Abstract: In a motion picture film/audio recording system where a camera produces a motion picture film, a corresponding video signal, and associates with both the motion picture film and video signal a first time code signal providing a correspondence standard between the motion picture film and the video signal, and a camera status signal representative of whether the camera is on or off, and a sound recorder which produces an audio signal, a second time code signal having a known relationship to the first time code signal, and a recorder status signal representative of whether the sound recorder is on or off, a viewing system for the motion picture film includes an interface module that receives the camera status signal and the recorder status signal, and generates a save signal whenever the camera status or the recorder status signals indicate that the camera or the recorder is on.