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[jdman]

Have 2 rolls of Verichrome that came out of a Kodak 130 camera. Was going to use D-76. Do you think anything will come out? This film is so old even the wrapping is faded. This must be pretty large negs. 6 exp. to the roll. Should I extend the developing time? Russ

[glennfromwy]

All you can do is guess. Old data for Verichrome is likely to show ridiculously long developing times. Times and materials have changed a lot. Give it a go in D-76 for about ten minutess with gentle agitation.
If the film is very brittle, give it a good pre soak to relax it and tray develop using the seesaw method.

[jdman]

Total failure but thanks for the help. One roll was total black, the other had no visible images. Russ

[disemjg]

About a year ago I got an ancient Ansco box camera; according to Mckeowan's the thing dated to the late '40s. It was loaded, and out of curiosity I developed the film. I used D-76 and added about 25% to typical times. I got faint, somewhat degraded images of some people posed with cars from the right time frame. It was rather spooky.

A guy in my office found a roll of B&W film that had been exposed over twenty years before. As he described it, the roll had been left in every overheated attic or damp storage place that was available during that time. I told him to give it a try, and he got nice, perfectly printable negatives. Go figure.

I found one of my own undeveloped rolls a couple of years ago, and it also turned out fine. It was about ten or twelve years old, but had never been stored improperly.