Summary
Cardboard film box containing a small grey plastic film reel. It originally housed a16mm motion film featuring a television advertisement for the Kodak Retinette camera and Kodachrome film, made circa 1959.
This box 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.
Physical Description
A blue, red and white coloured cardboard film box with grey plastic reel inside.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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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 Named
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd - Queensland, Brisbane, Greater Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1959
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Organisation Named
Pacific Film Productions, Richmond, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1959
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Inscriptions
Front, printed, white: 'PACIFIC FILM PRODUCTIONS...MELBOURNE VICTORIA / AUSTRALIA JB 3994' Front, handwritten, black ink: 'Kodak Brisbane / Kodak / P0081 / Retinette' Back, printed, blue ink: '22 BENDIGO STREET RICHMOND VICTORIA / JB 3994' Top, printed, white text: 'PACIFIC FILM PRODUCTIONS' Bottom, printed, blue ink: 'CONTENTS'
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Classification
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
100 mm (Width), 25 mm (Depth), 100 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Manufacturing, Advertising, Motion Picture Films, Cameras, Television Production, Photographic Film, Box Cameras
