Just for the case someone new drops in here

AATON, ARCO, AGFA, AMIGO, AKW, ARGUS, ARMOR, ARNOLD & RICHTER, BAIA, BAUER, BEAULIEU, BELL, BELL & HOWELL, BERNDT-BACH, BOL, BOYER, BRISKIN, BRUMBERGER, CALVIN, CANON, CAMPRO, CARENA, CENTURY, CINCLOX, CINELABOR, CINEMA PRODUCTS, CINEMECCANICA, CHC, CHINON, CHRISTEN, CINAK, CINE-GEL, CINERIC, CIRSE, COLORFLEX, COMPCO, CORONET, CRAIG-KALART, DEBRIE, DEFA, DEJUR-AMSCO, DEKKO, DEVRY-QRS, DIKSI-DIXI, DITMAR, DRALOWID, DUKANE, ECLAIR, EIKI, ELGEET, ELLESSA, ELMO, EMEL, ERCSAM, ERNEMANN, ETM, EUMIG, FAIRCHILD, FEDI, FILMA, FILM-MASTER, FOTON-HASSO, FRANKLIN, FREZZOLINI, FUJICA, FUMEO, GM, GAUMONT, GEYER, GIC, GIRAULT, GOKO, GRAFLEX, GRYPHON, HÄHNEL, HEURTIER, HOKUSHIN, HUDSON, IHAGEE, IRWIN, ISING, KEM, KOBENA, KRASNOGORSK, KRETSCHMAR, KURIBAYASHI-PETRI, LACKNER, LAPIERRE, LEHMANN, LEITZ, LD, LIGONIE, LINMARK, LYTAX, MAGNASYNC, MAMIYA, MANSFIELD, MARGUET, MCCLURE, MICROTECNICA, MIDGET, MILLER, MILLIKEN, MINETTE, MINOLTA, MITCHELL, MOREXAR, MORITONE, MOVIE-MITE, MOVIREX-GC, MURAY, NATIONAL, NEUMADE, NIEZOLDI & KRÄMER, NIKON, OUDE DELFT, OGA, OLYMPUS, OXBERRY, PAILLARD-BOLEX, PANAVISION, PATHE, PENTAKON, PETERSON, PHILIPS, PHOENIX-MECANO, PHOTOSONICS, PLANK, PREVOST, PROMATIC, PRORA, RCA-VICTOR, RAINBOW, RAYNOX, REDLAKE, REINETTE, REMSEL, REVERE, REVUE, RHEINLAND, RICHMOND, RICOH, RONDO, ROULOS-GOUDEAU, ROYER, RUBERG, SANKYO-SEIKI, SCHALIE, SEKONIC-HACHIYO, SEM, SIEMENS & HALSKE, SILMA, SPORT, SPYRI, STEENBECK, STEWART-WARNER, STOCKO-HENKELS, STRONG, SUCHANEK-MEOPTA, SUNSCOPE, SYNCRO-VOICE, TANDBERG, TECHNICOLOR, TOEI, TOWER, TDC-BH, TSC, UHLER, UNIVERSAL, VERNON, VICEROY, VICTOR, VITASCOPE, VIVITAR, VOLKS, WALL, WARD, WEIMAR, WOLLENSAK, WOLLMAN-SCHMIDT, WIRGIN, WITTNAUER-LONGINES, WRENCH & SON, YASHICA, ZEISS-IKON

AGFA, ANSCO, AS, ASTRA, BARNES, BAUCHET, BERGGER, BLAIR, BRIFCO, CARBUTT, LUCKY, CRITERION, CRUMIERE, DU PONT, DYNACOLOR, EDWARDS, EKC, EISENBERG, ERA, FERRANIA, FILMOTEC, FOMA, FORTE, EFKE, FUJI, GEVAERT, GIGABITFILM, GLANZFILM, GOERZ, GUILLEMINOT, HAUFF, HERZOG, IG FARBEN, ILFORD, JAHR, KALLE, KONICA, KFG, KRANZ, KUJBISCHEW, LIGNOSE, LAINER, TIENTSING, LUMIERE, 3M, MAFE, MIMOSA, NPG, NOBEL, ORIENTAL, PATHE, PERUTZ, PLANCHON, ROTARY, SCHERING, SCHLEUSSNER, SELO, SLAWITSCH, TELLKO, TO, TURA, TYPON, VOIGTLÄNDER, WELLINGTON & WARD, WESTENDORP & WEHNER

I am new and am not sure what this lot is about.

Perfect. You’re wondering what the names could mean. I’ve put them up here to display how vast the film industry was and or is. They’re names of enterprises that produced motion-picture film equipment, above, and motion-picture raw film, below. Some names were famous before 1900, others mid-20th century. Take out Eastman-Kodak and Fuji, there are still half a dozen raw film manufacturers active: China Lucky, Filmotec, Foma Bohemia, Efke, Agfa-Gevaert, Ilford-Harman, Adox, Bergger. In every case, black-and-white film will be available for long years. You are new to film but you’re here. Welcome, siltec!