Celluloid is a compound made with the Nitrocellulose (or Cellulose Nitrate) and Camphor with dyes and other agents. Generally named as Thermoplastic, was first created in 1856 in Birmingham, England. Celluloid can be easily molded and shaped, and it was initially made as an Ivory replacement.

The main use of Celluloid was in Movie and Photography Film Industries, it has been in use till 1950. Celluloid decomposes easily and is highly flammable. It is mostly used in table tennis balls, musical instruments and guitar pick at the present time. Parkes patented Celluloid as a clothing waterproofer for woven fabrics. Later, in 1862, he has been awarded Bronze medal for his invention in “International Exhibition in London”. 

This invention was generally regarded as the birth of Plastic Industry and the invention named as ‘Parkesine’. Alexander Parkes was a metallurgist and an inventor who belongs from Birmingham, England. He was born on the year December 29, 1813. Parkes was posthumously included in the American ‘Plastics Academy’s Hall of Fame’ in September 2005. Alexander Parkes has been remembered at various places like; the Plastic Historical Society placed a Blue Plastic Plaque on his home in Dulwich, London.