I worked at the ergonomically adventurous Cleaning Station.
The given roll of film was put onto the left-hand reel, and would eventually find its way onto the right-hand reel. Since all the smaller rolls of film were going to eventually live together on a single big reel, I suggested to my supervisor that maybe I should put some leader between them, just in case someone's looking for a specific section. He said that was a great idea, and thanked me for suggesting it. (Not to brag or nothin'.)
The existing films where taped together like this, often every few feet. Okay for the most basic storage purposes, but little else.
I removed the tape, and made sure there was no residue leftover, the best way to do being to cut off as many frames as might be necessary...
...and, making sure the sprockets were all properly lined up, rolled the tape over the film...
...brought down the ker-chunker part of the splicer, which cut the tape. I then folded the strategic excess of tape under the film so both sides were covered, and there you go. Freshly (and properly) concatenated film.
It's a repetitive task, to be sure, but it has a zen-like quality that I enjoy. (Also gave me a chance to catch up on my podcasts.) And, when they were all spliced together and on the big reel, I cleaned the film by putting on a glove, wetting a special science tissue with special science cleaner, and winding the film through it.
Science! Also, I ran out of tape at one point and had to be shown where the spare rolls are. It got me to thinking, is this precise kind of tape being made anymore, the appropriate size for mending a deeply obsolete format? It strikes me as unlikely at best.
Meanwhile, the job hunt needs to begin in earnest. Meep.
