Kodak Edge Codes

The following table has compiled by Robin Williams of the East Anglian Film Archive.
Codes are located outside the perforations of Kodak motion picture film stock and refer
to the date the film was manufactured. When possible, codes are taken from Eastman
Kodak documentation. When Kodak lists are not available, alternative markings have
been established by examining films with known dates.

When attempting to arrive at a plausible date for a given stock mark, bear in mind the
following variable factors:
The dates refer only to the date the film was manufactured and may have been exposed at
a later date.
Films are often not stored in their original boxes.
Films of different dates are often edited together at a later date
The “expose by” date on the original box is about two years after the date of
manufacture.
Inscriptions on boxes are helpful but may be inaccurate.

This is a work in progress from the East Anglian Film Archive and should not be
considered a definitive list.
 8mm
US UK
1932
1933 January to June
1933 July to December
1934 January to June
1934 July to December
1935 January to June
1935 July to December
1936January to June
1936 July to December
1937 January to June
1937 July to December
1938 January to June
1938 July to December
1939 January to June
1939 July to December
1940 January to June
1940 July to December
1941 January to June
1941 July to December

Date codes from 1942 to 1953 have been determined by cross-referencing ten film
collections of the period, comparing them with symbol sequences from previous and
subsequent decades. This list is not reliable for the purpose of absolute accuracy, but is
intended for guidance only, in the absence of a definitive list from Kodak.
1942 (uncertain) (possible)
1943 (possible)
1944 (uncertain)
1945 (uncertain) (possible)
1946 (possible) (possible) (possible)
1947 (probable) (probable) (probable)
1948 (probable) (possible) (possible) (possible)
1949 (probable) (possible) (possible)
1950 (probable) (possible)
1951 (probable) (possible)
1952 (probable)
1953 (probable)
Kodak documentation exists for date codes from 1954 to 1954 but alternative marking
systems have also been determined, based upon the examination of film collections.
Established Alternative
1954 (probable)
1955 (probable)
1956 (possible)
1957 (probable)
1958 (possible)
1959 (possible)
1960 (possible)
1961 (possible)
1962 (probable)
1963 (probable)
1964 (probable)

After 1964 symbols are the same as for 16mm NOTE: Super 8 production began in 1965
1965 1994
1966 1995
1967 1996
1968 1997
1969 1998
1970 1999
1971 2000
1972 2001
1973 2002
1974 2003
1975 2004
1976 2005
1977 2006
1978 2007
1979 2008
1980 2009
1981 2010
1982 2011
1983 2012
1984 2013
1985 2014
1986 2015
1987 2016
1988 2017
1989 2018
1990 2019
1991 2020
1992 2021
1993
 16mm
US UK CANADA FRANCE GERMANY
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950

1951 1965
1952 1966
1953 1967
1954 1968
1955 1969
1956 1970
1957 1971
1958 1972
1959 1973
1960 1974
1961 1975
1962 1976
1963 1977
1964 1978
1979 2001
1980 2002
1981 2003
1982 2004
1983 2005
1984 2006
1985 2007
1986 2008
1987 2009
1988 2010
1989 2011
1990 2012
1991 2013
1992 2014
1993 2015
1994 2016
1995 2017
1996 2018
1997 2019
1998 2020
1999 2021
2000