35mm film perforator
Equipment
35mm film perforator
ca. 1920
Metal and wood
Overall (perforator): 10 1/4 × 40 1/2 × 9 in., 29.7 lb. (26 × 102.9 × 22.9 cm, 13.5 kg)
Museum accession
1978.1680.0001
DescriptionPainted black, vaulted, 35mm, hand cranked film perforator with 8 punches, 8 guid pins, driving wheel, claw movement mechanism, adjustable guide cheeks, feed rollers, and sprocket on a mahogany base board. The perforator is missing the spool holders.
Inscriptions Printed in black on product labe on base board of perforator: MANUFACTURED BY THE WILLIAMSON KINEMATOGRAPH Co. LTD. LONDON & BRIGHTON / Embossed in metal on right side of perforator: WILLIAMSON LONDON / Engraved in black on claw movement mechanism on perforator: PAT. 21787-08
