So I have this film bulk loader that has some film in it.  What film?  Not sure and there’s no way to know unless I shoot some and develop it hoping that the film numbers come out of the wash.  I made the assumption that this was some old Kodak XX (5222).  I used HC110B for 5 minutes and the results are pretty good.  There were scratches on some of the negatives - the bulk loader, the canister or the camera - who knows?

Introduced in 1959 by Eastman Kodak, Double X is widely considered to be the quintessential black-and-white cinema film stock, one that can reliably deliver the moody intensity of Old Hollywood and film noir. Seeing as its resumé includes some of the all-time great films like Raging Bull and Schindler’s List, let’s all agree that it’s pretty good at what it does. In fact, Double X has proved to be so good that the film has never been reformulated and is still being produced by Eastman Kodak by the mile.