Examples of roll film in a Sentence
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In 1889, George Eastman marketed the first commercial transparent roll film, enabling his friend and collaborator Thomas Edison to create the first motion picture camera in 1891.
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Marcia Greenwood,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
All of that changed when Eastman invented flexible roll film and debuted the first Kodak camera.
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Sohini Desai,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 July 2024
In her appreciation of Ellis after his death in 1989, Post photographer Linda Wheeler wrote that even after photojournalists switched from sheet film to roll film, Ellis preferred to load his 35mm Nikons with 20-frame rolls.
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John Kelly,
Washington Post,
23 May 2018
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Marcia Greenwood,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
All of that changed when Eastman invented flexible roll film and debuted the first Kodak camera.
—
Sohini Desai,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 July 2024
In her appreciation of Ellis after his death in 1989, Post photographer Linda Wheeler wrote that even after photojournalists switched from sheet film to roll film, Ellis preferred to load his 35mm Nikons with 20-frame rolls.
—
John Kelly,
Washington Post,
23 May 2018
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“Roll film.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roll%20film. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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