Kodak Retina company, Eastman Kodak Company, lost any communication for financial information from Kodak AG in late 1939 (this information which can be found in the 1939 Eastman Kodak Company Annual Report to the EKC stockholders). In late 1941, all camera production stopped at Kodak A.G. At war's end, Stuttgart was in the American sector of West Germany and the US Military Government took control of the Kodak AG plant in Stuttgart at the end of the war. This US Military Government control continued until late 1947 and early 1948. During this time, the vast majority of Retina cameras (Type 010(early) Retina
Kodak High-Speed Infrared at a street price of around $12 a roll at US mail order outlets. Despite the discontinuance of HIE, other newer infrared sensitive emulsions from Efke, Rollei, and Ilford are still available, but have differing sensitivity and specifications from the long-established HIE. With the discontinuance of HIE, Efke's IR820 film has become the only IR film on the market with good sensitivity beyond 750 nm. Kodak High-Speed Infrared Kodak High-Speed Infrared film, also known as Kodak HIE, was a popular black-and-white infrared photographic film from Kodak. The film is sensitive to the visible light spectrum (with decreased green sensitivity), infrared