roll film

Photographic film rolled on a spool and encased before being loaded into a camera.

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roll film

(Photography) a length of photographic film backed with opaque paper and rolled on a spool

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roll film - photographic film wound on a spool

photographic film, film - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies

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