DuPont’s involvement with films and photographic products began in the 1910s when researchers tried to develop a film base as an outlet for excess nitrocellulose. DuPont formed a joint venture in 1924 called the DuPont-Pathé Film Manufacturing Corporation which started making 35-mm movie film in 1925 in Parlin, New Jersey, and color film in 1927. In the early 1950s, DuPont focused on non-cellulosic films and developed Mylar® polyester film. Investigation of solid photopolymer compositions led to Riston® photoresists and Dycril® photopolymer printing plates.

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