A cartridge of instant film is really both film and “darkroom” in one – and a recent tour of Polaroid’s only film factory sheds light on how the medium works. In a video recently shared to the brand’s YouTube channel, Polaroid shared a behind-the-scenes look at how the film is made – and in the process shared some insight as to why modern Polaroid film isn’t the same as the historic film crafted decades ago.
Polaroid’s film factory is located in Enschede, Netherlands. The assembly plant is the only remaining place where packs of Polaroid instant film are made. While the company also produces the sheets of negative and positive film material in Germany, the Netherlands factory is the only remaining place where genuine Polaroid film is still created, after the Impossible Project group sought to save the classic film type, eventually becoming part of the Polaroid company itself.
