Note 23 - Financial Instruments (Details) - Financial Instruments Not Recorded at Fair Value (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 03, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013 Successor [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Successor [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Predecessor [Member] Debt Subject to Compromise [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Predecessor [Member] Debt Subject to Compromise [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Predecessor [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Predecessor [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]	Sep. 03, 2013 Predecessor [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Predecessor [Member]
Debt
Short-term debt			$ 4	$ 4				$ 699			$ 699
			4	4				686			686
Long-term debt		375	675	675				740			740
	676		692	692				606			606
Debt subject to compromise		9			683	683			2,475	[1]	2,708
								72			72
Marketable securities
Long-term held-to-maturity							23				23
							$ 23				$ 23

[1] On the Effective Date, Kodak completed the sale of substantially all of its assets constituting the Personalized Imaging and Document Imaging businesses to KPP Holdco Limited. This transaction has been reflected in the Predecessor Company period. Refer to Note 24, "Discontinued Operations" for additional information.