Daily Herald Photography: Ilford factory, film coating machine

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
1934-1939 in Mobberley, Brentford and United Kingdom
maker:
Weekly Illustrated/Illustrated
photographer:
James Jarché
Daily Herald Photography: Ilford factory, film coating machine Daily Herald Photography: Ilford factory, film coating machine

Daily Herald Photography: Ilford factory, film coating machine
Science Museum Group
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Daily Herald Photography: Ilford factory, film coating machine
Science Museum Group
© TopFoto/SMG Images

One photograph titled 'Scene at Ilford's' showing a factory worker inspecting large rolls of photographic film as it moves through a film coating machine. The worker in this photograph is likely checking the film at the input stage as it is first fed into the machine to be coated. [Ilford acquired various sites and merged with many smaller manufacturing companies over the decades. By the 1930s, manufacturing seems to have been consolidated into three main sites: Ilford for glass plates, Brentford for film and Mobberley for paper, although paper was sent to Ilford for cutting, packing and distribution. However, they also had laboratories to deal with raw materials, cine films etc. This photograph was probably taken at the Brentford laboratory.]

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/52488
Materials:
paper
type:
photographic print