[78-L] (European) Recording media - gelatin (?) foils

[Milan Milovanovic]

While listening to these extraordinary samples of Czech jazz recorded during WWII (in 1942.):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1t8bNQTX4k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZX-uAU1Yo0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5yL0_bUwiA


I found that they recorded on:

Neprofesionálne nahraná fólie Praha 1942

In translation, these are: "Instantaneous foils unprofessionally recorded, Prague 1942"

Probably they are gelatin foils, fragile and prone to ageing.

It is always pleasure to see how many recording surfaces (besides lacquer/acetate/nitrate celluloid) exists during those days.

Milan