Despite the massive popularity of autochrome, by the 1930s photographers were moving away from plates and towards film. While several manufacturers invented new options, it was Kodachrome that became the future of colour photography.

Invented by two American musicians and with the support of Kodak Research Laboratory, 35mm Kodachrome film hit America in 1936 and the UK in 1937. This image of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arriving at Parliament House in Hobart, Tasmania, during their Commonwealth Tour of Australia in 1954, was taken on such a film.

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