Contact
The address for everything is contact@flickersandtintypes.com. There is no form and no set reply time. Reports that hold up against the sources are corrected and dated on Corrections.
What helps most
- A mistake on a page. A wrong timecode or frame number, a scene or panel misidentified, a date, footage figure or measurement that does not match its source, a misread inscription or postmark, or a credit given to the wrong person. Please include the page address, the frame, timecode, panel or collection number in question, and the source that says otherwise.
- A better copy or record. A copy of a film held or uploaded by a film archive or library, with its version recorded, that settles something a page leaves open; a collection record, catalog page or trade-paper item that dates or attributes something more firmly.
- Public-domain image leads. Original comics art, period catalogs or photographs that could illustrate a page, with a link to the source page and its license.
- Credits and rights. A holding institution or rights holder asking for a credit line to be changed, or questioning whether an image should be on the site at all.
What this address does not handle
- Prices, valuations, or advice on buying, selling or collecting.
- Dating, identifying or authenticating a particular photograph, film reel or comic in private hands. The articles explain what each clue can and cannot show.
- Where to download or stream films, or copies of films and comics still under copyright.
- Sponsored posts, advertising or paid links.
If you have old nitrate film, do not open the can, run, clean or splice it. Nitrate stock can burn and decays on its own; a film archive is the place to ask.
How claims are checked is set out on Held to the light, and the terms for reusing diagrams and data are on Reuse and credits.