Summary
Film slitting machine showing the unwind end loaded with a bulk roll in the foreground and a male worker positioned near the rewind end in the background. Taken in Building 4, Roll Film, at the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Coburg, 1973.
Colour slide from a lecture series titled 'Kodak in Australia...Coburg', issued by the Kodak Marketing Education department of Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, circa 1970s. It was originally housed with other slides in a yellow Kodak branded binder. Images in the binder include views of the Coburg factory site, workers, and graphic diagrams showing the various departments and staff hierarchy.
This object is part of the Kodak Heritage 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.
Description of Content
Large slitting machine loaded with a sheet of photographic film. In the background is a male worker looking into the machine.
Physical Description
35mm, positive colour film mounted in a cardboard slide frame.
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, Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1973
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Format
Slide, 35 mm, Colour
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Manufacturing equipment
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
50 mm (Width), 50 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Manufacturing, Promotional Materials, Slides, Marketing, Educational Materials, Rollers, Photographic Film, Factories, Staff, Workers, Machinery