I just think the intro part is fuckin wickid!
Celluloid is derived from cellulose and alcoholized camphor. John Wesley Hyatt invented celluloid as a substitute for the ivory in billiard balls in 1868. He first tried using collodion a natural substance, after spilling a bottle of it and discovering that the material dried into a tough and flexible film. However, the material was not strong enough to be used as a billiard ball, until the addition of camphor, a derivative of the laurel tree. The new celluloid could be molded with heat and pressure into a durable shape.
Besides billiard balls, celluloid became famous as the first flexible photographic film used for still photography and motion pictures. John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid in a strip format for movie film. By 1900, movie film was an exploding market for celluloid. (By Mary Bellis, About.com Guide)
TUPPERWARE: THE PROMISE OF PLASTIC IN 1950s AMERICA / Alison J.
Clarke. -Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, October 1999.
-ISBN 1-56098-827-4
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