microfilm

CEFRB1

/mˈaɪkrəˌfɪlm/

noun

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A continuous roll of film containing photographs of documents at a greatly reduced size.

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This detail made it easier, decades later, when I was browsing through reels of microfilms of The New York Times, to establish that morning’s date.
Power set up a camera in the British Museum and eventually microfilmed many pre-1640 English books that he selected from Pollard and Redgrave’s Short-Title Catalogue (STC) and other important works in the museum’s collections.

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This detail made it easier, decades later, when I was browsing through reels of microfilms of The New York Times, to establish that morning’s date.
2022, Hernan Diaz, Trust, Picador (2023), pages 200-201
Power set up a camera in the British Museum and eventually microfilmed many pre-1640 English books that he selected from Pollard and Redgrave’s Short-Title Catalogue (STC) and other important works in the museum’s collections.
1972, Carol A. Nemeyer, Scholarly Reprint Publishing in the United States, New York, N.Y.: R. R. Bowker Co., →ISBN, pages 48–49

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From micro- + film.