1925 Times 6 Aug. 10/2 At the Coliseum next week, a new invention called ‘The Plastic Film’ is to be shown.

1925 N.Y. Times 18 Oct. x. 5/5 This plastic film is the invention of the Burkardt Brothers... By a patent process characters in the film.., because of the third dimension or depth given to the picture, are said to appear almost life-like.

1932 N.Y. Times 17 Jan. x. 4/4 The high mark of competition will only be reached when the plastic film in natural colors arrives.

1937 Sci. Monthly Aug. 102/2 Yet without the sensitizers, developers, and the plastic film, modern photography could not exist.

1981 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 10 Mar. b7 These pictures are registered on thousands of electronic chips, instead of being recorded on plastic film.

2002 K. Underdahl Adobe Premiere for Dummies iv. 59 The image shriveled away as the bulb's heat melted through the plastic film.

1939 Sci. Monthly July 96/2 Research during the past five years has been directed towards the discovery of a new plastic film not having this defect.

1946 Times 16 Sept. 10/4 Imperial Chemical Industries, Plastics Division, require a graduate for development work on plastic film and packaging materials.

1987 S. Gorovitz Slave Culture v. 66 Soon, another surgeon will open the chest cavity, cutting along a thin line drawn on a plastic film that now covers the patient's chest.

2003 Cakes & Sugarcraft Winter 6/3 When working with pastillage, it is important to keep any paste you are not working with wrapped with plastic film.

1941 Washington Post 23 Nov. v. 7/3 Cellulose acetate is the usual basis for the plastic film which is applied to the fabric.

1956 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 14 Dec. 27/4 The plastic film protects evergreens against drying winds and sun scald.

1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July 629/2 Copper-clad epoxy glass boards with positive photo-resist surface protected by a peel-off plastic film.