General Information

Serial #

4109030

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS METAL BODY/ GLASS LENS/ SYNTHETIC, GLASS AND METAL WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

35.5 cm

Width

23.0 cm

Height

36.5 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

Bell Howell

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

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 (1952-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC AS WELL AS OTHER CLIENTS

Function

USED TO PROJECT 16 MM SOUND MOVING IMAGES ON A DESIRED SURFACE

Technical

EXAMPLE OF A 16MM PROJECTOR OF THE PERIOD

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE: '120 VOLTS 60 HZ/ BELL & HOWELL/ MODEL 1540 B/ SERIAL 4109030'/ AROUND LENS: 'LENS DESIGNED BY BELL & HOWELL16MM SUPER D PROVAL 2INCH f/1.4'/ LAMP MARKED: 'EMM 24V/250W'/ ON HANDLE: 'model/ 1540'/ VARIOUS PLATES INCLUDE:'PICTURE/ OFF/ REV FWD''BELL & HOWELL''FILMOSOUND/ 16mm/ FOCUS''HI ON/ TONE VOL/ LO''8 ohm' 'THREADING PATH/ [DIAGRAM]/ ALLOW ADEQUATE LEADER/ TO REACH TAKE UP REEL'/ PRINTED ON SIDE COVER: 'FILMOSOUND/ 16 mm SOUND PROJECTOR BELL & HOWELL'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

GREEN TEXTUREDSIDES AND TOP; DARK GREY TEXTURED ENDS, HANDLE AND INTERIOR; SHINY METAL PARTS

Decoration

N/A