, PFClean is able to stabilise and restore the major defects, revealing previously obscured detail.
Film details
Champion Film Company was one of the many small American studios contributing to the early growth of silent films. Champion specialized in short, silent motion pictures, often producing comedies, dramas, and Westerns designed for nickelodeon audiences. Like other studios of the era, Champion films relied on expressive acting, simple storytelling, and intertitles to communicate the plot without sound. Although the company was short-lived, its productions reflect an important moment in film history, when silent cinema was becoming a popular mass entertainment and helping establish the foundations of the modern movie industry.
Film Format: 35mm Full Aperture
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Media Source: 35mm (various)
File type: 2K 10bit DPX files
