Metallized films were prepared from the plating-out method. Various metal powders with lower reduction potential were dispersed in poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) aqueous solution dried to form a film, then treated with metal salt solutions having metal ions in the metal salt with higher reduction potential. Metallized PVA films exhibited low surface resistivity around 10(0)-10(1) Omega/cm(2) when using the plating-out method. The surfaces of these films were shown to be metallized by means of X-ray analysis. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was also studied.