Kodak Aerochrome - The Film That KILLED Thousands

Kodak actually developed a film stock along with the United States military. The military needed a color infrared film to help identify enemy combatants in WWII. Kodak was the leading film producer in the world and was happy to help. This collaboration with the military resulted in Kodak Aerochrome. Kodak Aerochrome is a color infrared film that was initially used by the military, but was eventually released to the public for use. In this video I aim to tell the story of Kodak Aerochrome, and show some examples of its uses in film photography.

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[theo_korner]

2:30 while it is true that clothes dont reflect IR as well, it was not used to detect humans but vehicles and entrenchments or other hiding and storage spaces that were covered with camo nets or dead vegetation

[bongsound]

Very interesting. I never knew this film was used in those famous album covers

[OneMonthTwoCameras]

Love this historical perspective and walk-through. Very nicely done an A+ on the accent 😛

[XYZ-bieb]

I wonder if there are any surviving recon shots taken during ww2 or afterwards. I have never seen one before.

[BobSimmonsPhoto]

If it detected camouflaged enemy emplacements it also saved thousands of lives from people not walking into ambushes.

[TheRockinDonkey]

I love how he mentions the Grateful Dead album covers, but posts a Black Sabbath album cover.

[MarksPhoto]

Remember, just because you use (rare, overpriced, overhyped, discontinued, wierd) film, doesn't make it art. Didn't you make a video like that just recently? HIE / Aerochrome was an expensive, wierd film when it was widely available, and we didn't all run out and shoot it. You did a good job presenting the past history of this BTW.

[andyvan]

yes, lomo purple is a good substitute, albeit colour negative, C41 film; for more on this, see Jess Hobbs channel, where she compares this to metropolis as well, interesting quirk, that the Purple ONLY affects foliage (R\G) and NOT skin tone, and now you have explained why.

[TheSaladTozzer]

the original Lomochrome purple was good but these days... it's honestly just dogshit

[MidwestBriar]

Kodak will abandon film altogether within 5 years. Fuji already has. My fighter dominated for 11 rounds and is about to get KO'd in the 12th

[chupathingy]

You didn't explain how it killed people, though. Was it toxic or something? Or was it just because of the military application?