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George Eastman filed a patent for the first ever celluloid roll film on 6th April, 1889 - an incremental development following the release of the first Kodak handheld camera, released in 1888, but a truly significant one.\nEastman\u2019s original products came preloaded with film, and were marketed as \u201cconvenient as a field-glass\u201d. For $10, customers could take 100 shots which were then developed by Kodak at their factory in Rochester, New York.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly discover why Eastman\u2019s advertising nous\xa0\nwas years ahead of its time; explain how Kodak soon became the world\u2019s leading supplier of film stock; and reveal that his company wasn\u2019t as tardy about the coming digital photographic revolution as you might imagine\u2026\xa0\nContent Warning: Suicide\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018George Eastman and the Kodak Camera\u2019 (ThoughtCo, 2019): https://www.thoughtco.com/george-eastman-history-of-kodak-1991619\n\u2022 \u2018Kodak inventor George Eastman\u2019s perfectly planned death\u2019 (news.com.au, 2019): https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/the-perfectly-planned-death-of-kodak-inventor-george-eastman/news-story/8af9b9f21050cc95d4a306b21d198c08\n\u2022 \u2018American Experience: The Wizard of Photography\u2019 (PBS, 2000): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v0cUEBZSC4\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices