Summary
Cardboard film box which originally housed a16mm motion film featuring a television advertisement for the Kodak Brownie 1.9 Movie Camera, 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 white and green cardboard film box printed with Cambridge Film Productions company details and handwritten production information.
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, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1959
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Organisation Named
Advertising, Berry Currie Hawkins Pty Ltd, 252 Collins Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1959
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Organisation Named
Cambridge Film Productions Pty Ltd, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1959
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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, typed, black ink: 'ANSWER PRINT ONLY. / NOT FOR T.V. / KODAK (A'ASIA) LIMITED / 1.9 Movie Camera. / B.C.H Advertising/ BCH-501' Side, handwritten, blue ink: '1.9 MOVIE CAMERA / "CLOSE-UP" BCH/501'
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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, Motion Picture Film Cameras, Packaging, Television Production, Box Cameras
