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Re: [Shop-talk] Gophers

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Gophers
From: "Bob Kegel" <bobkegel@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:21:34 -0800
> I doubt you can find celluloid film any more.

And that's good. Nitrate film is really nasty stuff. I found some in an
abandoned theater and, having heard the stories, touched a match to a
piece. It burned in a flash, like gunpowder.

The stuff was responsible for numerous theater fires. The projection
room where I found my sample was lined with sheet metal. The windows for
the projectors had guillotine shutters with fusible links.

Bob K
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