Kodak Australasia Staff - Digital Stories - Brian Phillipson, 1955-1991

Kodak Melbourne Memories - Brian Phillipson, 1955-1991

This 3:03 minute video tells the story of Brian Phillipson and his time working for Kodak Australasia at the Abbotsford and Coburg factories.

Brian Phillipson began his career as a roll room boy in the paper cutting department at Kodak at Abbotsford in 1955. From there Brian moved into the coating room department. With the opening of the new Coburg factory, Brian worked in the storeroom before being offered a job as a safe lighting serviceman. Over time Brian could no longer work climbing ladders so he was offered a job in planning in the engineering department.

Brian Phillipson was interviewed as part of the Kodak oral history project. This digital story is an edited extract from his original 112-minute oral history interview.

The images shown are part of the Kodak collection of products, promotional materials, photographs and working life artefacts collected from Kodak Australasia in 2005, after the Melbourne manufacturing plant at Coburg closed down.

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