16 mm film is used generally to record 8.5x11 and 11x14 documents. Documents, especially ones that have signatures such as employment records, contracts, hospital records, mortgages, liens, county records, criminal records, and more have been committed to film due to archival or government requirements. 16 mm roll film contain roughly 2000 to 5000 images, they can be simplex (one document per frame) or duplex (two documents per frame). 16mm roll film can be positive or negative, and thick or thin.
The County Recorder or Clerk of Courts offices have the responsibility to maintain all Official Records indefinitely. It makes sense to digitize microfilm via microfilm scanning. In a digital format, agencies, organizations, or companies can retrieve data much more efficiently. Find out more from Scanning Depot.
