General Information

Serial #

77337

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WITH SYNTHETIC CORD AND FEET

Dimensions

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

Length

11.0 cm

Width

10.0 cm

Height

15.0 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

MAGNASYNC

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

North 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 TO CHANGE THE OPTICAL RECORDED SOUND ON AC CINE FILM INTO ELECTRONIC IMPULSES WHICH ARE CONVERTED INTO AUDIBLE SOUNDS THROUGH AN AMPLIFIER SPEAKER UNIT.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF CINE SOUND EDITING EQUIPMENT OF THE PERIOD

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE: 'magnasync/ moviola/ NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIF./ MADE IN U.S.A./ SRO-16/ MODEL/ 77337/ SERIAL NO.'/ MOLDED IN SIDE: '462/ MADE IN/CALIFORNIA/ U.S.A'/ STICKER ON SIDE: 'C.R.T.C./ NO 11477'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

FINISHED WITH MOTTLED GREEN SHINY COATING/ GREY CORD

Decoration

N/A