摘要

Cinematographic materials, photographic films constituted by polymeric supports and emulsions, on which images and sounds are recorded, are industrial products that have not been specially designed for its storage and conservation as cultural heritage. In this paper the story of these materials are briefly described together with the chemical and biological processes that origin their degradation. It is pointed out that, only thought the scientific research it will be possible to develop theoretical and practical tools to conserve the cinematographic heritage. Los materiales de la cinematograf赤a, las pel赤culas, sus soportes pl芍sticos y las emulsiones en las que se registran y reproducen im芍genes y sonidos, son productos industriales que no han sido dise ados para la preservaci車n cultural. El art赤culo esboza la historia de estos materiales y la de los procesos qu赤micos y biol車gicos que confluyen en su degradaci車n, se alando que s車lo a trav谷s de la investigaci車n cient赤fica es posible desarrollar las herramientas te車ricas y pr芍cticas para conservaci車n del patrimonio cinematogr芍fico.