The Story of Kodak: From the Brownie to the Digital Camera

The story of Kodak, from a bank clerk's kitchen in Rochester, New York, in the 1870s to the factory that still makes film there today. Along the way come George Eastman and the first Kodak camera of 1888, the one-dollar Brownie, Kodak Park, the anonymous gifts of "Mr. Smith", Kodachrome and the color snapshot, the Instamatic, the first hand-held digital camera, built inside Kodak in 1975, the fights with Polaroid and Fuji, and the bankruptcy of 2012. Clear narration over photographs and film from open archives. This is an independent history, not affiliated with or endorsed by any company. Chapters 00:00 A Box in Rochester 01:43 The Bank Clerk 03:17 Dry Plates 04:46 Press the Button 06:51 Film for Edison 07:44 A Dollar Camera 09:09 The Company Town 10:36 Mister Smith 12:34 The Last Years 13:35 Color for Everyone 15:47 The Instamatic Years 18:30 The Camera Without Film 20:35 Polaroid and Fuji 22:54 The Rest Disappears 24:30 The Bankruptcy 25:34 What Is Left Film from Wikimedia Commons: Surprizi (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Polygoon-Profilti / Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, 1 item); Gaëlle Courtois / La Fonderie, Brussels (CC BY 3.0, 1 item). Pictures from Wikimedia Commons: Aljawad (CC BY 3.0, 1 item); Maik Meid (CC BY-SA 2.0, 1 item); Joost J. Bakker IJmuiden (CC BY 2.0, 2 items); Kidfly182 (CC BY 4.0, 1 item); TRexEditorNJ (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Tekniska museet (CC BY 2.0, 1 item); DanielPenfield (CC BY-SA 4.0, 3 items); Bertrand Labévue (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); formulanone (CC BY-SA 2.0, 1 item); Deveycx (CC BY-SA 3.0, 1 item); Rathfelder (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Warren LeMay (CC BY-SA 2.0, 4 items); Leslie L. Gregg (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Mattlapointe (CC BY-SA 3.0, 1 item); Madcoverboy (CC BY-SA 3.0, 1 item); Peacearth (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Jim.henderson (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); LtPowers (CC BY-SA 2.5, 1 item); DanielPenfield (CC BY-SA 3.0, 2 items); Thistle33 (CC BY-SA 4.0, 2 items); JoshuaGrove (CC BY 4.0, 1 item); Infrogmation of New Orleans (CC BY-SA 4.0, 2 items); Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CC BY 2.0, 1 item); NatPhotograph (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Terri Monahan (CC BY-SA 2.0, 2 items); David Pirmann (CC BY 2.0, 1 item); B137 (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Marcin Wichary (CC BY 2.0, 1 item); Mark A. Lackey (CC BY 2.0, 1 item); R. Henrik Nilsson (CC BY 4.0, 1 item); Simon (CC BY-SA 2.0, 1 item); による色相は私 (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Malopez 21 (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Morio (CC BY-SA 3.0, 1 item); Purplybunny (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Tomkinsc (CC BY-SA 3.0, 1 item); Christopher Michel (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Mailbox (CC BY-SA 3.0, 1 item); Moehre1992 (CC BY-SA 3.0, 1 item); Michael Steeber (CC BY-SA 2.0, 1 item); SkywalkerPL (CC BY 3.0, 1 item); DRs Kulturarvsprojekt (CC BY-SA 2.0, 1 item); Leo Enticknap (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Goose Green Photography (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Frédéric BISSON (CC BY 2.0, 1 item). License texts: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en.