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Had several of these... grandson took others to bring to Kodak

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Yeah, Kodak was a big user of aluminum film cans back in the day. I worked for a school portrait photofinishing company. Before about 2007, we had a nightmare job... caring for and moving around tens of thousands of 35mm, 46mm, and 70mm by 100' Kodak Portra 160NC film cans holding processed rolls of portrait negatives.

When we transitioned to digital capture, our lives got MUCH easier, because we moved only DATA from server to printer. We could print to several different devices to make different products for the same job, simultaneously, instead of, "PRINT, move film, clean film, move film, PRINT, move film, clean film, move film,...". Digital data travels over wires, not carts, and never has to be cleaned.

I was very happy to see the last of the optical printers, film scanners, and film processors ripped out and recycled. Like oil, tobacco, and toilet paper, film was an addictive drug, and Kodak was the biggest pusher. Digital technology held such great promise!

Unfortunately, bits beat the hell out of all atoms in ALL ways, and now over 90% of imaging is on the Internet. Almost no one wants prints! So... the school portrait industry has shrunk like the cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland... and Kodak Alaris is selling off its paper and film division once again...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Yes, I like those containers. I always saved them after rolling the film.

Bob Werre

I have a few 35mm Kodak canisters that are believe are steel. They are painted in various colors that match the colors on the boxes--red-yellow and blue. I got them in the mid 60's when I was in HS and we bulk loaded film. At that time we reloaded the cartridges too-- many times over. Kodak sold Chrome films for outdoors, a floodlight version and one for clear flash bulbs. I also once bought some of Ansco's chrome film. I think it was available in 2-3 speeds, which used red plastic containers. At this same time the aluminum cans with yellow tops were on the Kodak side.