Behind the Film - Inside the ILFORD factory on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2020–2022.
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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.
HN shares it as a fun short factory tour showing that film is still manufactured.
“The Ilford factory video is a fun watch”
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The Ilford factory video is a fun watch: ▶ this 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 film producers and film stocks here: [link]
in “Kodak factory tour: How does Kodak make film? [video]” · View on HN
On the topic of film, this little short video "Behind the Film - Inside the ILFORD factory" is cool - ▶ this video They also have a lab that do b&w prints from digital files on photo paper interestingly.
in “Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can damage undeveloped film” · View on HN
ILFORD still makes film. They have a tour of their factory on their YouTube channel: * ▶ this video See also The Impossible Project, some folks who reverse engineered how to make Polaroid instant film: * [link] * [link]
in “The Market for Discontinued Photographic Film” · View on HN