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photographic film

photosensitive film material used to record photographic or cinematographic images
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Summary

photographic film is a photosensitive materials[1]. It draws 3,350 Wikipedia views per month (photosensitive materials category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: product category[3]
  • Subclass of: photo equipment[4], recording medium[5], transmitted electron detector[6], camera parts & accessory[7], plastic foil[8]
  • Has use: chemical photography[9]
  • Commons category: Photographic films[10]
  • Unicode character: 🎞[11]
  • Has part(s): perforation[12], photographic emulsion[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Photographic films[14]
  • Described by source: Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[15]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox photographic film[16]
  • Used by: analog camera[17], photographic process[18]

Why It Matters

photographic film has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Leica Camera Polaroid Corporation

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Google Product Taxonomy. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Google Product Taxonomy. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · Hannolans · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → photosensitive film material used to record photographic or cinematographic imag
    Different from → ['Q105759907', 'Q45871375', 'Q759853', 'Q86850']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Different from: film reel, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782378990216; different from: filmrol"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → photo equipment, recording medium, transmitted electron detector +2
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 6234, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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