Film Date
12/22/71
Film Reference Number
TV-3
Description
This clip offers a comparison in picture quality between Standard-definition film capture (at 720x480 pixel resolution) and Hi-definition film capture (at 1836x1377 pixel resolution). The same KPIX-TV 16mm positive reversal news footage from December 22nd 1971 was used for this demonstration featuring sequences from the premiere of Dirty Harry in San Francisco.