- Date
- 1920 – 1945
- Material
- metal; glass; plastic;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0171 a-c
- Description
- Four pieces from different manufacturers that make up a viewer for 16mm film, includes:Zeiss Moviscop : a grey-blue metal machine with a small square screen above the mechanism that feeds the film through and illuminates it from below. On the left-hand side is an outlet where the power cord can be …
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- Title
- Film Viewer
- Date
- 1920 – 1945
- Material
- metal; glass; plastic;
- Dimensions
- 25.9 x 14.5 x 7.6 cm
- Description
- Four pieces from different manufacturers that make up a viewer for 16mm film, includes:Zeiss Moviscop : a grey-blue metal machine with a small square screen above the mechanism that feeds the film through and illuminates it from below. On the left-hand side is an outlet where the power cord can be plugged in [power cord missing], and on the right-hand side is a a black plastic knob [possibly for feeding the film] and a switch.Moviloa [Hollywood, California, USA] : two grey metal film reel holders with wooden handles. Placed on either side of the viewing machine, these holders were used to hold the two ends of the film reel. CIR-Catozzo [Leo Catozzo of Rome, Italy] : grey metal film splicer. Consists of a plate that hinges upward with a black plastic handle so that the film [16mm] can be inserted, two hinged slicers on the right-hand side [one of which is on an angle], and a roll of clear adhesive tape mounted at the front. On the bottom of the splicer is a piece of masking tape that has HH Films written in blue ink.
- Credit
- Gift of Eddie Hunter, Banff, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0171 a-c
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