But because they were 30 to 40 years old and hadn't been stored properly, these 16 millimeter copies had become distorted, mildewed, cracked, torn and blurred. This made the restoration process extremely difficult.
但是這些三、四十年前的十六釐米拷貝，不但年代久遠，又無適當場所保存，以致影片扭曲變形，發酸、發霉，甚至刮傷、斷裂、影像模糊，使修復與整理過程備極困難。