View singular quantity of film (4)
I believe the answer is:
scan
'view' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'singular quantity of film' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'singular' could be 's' (abbreviation sometimes used in dictionaries) and 's' is found in the answer.
'quantity' could be 'can' (can is a kind of quantity) and 'can' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scan that I've seen before include "Look briefly through" , "Browse or skin over, say book" , "Study the metre" , "Scrutinise; glance over" , "Examine carefully" .)