Del & Dave,
Thanks for the rapid replies, much appreciated.
The fields ARE still there, I just removed 3:2 pulldown in AE from the footage to get it to 23.976… after that, I was whole frames at 23.976.
My question was really about the speed increase, and del has given me an answer I can go try. I’m assuming they ‘simply’ slowed it from 50i to 23.976, then added 3:2, in which case I’m just surprised there’s anything left to watch at all!?
trust me, I’ve been trying to determine the lineage of the tape, but it came from Romania, and all bets are off….
thanks again.