Pathe film identification

The words ‘Pathe Cinema France’ or ‘Pathe Cinema Paris’ are followed by a 4-digit number and then by one or two smaller groups of numbers.

For the first 2 digits of the 4-digit number:

16 = 1921	23 = 1923	30 = 1926
17 = 1921	24 = 1923	31 = 1926
18 = 1922	25 = 1923	32 = 1927
19 = 1922	26 = 1924	33 = 1927
20 = 1922	27 = 1924	34 = 1927
21 = 1922	28 = 1925	35 = 1927
22 = 1923	29 = 1925	36 = 1927

The above numbers are applicable only to positives. The numbers on Pathe negatives follow a different series which we have not so far related to date. It may be noted that this series of marks terminates at 1927; the year in which the raw stock manufacturing facilities of Pathe were acquired by Kodak. Thereafter the name Pathe still appeared on the film but not the same number series. Some of their marks are read from the emulsion side of the film, and some from the base.

For older Pathe stock you may make the following observations in the film margins:

1905	Pathe Freres Paris (in both margins)
up to 1909	Pathe Freres Paris (in one margin and), 14 Rue Favart Paris (on the other margin)
also 1909	Exhibition Interdite En France En Suisse En Belgique
suspected 1911 -1914	Property of Pathe Exchange Inc. Not To Be Sold (in one margin)