roll of film

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roll
noun
uk
/rəʊl/us
/roʊl/
a piece of film, paper, or cloth that is rolled into the shape of ...
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film
noun
uk
/fɪlm/us
/fɪlm/
mainly UK
a series of moving pictures, usually shown in a cinema or on television and often telling ...
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(Definition ofrollandfilmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Originally it was a set of stairs in the style of arolloffilm, this quickly changed to an ordinary board.
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When the units are spelled out, this recommendation does not apply: "a sphere", "arolloffilm".
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The firstrolloffilmwas burnt out by the radiation.
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Debris in the camera, such as dust or sand, may scratch the film; a single grain of sand can damage a wholerolloffilm.
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Therolloffilmalso shows flashbacks and pictures of the narrator and his family.
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Each winding of the spring motor was good for about 25 pictures, half arolloffilm.
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In other words, its structure suggests a singlerolloffilm.
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With a half-frame camera, one can fit twice as many pictures onto a standardrolloffilm.
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Equipment allows an operator to insert strips from arolloffilm.
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Her first works were photomontages which she created inside the camera, originating from repeated exposure of a singlerolloffilm.
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The term also refers to the unexposed footage at the end of arolloffilm.
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The first 6 in the name refers to the number of frames that could originally be exposed on a singlerolloffilm.
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Mayer photographed onerolloffilmeach day, resulting in a total of 1200 photographs.
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It took round pictures 6.4 cm (2.5 inches) in diameter, was of the fixed focus type, and carried arolloffilmenough for 100 exposures.
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Photographers generally begin printing arolloffilmby making a contact print of their negatives to use as a quick reference to decide which images to enlarge.
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Whitworth delivers a blurryrolloffilmbecause he wants more money.
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The camera was pre-loaded with arolloffilmthat produced about 100 2.5 round pictures exposures, and it could easily be carried and handheld during its operation.
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The camera also had the rare ability to allow selection between frame sizes (horizontal 2436 mm or vertical 1824 mm) between frames on the samerolloffilm.
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On the projects, he found himself taking up to 300 rolls of film only to have a few dozen selected for the published articles.
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When he emerged, he had rolls of film sewn into his clothes.
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