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movie film

British

noun

Also called: cine film. photographic film, wound on a spool, usually 8, 16, or 35 millimetres wide, up to several hundred metres long, and having one or two lines of sprocket holes along its length enabling it to be used in a movie camera

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They pointed to the wide-release movie film distribution business, where Warner Bros. and Paramount control about 27% of the market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

A miniature X-wing starfighter used in the 1977 movie film “Star Wars” sold over the weekend for $3.1 million by Heritage Auctions.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

I know when I got on "Silicon Valley" he understood what movie, film, TV was, right?

From Salon ● May 8, 2020

For seven days, the 30-year-old Moravian-born photographer roamed the city with his East German Exakta Varex camera loaded with movie film, the only stock he could find at short notice.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2018

Yesterday afternoon Maggie and Katie went over to June’s house for a horror movie film fest.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

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