I recently started bulk loading film in FILCA cassettes for my screw mount Leica cameras. I recently purchased a cassette on eBay and luckily noticed that it had film in it before I opened it. When I removed the film in the dark I could tell that the end of it had been torn off, not cut with scissors. It was also twisted around in the cassette like someone twisted the spool the wrong way and caused it to fold over and wrinkle. Despite the bends and kinks in the film I was able to load it onto a stainless spiral.
I wasn't expecting to find anything on it but decided to develop it just in case. I Semi-Stand developed the film in Rodinal 1:100 for about an hour. I was not only surprised to find images but also that it was shot with a half frame camera. As far as I know the only camera that shoots half frame and uses a FILCA cassette is the Leica 72 screw mount 18x24 rangefinder. This is a very rare camera, only 200 were made between 1950 and 1963. The film is Kodak Super-XX which was discontinued in roll film format before 1960. The camera, the film and clues in the images help date them to some time in the 1950's. Being shot over 58 years ago they developed surprisingly well, I would have expected a lot of fog but there was very little.
Most of the photos were three children in a house with a bunch of toys scattered about. The toys all look like the are 1950's vintage. In this first one it looks like the boy is holding a Kodak Box camera.
Found FIlm - FILCA 5 by
Bryan Chernick, on Flickr
Found FIlm - FILCA 4 by
Bryan Chernick, on Flickr
I'm pretty sure the photographer was using a flash for the indoor shots, you can see the reflection in the man's glasses.
Found FIlm - FILCA 2 by
Bryan Chernick, on Flickr