“Lucky Strike Beach,” “Start of Train Trip,” “Roll of French funeral, 1947” — these are some of the labels found on 31 never-developed rolls of film taken over 70 years ago by an American World War II soldier. One roll was wrapped in a letter that reads: “I’ve always had a lonesome life, dreaming of success and love.”
Photographer Levi Bettweiser from The Rescued Film Project, an online archive gallery of images that were captured on never-developed film between the 1930s and late 1990s, took on the job of finding out what secrets were hidden in the historically significant discovery. Read more and see some of the photos here.
Do you have rolls of old, undeveloped film that are damaged or are otherwise unable to be processed? You can send them in for free developing!
Undeveloped World War II Film Discovered from The Rescued Film Project on Vimeo.
