release print

noun

: a motion-picture film released for public showing

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The restoration was supervised by director Ali himself, working from a 35mm release print preserved at the NFAI after original negatives proved too fragile. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 June 2025 Other National Archive films that will screen at TCM include a 1945 nitrate release print of Michael Curtiz’s Mildred Pierce. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025

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First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of release print was in 1937

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“Release print.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/release%20print. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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