Celluloid roll film
Película flexible de celuloide en rollo
- Date
- 1887–1889 · confidence high
- Place
- Rochester, New York, United States
- Credited to
- George Eastman and Henry Reichenbach (Kodak, 1889); Hannibal Goodwin (1887 patent, Newark)
- People
- 👤 George Eastman1854–1932👤 Hannibal Goodwin1822–1900
- Field
- Communication
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
Transparent, flexible photographic support made of cellulose nitrate. It replaced glass and made lightweight cameras, and cinema, possible.
Goodwin applied for the patent in 1887 and obtained it in 1898; his heirs won the lawsuit against Kodak in 1914.
What it led to
- Cinema (kinetoscope and cinematograph)
- Portable and pocket photography
- Nitrate fires and the transition to acetate
Built on
- Kodak camera1888
- Hyatt's celluloid
Made possible
- Cinematograph (cinema)1895
- Leica 35 mm camera1913–1925
- Kodachrome colour film1935
- Instant film1947
- Leica 35 mm
- Film radiography