Made by Eastman Kodak, this short educational film explains how film is manufactured. (Unfortunately our print is incomplete.) The film begins with animation of a roll of 127 film with the familiar yellow Kodak protective coating. Animation shows the layers of the film including the gelatine overcoating, silver emulsion, base and backing. At 2:01, cotton fiber is processed to form the cellulose ester base. At 2:18 a dope, or liquid film base, moves through a series of mixers. Finally it moves through a series of rollers and ends up on a roll (3:00). At 3:06 a large roller wheel is shown. At 3:22 a massive coating machine is shown in a clean room, where the film base is dried. At 4:00 a footage counter indicates when it is time to start a new roll. At 4:15 samples are cut for testing in the lab. At 5:30 the thickness of the film base is tested. At 5:41 gelatine is shown, collected from animal hides. At 6:14 chemists compound materials for the emulsion.

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