Box VI.132

Scope and Contents: This series includes video formats either created by or about the Polaroid Corporation. The formats include U-matic, Beta, VHS, and open reel video. Content includes Polaroid history, shareholder's and quarterly business meetings, television commercials, press conferences, focus groups, trade shows, and events. Also included are local news segments about Polaroid (in particular the company's 50th Anniversary), PBS shows, such as Dinner at Julia's, which Polaroid sponsored, and a short clip...

Scope and Contents: Edwin Land talks about and is presented with the 3 millionth SX-70 camera being produced at the Norwood plant. Speaks about the success and future of the SX-70, including looking a dyes, batteries, optics, and non-reflecting coats. Talks about how "the way things work" at Polaroid including coalescing into spontaneous groups and each group doing what it wants to do. One result of this was a group working on making large pictures (8 x 10) and making a camera frame that would go into a...

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William McCune resumes the meeting. Gives update that all but one of the items introduced at the beginning were voted on and all adopted. Land continues the demonstration of the 8 x 10 camera. The demonstration is followed by a question and answer period on a variety of topics including lawsuits, SX-70, cost of taking pictures, xrays, and instant movie system. Meeting is adjourned.

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Begins with man testing the sound (for first 3 minutes of recording). Remainder of recording is Edwin Land rehearsing for the annual meeting, primarily speaking about Polavision. He describes how Polavision works, its technology, the experience one will have using it, and the contribution it will make to society. Note that there are several long moments of silence throughout the rehearsal.

Scope and Contents: 42nd annual meeting of stockholders of the Polaroid Corporation. Edwin Land introduces the Board of Directors and officers and then remembering Stanley Bloom who had recently died. Bill McCune takes over meeting and reviews minutes, elections, proposals, resolutions, and taking questions and comments from the audience with respect to various business matters. McCune also provides an overview of the financial results of 1978 and the first quarter of 1979, emphasizing the reasons for why the...

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Land continues speaking about the Time Zero film, "quantifying" how quickly it develops. Bill McCune returns briefly to give the results of the election of the Board of Directors and various proposals. The meeting ends with various questions from members of the audience (stockholders), including opening up trade with China, sponsorship of the TV show called "World", the free enterprise system and Polaroid's role in fixing it, and lack of women represented on the Board of Directors.

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This reel and Reel #2 (014681354_AT_0023) were combined to create 014681354_AT_0020, therefore the content is identical.

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This reel and Reel #1 (014681354_AT_0022) were combined to create 014681354_AT_0020, therefore the content is identical.

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This reel and Reel #4 (014681354_AT_0025) were combined to create 014681354_AT_0021, therefore the content is identical.

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This reel and Reel #3 (014681354_AT_0024) were combined to create 014681354_AT_0021, therefore the content is identical.

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Conference starts at about 1 minute into recording. Bill McCune and Edwin Land speak to the press prior to the 1979 shareholders meeting. McCune gives a brief update of what will be addressed in meeting including business operations and Land speaks at length about the new SX-70 film development and gives a demonstration. Camera shutters from the press clicking throughout.

Scope and Contents: Edwin Land introduces the 39th annual meeting of the stockholders of the Polaroid Corporation. He introduces the directors and officers of Polaroid, then turns the meeting over to William McCune. McCune covers the business portion of the meeting including the election of 11 directors, voting on pension and retirement plans, and financial reports and sales for the previous year. Speaks about marketing and sales of new camera, the Pronto, including playing a soundbite of a commercial featuring...

Scope and Contents: Edwin Land introduces the 40th annual meeting of the stockholders of Polaroid. Begins by introducing, complimenting, and thanking the directors and officers of the company. Bill McCune then takes the chair and goes through formal part of the meeting. This includes the financial report where he explains that in 1976 the company had the highest earnings in its history, that the sale of the SX-70 dramatically improved, they began construction of a new manufacturing building in Waltham, and are...

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Land continues showing slides and describing Polavision in great detail. He then gives instructions to the audience what is going to happen during the break ("photographic seminar") - audience members will be able to take a second's worth of movie using Polavision so that they can say "I was the first." Remainder of the recording (approximately 25 minutes) is the audience experimenting, with music recorded on the camera playing in the background.

Scope and Contents: Continuation of photographic seminar (music, people, etc.) to about 18:30. Land then announces the end of the session and music is played from 19:00-35:00. Land returns, speaking about how photography is the intersection of art and science and that the photographic industry must continue to focus on this intersection. Mentions a personal maxim that they don't teach at Harvard Business School, namely that "anything worth doing is worth doing in excess." Ends by describing the nature of the...

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Land finishes talking about Polavision and then moves into the question and answer portion of the meeting, with many of the questions being about Polavision. Meeting ends at 29:40 and music for the rest of the recording.

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Various pieces of music used during the shareholder's meeting.

Scope and Contents: Edwin Land introduces the 37th annual meeting of the shareholders of the Polaroid Corporation. He introduces the directors and officers of the company and then introduces Tom Wyman, Sr. VP and General Manager. Wyman convenes the meeting which includes the formal election of directors (including the nomination of Helen M. Land to the board of directors from a shareholder) and the proposed ratification of the board's appointment of auditors. There is no audio between 14 minutes and 30 minutes....

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Land continues live demo of color negative film, describing in detail what is happening. He then speaks about the potential of the SX-70 and gives various demonstrations of the SX-70 including a panoramic picture, flash bulbs, and color negatives. George Trembor[?], manager of the SX-70 plant in Norwood presents Land with the 1 millionth SX-70 camera to come off of the production line. End of the recording is the Q and A period where stockholders ask a variety of questions.

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Continuation of the Q and A period. Of particular interest is the focus on Polaroid's efforts and success with equal employment opportunities for women and affirmative action.

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1972 Polaroid Corporation annual shareholder's meeting. Edwin H. Land introduces the directors of the company. Tom Wyman conducts the business portion of the annual meeting including the nominations of company directors. Land recaps the financials for the previous year and unveils the SX-70 camera and describes how it works. There is also commentary from the public about how good and simple the SX-70 camera is.

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1972 Polaroid Corporation annual shareholder's meeting. Edwin H. Land unveils the SX-70 camera and describes how it works. There is also commentary from the public about how good and simple the SX-70 camera is.

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1974 Polaroid Corporation sales meeting. Edwin Land addresses the sales group and discusses the sentiment felt by Polaroid employees of being drawn together in order to focus on obtaining one goal.

Scope and Contents: 1975 Polaroid Corporation annual shareholder's meeting. Edwin Land gives the opening remarks pertaining to inventions and how most inventions aren't at first excepted because the idea is foreign. Land introduces the Board of Directors and officers of the company and appoints William J. McCune as President and CEO of Polaroid. McCune delivers the business portion of the meeting, reviews minutes, elections, proposals, resolutions, and taking questions and comments from the audience with...

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1975 Polaroid Corporation annual shareholder's meeting. Edwin Land discusses the history of Polaroid including the invention of automobile headlight polarizers, advertising efforts, and mentions how Polaroid commercials have been tremendously effective in advancing the company's products. There is a question and answers session.