Original box of Gevapan Movex 8mm cassette cine film, by Gevaert.
Gevaert Photo-Producten N. V.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1950 - 1957
Materials
Cardboard, Paper, Foil, Metal, Photographic film
Measurements
18 x 62 x 120 mm
Place of origin
Antwerp
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525352
Summary
Original box of Gevapan Movex 8mm cassette cine film, by Gevaert. A rectangular cardboard box, printed in orange, blue and green, containing an 8mm film cassette, wrapped in green foil, within an orange tin. The tin is embossed with "Gevaert Film. Property of Gevaert (Belgium)". There is a paper leaflet with worldwide addresses of Gevaert Cine service and a printed card with recommended meter settings for the film. Markings on the box: Gevaert Gevapan Super Reversal Cine Film 26°, Movex 8mm, 10m, 33 ft. A space for sender's address and stamps and address of Gevaert Laboratories, 27/29 Great West Road, Brentford, Middsx. The develop before date stamped on the side is October 1957. The Emulsion No. is S028.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.
Makers and roles
Gevaert Photo-Producten N. V., manufacturer