Summary
Cardboard film box containing a small orange plastic film reel. It originally housed a16mm motion film featuring a television advertisement for the Kodachrome II film, made circa 1961-1962.
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 white and green cardboard film box printed with Cambridge Film Productions company details and handwritten production details. Inside is a transparent orange plastic reel with a round white sticker printed with the Cambridge logo.
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, 173 - 199 Elizabeth Street, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1961 - 1962
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Organisation Named
Berry Currie Advertising (VIC.) Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1961 - 1962
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Organisation Named
Cambridge Film Productions Pty Ltd, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1961 - 1962
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Inscriptions
Back, printed, black ink: 'Another / quality / film / from CAMBRIDGE / FILM and T.V. Productions / Pty. Ltd. 221 Pelham Street...' Front, printed, black ink: LENGTH / RELEASE PRINT / CLIENT / PRODUCT / AGENCY / KEY NO.' / (Upside down) 'RELEASE PRINT' / (right way up) 'STATION' Front, handwritten, blue ink: '60 secs / KODAK (A'ASIA) P.L. / KODACHROME II / BERRY CURRIE ADVTG. / BCA-541'
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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, Television Production, Photographic Film, Packaging