From: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 10:59:09 -0800 (PST)
To: Lucky Green <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Airport security [no such thing]
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At 10:23 PM -0800 1/14/97, Lucky Green wrote:
>I was wondering what the procedure for handling these rather large steel
>containers would be.  Would they be X-rayed? How much shielding would the
>steel provide for the contents?

About 3 years ago I went on an international flight with a large quantity
of 35mm film.  I had the film packed in my luggage inside a 50 caliber ammo
can (made out of steel).  When I glanced at the x-ray monitor as the bag
went through, I could plainly see the individual rolls of film inside the
ammo can.


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