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OBJECT TYPE: 16mm/portable
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0186.001

MANUFACTURER: Minette
MODEL: Viewer Editor Sixteen
LOCATION: Japan

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General Information

Serial #: P-20082
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: viewer-editor
Patents: N/A
General Description: Predominantly metal unit has crinkle-textured grey finish; silver metal handles and selected fittings; glass view screen; fitted with black imitation leather (?) view screen hood; black synthetic covering on cord and plug head; black synthetic feet mounted on base. Off-white masking and other adhesive tapes applied to selected areas.

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: 21.0 cm
Height: 27.0 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: Minette
Country: Japan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: Unknown
Canada: Owned and used by Canadian film maker Bill Mason, who achieved international recognition for his wilderness and canoeing documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s.
Function: Device used to view cine film without projection, and to select and remove frames not desired in finished film.
Technical: The Bill Mason collection consists of typical cameras and other equipment in the 16 mm format widely used by documentary film makers in Canada in this period. This piece was part of Mason’s simple home editing suite, which consisted of the rewind pair, a viewer/editor, scissors and a splicer. These were placed or mounted on a bench made from a masonite door. Sections of the door were cut out to provide openings for a backlit glass and scrap film bins. With this equipment Mason would prepare a colour cutting copy to guide NFB technicians in editing a master from which release prints were made. For some films Mason also had access to a Steenbeck editing table, lent to him by the NFB. It is possible that for these Mason performed more of the final editing tasks. [Ref.1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate on unit front reads "VIEWER EDITOR/ SIXTEEN/ A MINETTE PRODUCT/ MADE IN JAPAN". "Minette" printed on screen hood. "A.C. 110V LAMP 6V-25W/ SER. NO. P-20082" printed on plate fixed to casing back.
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: Predominantly metal unit has crinkle-textured grey finish; silver metal handles and selected fittings; glass view screen; fitted with black imitation leather (?) view screen hood; black synthetic covering on cord and plug head; black synthetic feet mounted on base. Off-white masking and other adhesive tapes applied to selected areas.
Decoration: N/A

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Minette, Editor, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2010.0186, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0186.001/

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