celluloid

selluloidi

filmi

epärealistinen Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.
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Then followed some experiments with drums, over which sheets of sensitized celluloid film were drawn, the edges being pressed into a narrow slot in the surface, similar in construction to the old tin-foil phonograph.

"And will you now, sir, take off your celluloid collar and permit me to burn it in the candle? Thank you, sir. And will you allow me to smash your spectacles for you with my hammer? Thank you."