General Information

Serial #

40308

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

30.0 cm

Width

20.5 cm

Height

17.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MOVIOLA

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Hollywood

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S

Canada

PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.

Function

USED IN EDITING CINE FILM TO SYNCHRONIZE THE CINE WORK PRINT, THE SOUND EFFECTS TRACK, THE MUSIC TRACK, AND THE DIALOG TRACK, SO THAT ALL ELEMENTS CAN BE MIXED ONTO ONE PIECE OF MAGNETIC FILM DURING THE RE-RECORDING SESSION. [REF 2]

Technical

EXAMPLE OF A CINE FILM SYNCHONIZER USED FOR FILM EDITING IN CANADA

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE: /MOVIOLA/ TRADE MARK/ REGISTERED/ VOLTS AMPS CY./ MODEL/ SZD/ SERIAL NO./ 40308/ MOVIOLA MANUFACTURING CO./ 1451 GORDON ST., HOLLYWOOD 28, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A./ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ FRAME COUNTER FROM '0' TO '39'/ ON ONE OF ARMS: '16 MM'

Missing

COUNTER

Finish

FINISHED WITH A MOTTLED GREEN SHINY COAT WITH SILVER AND BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

N/A