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A three layered heat shrinkable, heat sealable thermoplastic packaging film having a desired combination of physical characteristics is disclosed. The film may be utilized to package a wide variety of items. A preferred embodiment of the film comprises a core layer consisting essentially of a linear

A three layered heat shrinkable, heat sealable thermoplastic packaging film having a desired combination of physical characteristics is disclosed. The film may be utilized to package a wide variety of items. A preferred embodiment of the film comprises a core layer consisting essentially of a linear low density polyethylene and two surface layers comprising a three component blend of (1) a linear low density polyethylene, (2) a linear medium density polyethylene and (3) a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate.

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1. An oriented heat sealable multilayer film comprising: a cross-linked core layer consisting essentially of a linear low density polyethylene; and two cross-linked surface layers each comprising a three component blend of (1) a linear low density polyethylene, (2) a linear medium density polyet

1. An oriented heat sealable multilayer film comprising: a cross-linked core layer consisting essentially of a linear low density polyethylene; and two cross-linked surface layers each comprising a three component blend of (1) a linear low density polyethylene, (2) a linear medium density polyethylene and (3) an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer. 2. An oriented heat sealable three layer packaging film comprising: a cross-linked core layer consisting essentially of a linear low density polyethylene; two cross-linked surface layers each comprising a three component blend of (1) from about 40% to about 60%, by weight, of a linear low density polyethylene, (2) from about 20% to about 30%, by weight, of a linear medium density polyethylene and (3) from about 20% to about 30%, by weight, of an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer. 3. An oriented heat sealable three layer packaging film comprising: a cross-linked core layer consisting essentially of a linear low density polyethylene having a density of about 0.920 grams per cubic centimeter; and two cross-linked surface layers each consisting essentially of a three component blend of (1) about 50%, by weight, of a linear low density polyethylene having a density of about 0.920 grams per cubic centimeter, (2) about 25%, by weight, of a linear medium density polyethylene having a density of about 0.935 grams per cubic centimeter and (3) about 25%, by weight, of an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer comprising from about 3.3% to about 4.1% vinyl acetate derived units, said copolymer having a density of from about 0.9232 to about 0.9250 grams per cubic centimeter. 4. The film of claims 1 or 2 or 3 having longitudinal and transverse shrink/temperature curves substantially as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 for embodiments I, II and III. 5. The film of claims 1 or 2 or 3 having longitudinal and transverse shrink values of greater than 10% at 200° F. 6. The film of claim 2 wherein said ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer comprises from about 2%, by weight, to about 18%, by weight, of vinyl acetate derived units. 7. The film of claim 2 wherein said vinyl acetate copolymer comprises from about 2%, by weight, to about 10%, by weight, of vinyl acetate derived units. 8. The film of claim 2 wherein said ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer comprises from about 2%, by weight, to about 5%, by weight, of vinyl acetate derived units. 9. The film of claims 2 or 3 having a melt flow at 230° C. and 21,600 grams load of from about 1.0 to about 10.0 grams per ten minutes. 10. The film of claims 2 or 3 having a melt flow at 230° C. and 21,600 grams load of from about 2.0 to about 5.0 grams per ten minutes. 11. The film of claims 2 or 3 having a melt flow at 230° C. and 21,600 grams load of about 3.0 grams per ten minutes. 12. The film of claims 2 or 3 having an average ball burst value of from about 17 to about 22 centimeters times kilograms. 13. The film of claims 2 or 3 having an average ball burst value of greater than from about 19 centimeters times kilograms. 14. The film of claims 2 or 3 which has been cross-linked with from about 1.0 MR to about 6.0 MR of irradiation. 15. The film of claims 2 or 3 which has been cross-linked with from about 1.5 MR to about 3.5 MR of irradiation. 16. The film of claims 2 or 3 which has been cross-linked with about 2.5 MR of irradiation. 17. The film of claims 2 or 3 which has been oriented by racking at a racking ratio of from about 3.0 to about 6.0 in both the longitudinal and transverse directions. 18. The film of claims 2 or 3 which has been oriented by racking at a ratio of greater than about 4.5 times in both the longitudinal directions. 19. The film of claims 2 or 3 which has been oriented by racking at a racking ratio of from about 4.5 to about 5.5 in both the longitudinal and transverse directions. 20. The film of claims 2 or 3 which have been oriented by racking at a racking ratio of about 5.0 in both the longitudinal and transverse directions.