31 Rolls of Undeveloped Film from a Soldier in WWII

petapixel ^ | January 16, 2015 | Michael Zhang

[virgil283]

"Photographer Levi Bettweiser is the man behind the Rescued Film Project, an effort to find and rescue old and undeveloped rolls of film from the far corners of the world.

He recently came across one of his biggest finds so far: 31 undeveloped rolls of film shot by a single soldier during World War II.

Bettweiser tells us he found the film rolls in late 2014 at an auction in Ohio. About half the rolls were labeled with various location names (i.e. Boston Harbor, Lucky Strike Beach, LaHavre Harbor). “I know nothing about who shot the film or who it belonged to,” he says...."

[virgil283]

Good photos never seen before, also watch the short video about the discovery and photos. (H/T maggiesfarm.com)

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[painter]

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[smokingfrog]

Bfl

[Vigilanteman]

What I find most amazing is that film turns out so well after being developed so many years later!

[Nevadan]

Nice!

[Nevadan]

Nice!

[golux]

How long can an undeveloped roll keep? Don’t light, heat, and age bleed in after a time?

[Batman11]

PFL

[virgil283]

He says he has to develop each roll with respect to its condition, that a bulk developer would not get these results....so I guess its his experience that is his success.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

One of the best sites on the net, always interesting and informative.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

It depends on storage conditions.

[Las Vegas Dave]

BTTT for my later read..

[Sacajaweau]

btt

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks virgil283.

[CGASMIA68]

Cool and dry = years

[Inyo-Mono]

How long can an undeveloped roll keep? Don’t light, heat, and age bleed in after a time?

Yes, but black & white film is much more stable than color film and if printed on acid free paper can last at least a century and a half. I still have an original photo of my great-great grandfather taken in 1850. It is in perfect condition.

[Delta 21]

Very cool.

[CGASMIA68]

This is great.Being a self taught Zone Sytem type with a darkroom in the house like this man for years I love it

[CGASMIA68]

It gets better
Follow the link at the end of the photos at the original link;

Heres a short cut
http://www.rescuedfilm.com/#!rescuedwwii

[Amntn]

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