Summary

Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, 16mm motion picture Television Commercial for Kodak Brownie Starlet Camera, 1960s.

A 16mm motion film in original packaging. The film features a short television advertisement for the Kodak Starlet Camera. The film was produced in the 1960s by Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd for the advertising agency Berry Currie Advertising (Vic) who were commissioned by Kodak Australasia. It was originally housed on a red plastic reel in a cardboard Artransa film box. A typed label adhered to the cover is addressed to Mr Frank Sterndale.

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.

Physical Description

16mm cellulose acetate motion picture film; B&W; Television commercial (TVC); Film was originally stored on a red plastic film reel in a red and white cardboard film box with a blue bordered sticker attached to the front.

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