Hi! I will be traveling soon, and my question is about pictures. It's a special event I am going to, and I have to take pictures. However, I know that the x-ray machines at airports can damage unfinished rolls of film. I won't be there long enough to be able to get all the pictures developed by a 1 hour photo place, and since airport security is very high now, they won't skip scanning film. So, does anyone have any suggestions for me to keep my undeveloped film safe?
Thank you!

One idea would be to use a digital camera where you can store the pictures on a memory stick. Digitals can even be rented.

You could also wrap your rolls of film in aluminum foil or mylar (or save the foil bag that the film came in to begin with) to help protect them from the rays. If they do a bag check because they see a mass they can't identify, that examination would be done by a person and you could then just tell them you are protecting your film

They used to make lead travel pouches just this purpose, available at photo supply stores, to prevent fogging of film by exposure to x-ray machines. Since 9/11 I don't know if lead pouches are still allowed or even available. Security would probably end up hand-searching the pouch anyway, possibly insisting that the film cartridges go back through the machine unshielded.

I, too, used to worry about x-ray exposure of my photos. I would ask the agents to hand-check my photo bag (they mainly wanted to see if the lenses were indeed transparent!) but at some weary moment in my travels I relented. Thus I discovered that x-rays never affected my film.

X-rays are more likely to affect "fast" film (high ISO numbers), and I've heard that exposed film is more sensitive than unexposed film, though I don't see why this should be so. Hopefully you will only go through a security checkpoint once.

In any case, I've never had a problem with any type of film sent through security x-ray machines -- whether previously exposed or not. If the images were affected I never noticed. "Fogging" has never occurred.

I don't know about now, but last time I flew, they had an extra line for people with sensitive equipment. Things like film and laptops etc. The line took a long time because the bags where carefully hand checked, but it prevented the film from getting damaged. I would suggest you call the airport and ask them if they have such a line.