Film in Aluminum Can: Museum Object and Cultural History
Film in Aluminum Can: Date made: 1941. Object Name: film reel. Object Name: Movie.
The object in the museum catalogue
The Plax Corporation was organized in 1937, with the aim of producing small polyethylene items. This 16 mm film shows Christmas tree ball ornament production at Plax factory in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1941.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1941
- Object Name: film reel
- Object Name: Movie
- Measurements: can: 23 mm x 178 mm; 7/8 in x 7 in
- Measurements: overall: 1 in x 7 1/8 in; 2.54 cm x 18.0975 cm
- Subject: Christmas
- ID Number: 1983.0538.04
- catalog number: 1983.0538.04
- accession number: 1983.0538
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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