# 16mm film standard 8 inch reel

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 3, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16mm-film-standard-8-inch-reel/491905 "2009-04-03T19:52:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![goodogcarl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@goodogcarl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goodogcarl)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16mm-film-standard-8-inch-reel/491905/1 "2009-04-03T19:52:54Z")

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does anyone know who many feet of film would be contained in a 16mm film standard 8 inch reel?

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**Author:** ![Gbro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Gbro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gbro)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16mm-film-standard-8-inch-reel/491905/2 "2009-04-04T00:32:25Z")

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[600 ft, 23 min.](http://www.digitalpickle.com/film.html)