Summary
Red plastic film canister and reel which originally housed a 16mm motion film featuring a television advertisement for the Kodak Merit Projector, made circa 1958.
This canister 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 round, red plastic canister with production details listed on a round paper sticker on the lid.
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, 1958
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Organisation Named
Hugh Berry and Company, 252 Collins Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1958
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Organisation Named
Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia
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Inscriptions
Canister lid, sticker, printed, blue ink: 'With the / Compliments / of- (drawing of a television with 'ARTRANSA' written on the screen)' Canister lid, sticker, typed, black ink: 'Advertiser: Kodak (Aust.) / Agency: Hugh Berry Co. / Production: 1 x 60 sec T.V. / Commercial / Identification: KMP.1.' Reel, embossed: 'ARTRANSA / TV / FILMS'
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Classification
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
25 mm (Depth), 100 mm (Outside Diameter)
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Keywords
Photography, Manufacturing, Advertising, Promotional Materials, Motion Picture Films, Television Production
