Sprocketape Recorder Model C
Equipment
Sprocketape Recorder Model C
January 1956
Metal, plastic and leather
Overall (recorder): 12 × 11 5/8 × 6 in., 20.3 lb. (30.5 × 29.5 × 15.2 cm, 9.2 kg)
Overall (inner case): 13 1/2 × 12 3/4 × 6 5/8 in., 4.6 lb. (34.3 × 32.4 × 16.8 cm, 2.1 kg)
Overall (outer case): 17 × 14 × 7 3/4 in., 6.6 lb. (43.2 × 35.6 × 19.7 cm, 3 kg)
Gift of the National Film Board of Canada
1985.0769.0001
DescriptionSerial #8 Grey, rectangular, portable, battery operated, quarter inch, magnetic sound recording system with magnetic sound head, footage counter, tape supply reel, take-up reel, amplifier jack, headphone jack, power jack and power supply jack in chrome case, inserted in green, metal case with brown leather handle. The recorder accepts 200 feet reels of quarter inch magnetic tape.
Inscriptions Engraved in white on front door of recorder: NATIONAL FILM BOARD Sprocketape CANADA / Engraved in white above power switch on front of recorder: POWER, OFF, ON / Engraved in white above heater switch on front of recorder: HEATER, OFF, ON / Engraved in white above and below motor switch on front of recorder: REV., OFF, FWD., I.L., MOTOR / Engraved in white above headphone jack on front of recorder: MONITOR / Engraved in white above amplifier jack on front of recorder: P.B. HEAD / Engraved in white on footage counter behind door on front of recorder: 040 / Engraved in black on magnetic sound head behind door on front of recorder: Sprocketape / Engraved in white right of sound head behind door on front of recorder: Sprocketape MAGNETIC RECORDER Chester B. Beachell NATIONAL FILM BOARD CANADA MODEL C NFB 9959 No 0008 SALCO CORP. LTD. TORONTO / Inscribed in black on front of inner case: 8 / Painted in white on left side of inner case: 1.0ST / Inscribed in black on left side of inner case: 8 / Painted in white on right side of inner case: 1.0ST / Inscribed in black on right side of inner case: 8 / Painted in white on top of outer case: 1.02T / Printed in red and white on label on front of outer case: FRAGILE CANADIAN PACIFIC EXPRESS Form 182 / Printed in silver and blue on plate on front of outer case: GOVERNMENT PROPERTY RETURN TO NATIONAL FILM BOARD SOUND DIVISION 3255 Cote de Liesse Rd. - Montreal, P.Q. CANADA, PROPRIETE DU GOUVERNEMENT RETOURNER A L'OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DEPARTMENT DU SON 3255 Cote de Liesse Rd. - Montreal, P.Q. CANADA / Painted in white on front of outer case: SPROCKETAPE TRANSPORT NFB SOUND MONTREAL / Printed in white, black and blue on green label on front of outer case: NFB ONF, NATIONAL FILM BOARD CANADA OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM, TO/A DR. JB. KUIPER, DIRECTOR DEPT. OF FILM INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTO GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE 900 EAST STREET ROCHESTER, N.Y. 14607 USA. PROD. NO. PIECES 2 / Painted in white on right side of outer case: 1.02T / Painted in white on left side of outer case: 1.02T / Printed in black on yellow label on left side of outer case: YUL ORIGIN, ROC/SYR DESTINATION, 3332 2446 AIRBILL NUMBER, 2 PIECES, 57 WEIGHT, REMARKS: ATA FLYING TIGER LINE FTL 7392 (8.73) / Painted in white on back of outer case: SPROCKETAPE TRANSPORT NFB SOUND
