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Happy accidents :) That's a great shot! I really like the colours.

I hear you on the risk element but I'm really just shooting these films for the fun of it. The film is there, why not shoot it? If it works then that’s cool, and if it doesn’t then that’s no problem either. It’s the process that I enjoy :)

Not especially, no. I live in South Africa. Low humidity, but not too cold. As far as I know none of this was in the fridge. I think the bulk loader is filled with FP4 from back then too, so will have more of that stock to try out. Interesting stuff!

Interesting info on the Ektachrome and Kodacolor - thanks! I'm hoping to visit my local darkroom specialist this week and will take it along and see what he has to say. I have a feeling it will look weird so more of an experiment than anything. I actually shot a roll of Double X last week that I got from London and it came out really nicely. It is a motion picture film that had been respooled for stills cameras. So I'm quite glad to now find out that this is 5222. I'll post some pics from this roll when I get to it. I also fired off the 50 year old Ilford FP4 that the old uncle gave me using his 50 year old Canon FTb and I thought I'd get nothing but it actually came out ok-ish:

Hi, thanks so much for the links - made for some interesting reading and rabbit-holing. Taking another look at the canister, I only just noticed the film type is also printed on the side. Duh. Looks like it is an old reel of Double X. Which means you were basically correct with your ID - they're both part of the same product line evidently:

Hi all, I recently got gifted a bunch of old film stuff including a lot of expired film. There is a film canister that was wrapped tight with insulation tape and the tape has unfortunately eaten away the film label. Based on the other stuff I got I guess it could be Ektachrome, but hoping someone can help me identify this. These films are all 1969/1970 vintage, so pretty old. Thanks in advance! Matt.