roll film

noun

, Photography.

1. a strip of film with space for several exposures, packaged on a spool in roll form so as to permit daylight loading and unloading and ease of handling.

roll film

noun

1. a length of photographic film backed with opaque paper and rolled on a spool

Word History and Origins

Origin of roll film¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

That film, The Last Waltz, is widely considered the best rock-and-roll film ever made.

From The Daily Beast

It resembles one of the small views in a series of moving pictures—a single view of a roll-film.

From Project Gutenberg

That would be true of every picture taken and is true of virtually every camera—every roll-film type camera.

From Project Gutenberg