Summary
A 16mm motion picture film featuring a television advertisement for the Kodak 8 Movie Camera. The commercial, which features a girl's 21st birthday party, is part of the Kodak 'No Place Like Home' campaign. It was produced by Senior Film Productions in 1961 for Berry Currie Advertising, who were commissioned by Kodak Australasia.
This film is part of the Kodak collection of products, promotional materials, photographs and working life artefacts collected from Kodak Australasia in 2005, when the Melbourne manufacturing plant at Coburg closed down.
Kodak manufactured and distributed a wide range of photographic products to Australasia, such as film, paper, chemicals, cameras and miscellaneous equipment. Its client base included amateur and professional photographers, as well as specialist medical and graphic art professionals who used photography, x-ray and other imaging techniques.
Description of Content
Television commercial advertising the Kodak 8 Movie Camera. It opens outside a cartoon house and zooms into a group gathered around a 21st birthday cake. The father films his daughter blowing out the candles and the images are displayed on a slide projection screen. It ends by detailing price and availability of the camera. Male voice over narration and music throughout.
Physical Description
16mm cellulose acetate motion picture film; Black and White; Television commercial (TVC); Optical sound; 1961
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Ms. Kate Metcalf - Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 2005
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Acknowledgement
Courtesy of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd.
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Organisation Depicted
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 173 - 199 Elizabeth Street, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1961
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Agent
Berry Currie Advertising (VIC.) Pty Ltd, 252 Collins Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1961
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Producer
Senior Film Productions Pty Ltd, Acland Street, St Kilda, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1961
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Recording Details
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Content Summary
1, 00:00:02 HH:MM:SS, Leader countdown and Senior Film Productions and 'SMPTE / SOCIETY LEADER / ISSUE 2 / 1953' intertitle,2, 00:00:18 HH:MM:SS, Cartoon house at night. Camera zooms in to window where woman holds birthday cake. Voice over: "There's no place like home for fun".,3, 00:00:22 HH:MM:SS, Cross fade to identical window shot. Camera tracks in to birthday cake. Mother picks it up, takes it to table and group gathers around to admire.,4, 00:00:25 HH:MM:SS, Mid shot of father aiming movie camera with light attachments. Voice over: "...colour movies, with a Kodak 8 Movie Camera. Attach a Kodak Movie Light and Dad is ready to film...",5, 00:00:31 HH:MM:SS, Family and friends gathered around birthday cake,6, 00:00:32 HH:MM:SS, Close up of girl blowing out candles which freezes. Camera zooms out to see the image on a slide projection screen and then there is an animated zoom out to a cardboard cut-out house. Voice over: "...Movies remember when we so easily forget. Look for this display at your chemist or Kodak dealer and...",7, 00:00:43 HH:MM:SS, Cross fade to camera against neutral backdrop. It turns to the right and white text is superimposed over the image with name and pricing. Voice over: "let them show you the Kodak Movie 8 camera, priced at eighteen pounds, nineteen shillings".,8, 00:00:55 HH:MM:SS, End.
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Format
Motion Film, 16 mm, Black & White
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Language
English
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Promotional materials
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