Adhesive splicing tape, for cinematographic film, of the type having apertures for registering with the film sprocket holes and adapted to be folded in hairpin fashion about respective one edges of film portions to be spliced, has a central portion thereof, which would normally embrace the said one edges and overlie a sound track there-adjacent, readily detachable to enable it to be removed after a joint has been made to leave the sound track uncovered and to leave the said one edges uninterrupted.