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Cellulose nitrate
The first successful, flexible film base. Often just called ‘nitrate’.
Celluloid is Celanese Corporation’s brand of nitrocellulose.
References
1978, Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, Desk Edition Reprint, Focal Press, London, New York
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