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Chief edited film with reduced information (5)

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I believe the answer is:

fiche

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'film with reduced information' is the definition.
'fiche' can be an answer for 'film' (I have seen 'Small film' mean 'fiche' so perhaps 'film' could also mean 'fiche'). I am not sure about the 'with reduced information' bit.

'chief edited' is the wordplay.
'edited' is an anagram indicator.
'chief' anagrammed gives 'FICHE'.

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(Other definitions for fiche that I've seen before include "Archived record" , "data store" , "Card bearing data" , "Small film" , "bit of film" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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