Reel, film
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 16mm
- DATE
- 1931
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2018.0177.007
- MANUFACTURER
- Eastman Kodak Co.
- MODEL
- Kodascope Reel
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 7
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal film reel.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 2.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 17.7 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Cine images
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Kodak
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- ca. 1931-1968
- Canada
-
Purchased by R. Massey Williams (1901-1968) c. 1931 and used to screen his first film On to Ungava (LAC ISN 100780). The film documented a 17-month prospecting expedition to the Ungava Bay region of Northern Quebec (now Nunavik) in 1930-31. The projector was used for repeated screenings and public presentations of this film (and other films, which he shot between 1933 and 1938) over several decades. - Function
-
Circular frame upon which cine film is wound for recording, storage and playback in projector. - Technical
-
Excellent example of a prosumer-grade projector from the early 16mm amateur cinema era. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Engraved on the proper front: "MADE IN U.S.A. BY/ EASTMAN KODAK CO/ ROCHESTER, N.Y./ Ro. 705401/ KODASCOPE REEL/ PAT. U.S.A. NOV. 21, 1911"/ Printed on the white section: "HOME CINEMA FILM LIBRARY LTD."
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Dull, grey metal reel with a white area bearing black text.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Eastman Kodak Co., Reel, film, after 1931, Artifact no. 2018.0177, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2018.0177.007/
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