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Photographic film

 Subject

Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Scope Note: Transparent, flexible plastic material, usually of cellulose acetate or polyester, on which a light-sensitive emulsion is coated, or on which an image can be formed by various transfer processes, used for still photography and cinematography. Also, a thin coating of collodion or gelatin spread on photographic paper or plates, or used by itself instead of a plate.

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