1902 - The KODAK Developing Machine simplified the processing of roll film and made it possible to develop film without a darkroom. 1912 - DR. C.E. Kenneth Mees, a British scientist, was hired by George Eastman to organize and head a research laboratory in Rochester, one of the first industrial research centers in the U.S. 1917 - Kodak developed aerial cameras and trained aerial photographers for the U.S. Signal Corps during World War I. Eastman also offered the U.S. Navy supplies of cellulose acetate for coating airplane wings and producing unbreakable lenses for gas masks. 1941 - Kodak marketed the versatile KODAK EKTRA Camera, which had a shutter-speed range from 1/1000 to 1 second. Airgraph, or "V-Mail," was developed by Kodak as a system for microfilming letters to conserve shipping space during World War II. Frank Lovejoy was elected chairman of the board and Thomas J. Hargrave, previously head of the company's legal department became president. 1942 - KODACOLOR Film for prints, the world's first true color negative film, was announced. Kodak's Rochester plants were awarded the Army-Navy "E" for high achievement in the production of equipment and films for the war effort. (All of the above information was taken from the Eastman Kodak homepage http://www.kodak.com/ and then did a search for "history)