As an unhappy breaker of a few of these types of cameras ( they weren't waterproof, they didn't bounce, and came to other sad ends)
The film came in a cardboard box with big printing to show the style/ size of camera it was for, there was about 6 to 8 sizes, they didn't interchange.
Inside was a silverfoil wrapped roll of film. This was also well labeled to try and prevent mistakes.
The rool of film had 6 to 8 inches of leading paper to feed through the rollers etc and start on the windup spool.
Once you were sure the paper was loaded correctly the back was closed and locked. The wind up handle/ knob was turned in the direction of the arrow ( otherwise you had to start over) until a 1 showed in the little window.
After taking the picture you then wound the handle until 2 was in the window,
From memory, 12 photos was a long film, 8 was the usual.
When the film was finished some wound on enough to keep the light out while others you had to rewind the film, usually with a pull out knob so there was no confusion , then using a dark room the film was developed and a copy of each picture made.
The processing could be done at home if you wanted to.
35mm was siimilar except for the paper, it came in cans with a short tounge sticking out
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