safety film

noun
Photography. a film having a nonflammable base of triacetate cellulose.
Origin:
1925–30

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On some film, the phrase safety film appears on the edge of motion pictures.
All nitrate negatives have been reformatted onto safety film.
The primary method of preserving nitrate is duplicating the original image onto
  safety film.
On the arrival day, hunters will watch a safety film and then be issued hunting
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