Summary

Colour photograph of the control panel and large roll of plastic film at the unwind end of a film slitting (slit and chop) machine in Building 5, Sheet Film Department, at the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Coburg, circa 1974.

This image 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.

Description of Content

Large machine with plastic film wound through it and a control panel in top left corner of shot with stop/start buttons and controls for bumper bars, inspection lights, slit number indicators, print roll alarm, tracking, space board, hoist and suction roll.

Physical Description

Colour photograph; landscape format with off-white border. Stamped on reverse.

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