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Pull-down claw

A mechanism that advances perforated film by one or more frame pitches between exposures.

In practice

Load the correct loop and perforation, hand-check movement when specified, and stop for torn perfs or noise.

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Sources

  1. Glossary of Motion Picture Terms · Kodak

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