The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History’s newest historical highlight case features “Celluloid: The First Plastic.” The case explores the many uses of celluloid and its contribution to ...

Dadie and Norman Perlov spent decades traveling the world and collecting celluloid before offering all 7,000-plus pieces to the Smithsonian As you wander through a museum, do you ever wonder about the ...

Twentieth-century iron toys and tin toys have been collected for generations, and many books and articles have been written about the toys and their makers. But celluloid toys, which date from the ...

This case examines celluloid, the world's first commercially successful plastic, which was invented by John Wesley Hyatt in 1869. Initially made to imitate natural materials, celluloid was mainly used ...

The first industrial plastic — celluloid — was created partly with environmental conservation in mind, replacing ivory in the making of billiard balls. And this is just one such example For the ...

An interview with the author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story on the origins and uses of plastic—and how it abuses us In 1941, imagining the world that plastic would make possible, a pair of British ...

The latest film based on the G.I. Joe action figure, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, is not being screened for critics. Is there any chance it won't be a steaming pile of shit? Our culture scientists analyze ...

BERLIN, CONN. (Aug. 8, 4:35 p.m. ET) — Officials with D'Andrea USA are sure they've picked a winner in decorative plastic supplier Delmar Products. D'Andrea — a leading guitar pick manufacturer — has ...

Celluloid Dreams has added two Venice competition titles to its autumn slate - Yu Lik-wai's Plastic City and Marco Bechis' Birdwatchers - both of which are set in Brazil and are co-productions with ...