I'm new here. Question about 8mm Magazine camera.

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I recently picked up a Revere Eight 70 8mm Magazine camera. I have pretty much inferred from long research that the magazines are very hard to come by, however I have found "Kodachrome Double 8" film. Would this work in my camera? And if not, any ideas on where to get film, or at least an empty magazine that I can load film in manually? Here is a picture of the camera.

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Thats not mine, but it's the exact camera I found. Thanks for any and all help.
 
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Sorry to tell you that the preloaded 8mm film cassettes used by
this camera are no longer available. Double 8 won't do it.

But what a cool looking camera!
 
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out of curiosity, i have also come across a few super 8 and plain 8mm cameras in my time. how does one get a chance to use them? surely there are filmmakers out there... oliver stone for example, who still experiment in these formats... where would they procure the film for this?
 
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Both regular 8 and super 8 film is still avaliable.

I don't know where you can buy film in your country
but I suspect if you check around you'll find it. Start
with a transfer house like Diskbank or Videohouse
Productions in Sydney.
 
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Thanks for your help!

After I made this thread, I found a crumpled up paper inside the case that it came with that read "8mm Magazine. Kodachrome. Outdoor. Not Super 8." What do you suppose this means? It was hand written on a piece of paper.
 
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It means that the film used in that camera isn't
super 8. It's 8mm also called Regular 8.

"Kodachrome" was a brand name for a type of film
stock that was very common in both regular 8 and
super 8. Rated at 25ASA and 40ASA (Type A) it
was a beautiful stock with amazing color and made
to be used outdoors in sunlight.
 
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This is a display camera for a shelf. If you want to shoot consumer film, buy a super-8 camera.
 
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