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Hidden Beneath a Hockey Rink, a Silent Film Treasure Trove
New Republic Nitrate film burns. It is chemically the sister of guncotton, the old-fashioned explosive. Nitrate film has been known to spontaneously combust, and it continues to burn even if you submerge it in water. From its invention in 1889 until Kodak's ... Bill Morrison's Films Stave Off Time's Inevitable Destruction Of Memory |
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