"Nitrate is turning out to be a historically durable medium that, if stored properly, rivals paper -- and well-made paper -- as a storage medium for image and sound,"
so says the motion-picture curator at the Eastman in this article.
It then goes on to explain some of the best features about nitrate films, like its uncanny ability to burst into flames, burning at the rate of 16,000-17,000 per SECOND.
"It has that disturbing quality of producing its own oxygen, so you can't put it out with water."
Sounds totally durable to me....
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