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[potentially NSFW] Back in the old days, pre-videotape and videocam, where did people get their sexy home movies developed?

Asked by elbanditoroso (33687points) 4 hours ago

Now of course, there are cell phones and tablets with unlimited storage for when people want to make their own sexy videos.

But back in the pre-videotape days, there was only movie film that had to be sent out to be developed, which meant that your anatomy was on display to anyone at the film developing lab.

How did this work? You must have had to send them out of town – you didn’t want the local film lab doing the work. Were there labs that specialized in ‘adult film developing’? Were they trustworthy? Did they keep copies for themselves? Etc.

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Blackwater_Park's avatar

In college I had a friend who worked at one of those photo developing booths. She made copies of some of the more scandelous pictures she would come across. She had a whole book of them. People either did not care, or just assumed it was anonymous. Of course, it was not. Home developing was a thing back then.

jca2's avatar

I’m guessing when someone worked in a photo developing lab, there were thousands and thousands of photos, so some were seen by employees but many were missed. There were probably employees who didn’t care about it. If someone didn’t use a commercial developing service, they’d have to have had their own darkroom, or use a friend’s, where nobody from outside would see what was being developed.

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