The third series saw a switch to a new type of Kodak stock, becoming the first television series to use this model.

Kodak stock barely moved yesterday, closing at $69.75, up 25 cents.

Even so, investors thought the moves were insufficient and reacted by selling Kodak stock, which dropped 6 percent yesterday, to $62.1875.

Investors, who have pushed the price of Kodak stock down sharply this year, did not punish the shares yesterday.

Kodak stock closed at $48 yesterday, down 25 cents from the Wednesday close.

Mr. Chandler said he could not explain the movement in Kodak stock.

The film had been shot on experimental Kodak stock with which Soviet laboratories were unfamiliar.

Wall Street was pleased, and Kodak stock rose 5 percent.

Kodak stock closed yesterday at $63.75 a share, up $1.50, and its volume of 8.2 million shares was the market's most active.

Nevertheless, investors reacted positively, driving the price of Kodak stock up 50 cents a share to close at $49.375.