synchronizing indicia on detectors 24 the control circuits activate the detectors 24 via a line 25 to sense the synchronizing indicia and develop synchronizing signals therefrom the detected synchronizing signals are amplified and transferred via a line 26 to the control circuits and clock logic 5 where appropriate timing signals are developed for controlling operation of the video player the clock logic 5 further activates the detectors 24 via line 25 to sense fields of stored binary digits representative of the video display to be reproduced the detected binary digits are transferred as digital signals via ammplifiers 27 to a buffer 28 in response to timing signals received in the buffer 28 via a line 30 from the control circuits and clock logic 5 the output of the buffer 28 is transferred to a digital to analog d a converter 32 the output of which is supplied to a modulator 33 and impressed on a suitable carrier from oscillator 34 the modulator output 35 may be applied to the input of a video utilization device 36 which may be for example a standard television set referring now to fig2 the format of the digital data recorded on the storage medium 14 is shown typically a plurality of bit fields 38 are recorded in substantially horizontal rows such as the row 40 across the film 12 each row exhibits a slight vertical.