Audio and video tape characterized by a soft, gummy, or tacky tape surface. This tape has experienced a significant level of hydrolysis so that the magnetic coating is softer than normal. The tape is characterized by resinous or oily deposits on the surface of the magnetic tape.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.