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safety film

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safety film [′sāf·tē ‚film]
(graphic arts)
Films made from cellulose acetate, polyester, and other plastics that are not readily flammable.


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A lot of preservation work is less about searching and splicing than just transferring films from two unstable media: the flammable nitrate film that UCLA keeps at a special facility in Hollywood, and the acetate safety film that replaced it around 1950, which is stored in climate-controlled vaults on campus.
Installing safety film on glass is one of the cheapest ways to mitigate damage from a bomb, he said.
We installed the safety film just prior to the World Economic Forum meeting that was scheduled in Manhattan," says Dick Hudak, director of corporate safety and security for Loews Corp.
 
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