trivia Item about footage is mathematically impossible

"A 1938 feature film usually ran to 8,000 feet of film. Frank Capra shot 329,000 feet for this one."

since 35mm basically runs at 90 feet/minute (depending on exact frame format), 8,000 feet (89 minutes) is a typical running time for a *completed* feature film of the era (1.5 hours). however, this does not include production demands like multiple takes of a shot or footage consumed during a take (i.e., the camera rolls before and after the desired action).

the final release print of this film runs about 126 minutes (or just over 11,000 feet).

so if, in fact, 329,000 feet of film was used during the shoot, it would reveal a "shooting ratio" (film shot compared to film used in the edit) of almost 29:1 (or roughly 29 takes per shot) which is also dubious... since there are other needs for film stock on a picture such as titles, rear-screen projections, matte effects, work-prints and so on.