He was found desperately trying to untangle several reels of film.

人们发现他正拼命地试图解开纠结的几圈胶片。

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Every year it sends thousands of heavy, expensive reels of film to cinemas by road.

每年它都要把成千上万又重又昂贵的电影胶片通过陆路交通送到电影院。

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Agents from Honolulu to Miami seized copies of the film, arranged for negatives to be analysed in laboratories and interviewed actors, producers and even messengers who ferried reels to cinemas.

从檀香山到迈阿密，特工们查封电影拷贝，安排实验室对底片加以分析，审问演员、制片人，甚至连把胶片运到电影院的跑腿也没放过。

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"Cabaret" hasn't been shown in a decade because one of the film reels had a vertical scratch.

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On Saturday, 1, 000 people with a coffin filled with musical instruments, film reels and theatre masks marched through La Rochelle, where a film festival is being held.

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Nicknamed "Night Robbery" because it has the highest crime rate on the continent, Nairobi is not a relaxed place in which to clear customs with a load of plastic suitcases filled with movie-camera equipment and reels of film.

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