General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 &.2 WOODEN BODY WITH METAL HARDWARE WITH "OIL CLOTH" COVERING ON BODY/.3 METAL SPOOL WITH SYNTHETIC CORD/ SYNTHETIC HANDLES AND SPEAKER COVERS/.4 WOODEN HANDLE, METAL SHANK/.5 SYNTHETIC KNOB

Dimensions

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

Length

34.0 cm

Width

33.0 cm

Height

66.0 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

Siemens Halske

Country

German Democratic Republic

State/Province

Unknown

City

Berlin

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S AND 1970S

Canada

ORIGINAL OWNER, HAROLD EASTWOOD, WAS A SERIOUS AMATEUR CINEMATOGRAPHER. HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM ENGLAND BUT RETIRED TO PEI. HE MADE WILDLIFE FILMS FOR THE BBC & FOR UN FAMINE RELIEF. HE FILMED IN AFRICA, MEXICO, AND NORTH AMERICA. [REF 2]

Function

USED TO AMPLIFY SOUND RECORDED ON A CINE FILM WHEN FILM IS RUN THROUGH A PROJECTOR

Technical

THIS SPEAKER WAS MADE TO BE USED IN VERYLARGE ROOMS WITH POOR ACOUSTIC CONDITIONS. THE UNITS SHOULD BE ANGLED FOR ANY DESIRED DIRECTION OF PROJECTION [REF 1 PG 11]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE ON INSIDE OF.2: 'SIEMENS Typ St. L 6.4/ Fabr.-Nr. 521781/ PLAQUES ON SPEAKER COVERS: 'SIEMENS'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 &.2 BODY COVERED IN MOTTLED LIGHT GREEN "OIL CLOTH"/.1 GREY SPEAKER COVERS/.2 GREY MATTE PAINT INSIDE/.3 UNFINISHED METAL REEL WITH GREEN CORD/.4 BLACK GLOSS PAINT HANDLE; CHROMED METAL;.5 SHINY BLACK

Decoration

.1 THIN SILVER METAL STRIP AROUND TOP/.2 THIN SILVER METAL STRIP AROUND BOTTOM