THE VIDEO SHELF · film manufacturing
Behind the Film - Inside the ILFORD factory
A behind-the-scenes tour of the ILFORD factory in Mobberley, England, showing how black and white film, paper and chemicals are made. It walks through emulsion making, coating, finishing, QC and distribution.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN shares it as a fun short factory tour showing that film is still manufactured.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- ILFORD Photo
- Topic
- film manufacturing
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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On the topic of film, this little short video "Behind the Film - Inside the ILFORD factory" is cool - [VIDEO] They also have a lab that do b&w prints from digital files on photo paper interestingly.
anfractuosity on Hacker News · 2020-01
In Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can damage undeveloped filmThe Ilford factory video is a fun watch: [VIDEO] There are also a few new film producers coming around. Film Ferrania ( [LINK] ) I'm most excited about as it's the first new analog film factory built. You can see a full list of current …
piffey on Hacker News · 2022-03
In Kodak factory tour: How does Kodak make film? [video]
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