70s found film Tri X, how should I develop?

[Yobo57]

Found an exposed roll of TriX from about the 70s. What would be the best approach to developing? I currently have access to D-76
Thanks

 

[mshchem]

I would develop it normally. It's gonna have some fog.

 

[mshchem]

Might already have been processed and respooled?

 

[otto.f]

Could be not developed because the photographer realized he had made a terrible mistake when shooting.

 

[Agulliver]

Develop normally in a traditional developer such as ID11 or D76 if possible. If the film was exposed correctly and hasn't been unwound and fogged in the intervening years, you'll get images.

 

[Molli]

I developed film from exactly the same era and, likewise, only had D76. Storage conditions will be the decider. My roll came from a second hand camera place housed in an old packing shed - insulation non-existent. Who knows how many scorching Australian Summers it went through or miserable winters there.
At any rate, all the film I was given from that shop was developed in D76 1:1 for 10 minutes.
The backing paper and the frame with the least recognisable people (It was someone's birthday party - I feel a bit sad that I have these! If you or anyone you know celebrated their birthday in the Tarra Valley National Park in Australia in the 1970s, your photos are ready to be picked up! ):

 

[Yobo57]

I developed film from exactly the same era and, likewise, only had D76. Storage conditions will be the decider. My roll came from a second hand camera place housed in an old packing shed - insulation non-existent. Who knows how many scorching Australian Summers it went through or miserable winters there.
At any rate, all the film I was given from that shop was developed in D76 1:1 for 10 minutes.
The backing paper and the frame with the least recognisable people (It was someone's birthday party - I feel a bit sad that I have these! If you or anyone you know celebrated their birthday in the Tarra Valley National Park in Australia in the 1970s, your photos are ready to be picked up! ):
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Thanks for sharing, That’s a really cool photo! Your results came out pretty perfect so I’ll try similar dev times and see what comes out.
On another note, I wonder if there’s a backing paper + 35mm cassette archive online somewhere to help date film and catalog the different designs

 

[Molli]

All of the "Found Film" I've developed came from the second hand camera store mentioned above back around 2012-2015. Back then, I'm almost certain I was sourcing most of my information about old film and darkroom paper primarily from https://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk
Most of what I was researching at the time was produced by Ilford and Mr. Fischer at Photo Memorabilia has a treasure trove of well researched information on the company. For the Kodak films... I can't recall from where I got my information. I'm fairly certain the one I dated and posted above as late 1960s - early 1970s was based entirely on the car, number plate, hair styles and clothing!
There are definitely edge marking charts floating about online. I download them every time I come across them. A few of them can be found here on Photrio. Also to be found on Photrio, a high percentage of people who will be able to tell you when a particular film or paper was in circulation with a simple prompt of, "Remember when...?"

 

[Molli]

Found the Kodak section easily enough, but it predates the film you have and the first two thirds of the very extensive page concerns itself with darkroom paper.

Kodak Black & White Papers

Kodak

www.photomemorabilia.co.uk

 

[Yobo57]

Found the Kodak section easily enough, but it predates the film you have and the first two thirds of the very extensive page concerns itself with darkroom paper.

Kodak Black & White Papers

Kodak

www.photomemorabilia.co.uk

Thanks for the links!