1. The pre-phonograph recordings are on cylinders coated with a chemical, cellulose nitrate . 2. No, they don't still use celluloid film, or more precisely cellulose nitrate . 3. Others are the cellulose-based cellulose acetate and celluloid ( cellulose nitrate ). 4. Because cellulose nitrate contains oxygen, nitrate fires can be very difficult to extinguish. 5. The film print was composed of cellulose nitrate , a highly combustible film stock. 6. Most films on cellulose nitrate base have been copied onto modern safety films. 7. It dissolves cellulose nitrate , vinyl polymers and copolymers, and natural and synthetic resins. 8. Originally, film was a strip of cellulose nitrate coated with black-and-white photographic emulsion. 9. The silvery cloth covering contained material including cellulose nitrate which is highly flammable. 10. It was on a cellulose nitrate base and on the point of disintegration.