The History of The Roll Film

Roll Film Invention Announced

Feb 22, 1883

George Eastman announced the invention of Photographic Film in Rolls

Kodak Company Was Born

Sep 4, 1888

The Kodak was preloaded with 100 exposeures, it could be easily carried handheld. When it ran out of Exposeures the camera was sent back to Kodak Company in Rochester, New York. The film was developed, printed and the pictures were sent to back to the owner with the camera re-filled.

1st Commercial Created for the Kodak Camera

May 25, 1891

The Commercial could not be made with out Thomas Edisons Motion Picture Camera

Instant Photography

Apr 26, 1976

One of the largest patent suits involving photography was filed in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. brought an action against Kodak Corporation for infringement of 12 Polaroid patents relating to instant photography.

Polaroid

Oct 11, 1985

After five years of vigorous pretrial activity and 75 days of trial, seven Polaroid patents were found to be valid and infringed. Kodak was out of the instant picture market leaving customers with useless cameras and no film. Kodak offered camera owners various compensation for their loss.