A film container is something you keep film in.
June 24th, 2011
Here at the Harvard Film Archive, we store motion picture films in inert, polypropylene film cans on cores made of the same plastic. The cans provide protection in case of a water event, and are vented to give the film some breathing room. The cans are round discs, like the film rolls that are housed inside.
When film arrives at the archive, however, it doesn’t always arrive in what we consider a proper film can. (Cookie tins are suprisingly popular among collectors!) What follows is an image gallery of unusual film containers that have arrived at the HFA over the past few years.

This film was not donated to the archive, but was brought in by a patron. It was stored in this box for decades.