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🎬 Paper Films! In the 1930s, Japanese films were made on fragile paper rolls. Nearly lost forever, researchers have digitized and preserved this unique history! Learn more: Japanese Paper Films.

#PaperFilm #FilmHistory #JapaneseFilm #LostMedia #JapaneseFilmFestival #JapaneseHistory

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ArnoldHoogerwerf
ArnoldHoogerwerf

@writingslowly Thanks for sharing!

>With the aid of a bright light and some clever mirrors this actually worked

Very curious about the technical process behind it!

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writingslowly
writingslowly

@ArnoldHoogerwerf I’m curious about paper films too! How did the projector work, exactly? Why not celluloid? And who watched them? Maybe the Kyoto Toy Film Museum has answers?

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