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Subject: Re: Does checked baggage get x-rayed and if so what kind?
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Date: Thu, 29-Aug-85 13:15:45 EDT
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> I will be taking a trip overseas (Thailand, Nepal, etc) and will be taking
> a bunch of film with me.  Is it safe to put some of it in baggage that is
> checked (to avoid the problem of having 80 or so rolls hand inspected)
> or are high energy x-rays used such that even Film Shield won't protect
> the film?

I spent two weeks travelling in the Soviet Union last summer. This
involved quite a bit of inter-city air-travel. The USSR, security-
conscious as it is, uses cery powerful x-ray equipment at its
airports. The film in my Film Shield came through just fine. The
film in my camera (unshielded), however, was ruined. I don't
imagine the x-ray equipment in Thai and Nepalese airports is any
more of a hyper-zap than the ones in Russia, so I would guess
your Film Shield will do just fine. Just take the film out
of your camera before travelling.