Internet Movie Light Bulb Database

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Russian road traffic signals at Glavnaya Doroga, Non-fiction TV, 2006-2015.

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French railroad signal lights at Les espions, Movie, 1957.

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At the mansion ground, Paris, France post lights at Patate, Movie, 1964.

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Animated light bulb at Sonic Boom, Animation Series, 2014-2015, Ep. 2.17.

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Germany lighting at Die Wache, TV Series, 1994-2006.

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Hamburg, West Germany lighting at Hafenpolizei, TV Series, 1963-1966.

[merc]

Cool! This unmistakably shows a gas mantle lantern! Yeah, Germany still uses tens of thousands of them but according to Kai @LG they're going to get rid of them.
Prague, on the other hand, added a few hundreds gas lanterns in the historic centre during the last decade for tourists.
Btw. this lantern shape can still be found. These lanterns are modern products with HPS/SON-T lamps though.

[rjluna2]

Cool! This unmistakably shows a gas mantle lantern! Yeah, Germany still uses tens of thousands of them but according to Kai @LG they're going to get rid of them.
Prague, on the other hand, added a few hundreds gas lanterns in the historic centre during the last decade for tourists.
Btw. this lantern shape can still be found. These lanterns are modern products with HPS/SON-T lamps though.

I knew you would like this, Adam

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Los Angeles, California, USA lighting at The Big Fix, Movie, 1978.

[merc]

I knew you would like this, Adam

You hit the nail on the head, Robert.  Thanks!

Los Angeles, California, USA lighting at The Big Fix, Movie, 1978.

There is a duplicate image of a street with mercs. Do you know whether L.A. in 1978 used clear or DX coated (MBF) mercury lamps?
I'm interested because of their bluish colour in the picture. They look the same as clear mercs in pictures pic1, pic2 by our collector Stanislav Slabyhoudek (he's also an LG member under a different name, not very active though) from Prague in 1960.

Looks like film sees clear mercs rather bluish while digital cameras see both clear and DX coated MV lamps pretty greenish or green I might put this question to a photographic site I'm a member of but I'd like to know if they're clear or not...

[rjluna2]

Los Angeles, California, USA lighting at The Big Fix, Movie, 1978.

There is a duplicate image of a street with mercs. Do you know whether L.A. in 1978 used clear or DX coated (MBF) mercury lamps?
I'm interested because of their bluish colour in the picture. They look the same as clear mercs in pictures pic1, pic2 by our collector Stanislav Slabyhoudek (he's also an LG member under a different name, not very active though) from Prague in 1960.

Looks like film sees clear mercs rather bluish while digital cameras see both clear and DX coated MV lamps pretty greenish or green I might put this question to a photographic site I'm a member of but I'd like to know if they're clear or not...

I thought this might be different colour rendering process when they captured to the file

Seems that it was mixture of clear and phosphor coating throughout these streetlights as I see at the captured picture

[rjluna2]

London, England traffic signal and streetlight at Return Journey, Documentary, 1957.

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British lighting stuff at Too Close for Comfort, Documentary, 1971.

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada lighting system at The X Files, TV Series, 1993-2002.

Another one at: Ford F-Series in The X Files, TV Series, 1993-2002, Ep. 3.16

[merc]

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada lighting system at The X Files, TV Series, 1993-2002.

Hi Robert,

I'm wondering about the lamp shape in the picture 4 (the rightmost). What are the lamps in those clear globes on the wall? They look a bit like electronic ballasted CFLs but they most probably aren't (according to date filmed). Could these be American shaped coated MV (MBF) lamps? Thanks.