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Encyclopedia > Orwo

Orwo is a manufacturer of photographic film. The basis for Orwo was the Agfa Wolfen plant, which was located in what was to become East Germany, and thus nationalized after WWII Photographic film a sheet of plastic (polyester, celluloid (nitrocellulose) or cellulose acetate) coated with an emulsion containing light-sensitive silver halide salts (bonded by gelatin) with variable crystal sizes that determine the sensitivity or resolution of the film. ... Agfa-Gevaert N.V. develops, manufactures and distributes analogue and digital products and systems for the making, processing, and reproduction of images. ... The Wolfen from Star Fox: Assault. ... East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a Communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...


The Orwo trademark (for Original Wolfen) was introduced in 1964. 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


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ORWO (436 words)
Therefore, for a long time, ORWO was an Eastern Bloc film in a former Agfa plant.
According to a website I found on the history of German unification, the ORWO plant was closed soon after reunification and destroyed.
ORWO film is now made by Ilford, according to www.digitaltruth.com, and the 400 speed film is HP5+.
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