Storing uncut 35mm processed film

I don't know why you couldn't store film in it, but it's meant for motion picture film--1000 feet of it! I believe it would be very hard to locate the images you want, the next time you need them. Would you wind them on a reel? Probably not, since that would call for splicing them. So I imagine they would be in a loose wrap inside the can, which might make cataloging and retrieving them awkward. Let's see: motion picture film runs at 24 frames per second, 90feet per minute. That's 1 1/2 feet per second. So you get 24 motion picture frames in a foot and a half. That's 12 still frames. It works our to 8,000 still photos in 1000 feet. See what I mean?

Are you sure you don't want to cut them into strips of 5 or 6 and keep them in archival plastic pages? Much easier to find what you are looking for. I just put them over my light box, and I can quickly spot the one I want.
 
Use a sleeving roll to protect your negatve strip, then store the rolled, sleeved strip in a plastic can, the type in which individual 35 mm cassettes are sold.

Sleeving rolls come in 1000 ft rolls, IIRC.

I have seen photographers just roll the strip an keep it in a paper packet, but would not recommend this.
 
Here is a photo of some old school, 1950's, containers that were used for uncut developed 35mm film. Black & white in this case. The negatives as well as the containers have held up well over time. However, I'm not sure newer packaging like this will be as archival. Too many chemicals these days. Valdas suggested the plastic film containers, but again the chemical out-gassing of the plastic may create problems for the negatives. I would suggest using the old metal 35mm film canisters from Kodak and Ansco. You can still find them on ebay. Just roll up the film and store them in the metal canisters.
Hope this helps.
Dave


 
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