Simon Bruxelles
Established
I was loading bulk film onto some recently acquired FILCA cassettes when I came across one that still had a bit of film in it. There were three frames which I scanned and discovered they show crowds in a pre-War German city draped with Nazi flags. This is interesting but what's puzzling me is how come they were developed negatives. I might have expected unexposed film. The film was still securley fastened into the spool and clearly had not been removed since it was exposed 75 - 80 years ago. http://twitpic.com/96id5w
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lynnb
Veteran
Can't explain your mystery, but that's quite an interesting find!
huntjump
Well-known
Wow what a find!
axiom
Non-Registered User
Perhaps it was a way to smuggle the pictures?
sig
Well-known
It is possible to develop film in the cassete.
Simon Bruxelles
Established
Sig. That was actually my first thought though I have never heard of it being done... the fact the last three frames were left on the spool suggests this may be what happened.
redisburning
Well-known
what will you do with the frames?
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
raytoei@gmail.com
Veteran
a couple of things to note:
a. chances are, the number of frames was below 20. more than 20 makes in-cassette development at risk of lost frames.
b. japan exposure.com used to sell a "Darkless Film Development Kit", i managed to find a picture for reference:
a. chances are, the number of frames was below 20. more than 20 makes in-cassette development at risk of lost frames.
b. japan exposure.com used to sell a "Darkless Film Development Kit", i managed to find a picture for reference:
sig
Well-known
Have never done it, but the how to is on page 55 in the darkroom cookbook.
Sylvester
Well-known
Very cool find... Maybe you should show these pictures to some history museum or to a historian.
Mr_Toad
Fluffy Marsupial
Is that a bear riding a winged-horse in the top center of the first image?
Funky.
Funky.
victoriapio
Well-known
As someone already suggested, i suspect the film was smuggled out as unexposed. In more modern times, a friend who won a Pulitzer prize did the same thing. He gave them all his "exposed film" at a checkpoint and really had the "truly exposed" film in film boxes that had been glued closed again, looking like unused film. Great find. I can just see one of the shots on my iPad, must have been a real shock to you..
raid
Dad Photographer
When will you show us the photos?
victoriapio
Well-known
Raid, there is a link to at least one photo below the op. All I can se on my iPad is one photo..
raid
Dad Photographer
Thanks. I also see one image, but he is saying "this is another image", so maybe he has them somewhere else.
ssmc
Well-known
That absolutely looks like a bear riding a winged horse. I have never seen or heard of such a statue or image. I googled it and got nothing. I'm sure that such a unique object would allow pinning down exactly where these mystery photos were taken! The plot thickens
Scott
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Nikon Bob
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It does not look like a bear to me. Just some famous historical figure wearing a tricorne hat riding Pegasus. A quick google showed that those hats were popular in the 18th century.
Bob
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