16mm projector
Projector

General Electric Company

Maker
American, estab. 1892

16mm projector

August 1960
Metal and glass
Overall (exceeds 50 lbs): 57 7/8 × 16 1/2 × 26 7/8 in. (147 × 41.9 × 68.2 cm)
Museum accession
DescriptionCrackled-green, vaulted, 16mm, electrically powered, projector and film scanner with reflection lens, oscilating mirror shutter, damper cover plate, supply arm, take-up arm, mirror housing, collector lens, sound optics assembly, sould collector lens, exciter lamp and power control dials. The film scanner is equipped with 3 amp fuses, ammeter, voltage meter, pick-up mirror, cathode ray tubes, high voltage power supply, 117 volt motor and oscilliscope to monitor image steadiness.
Inscriptions Printed in black on control panel on side of projector: V3 5879, S1, 1, 2, 3, GAIN / Engraved in metal on power switch on base of projector: READY, STOP, RUN, TAKE UP / Printed in white on product label on control panel on top of film scanner: GENERAL ELECTRIC, LG / Printed in white on control panel on top of film scanner: SCANNER CONTROL, HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, BRIGHTNESS, FOCUS, HIGH VOLTAGE, ON, OFF, CATHODE CURRENT Ic, PROJECTION CONTROL, PRESS FOR Ic, START, FUSE, 3 AMPS / Printed in black on ammeter on control panel on top of scanner: 0, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, D-C MICROAMPERES GENERAL ELECTRIC, LG, MADE IN U.S.A., TYPE DO-71, F-2, No. 133867AL / Printed in pink on yellow label on control panel on top of scanner: CAUTION X-RAYS THIS EQUIPMENT PRODUCES X-RAYS WHEN ENERGIZED / Printed in white, black and red on front of scanner: DANGER, HIGH VOLTAGE, DANGER 27000 VOLTS, FINGER GRIP / Printed in pink on yellow label on front of scanner: CAUTION X-RAYS THIS EQUIPMENT PRODUCES X-RAYS WHEN ENERGIZED / Embossed in metal on black product label on front of film scanner: GENERAL ELECTRIC, LG, 16MM FILM SCANNER, MODEL REV 4PF7 A-1, ELECTRONICS PARK, SYRACUSE, N.Y. MADE IN U.S.A., M.P. 175147 / Printed in black on control panel on front of film scanner: OB2, 5963, 12AU76X4, 12AU7, V LIN, H RT LIN, 6BX7, V TOP LIN, H LIN, V SIZE, H SIZE, V PROTECT ADJ, 12BH7, 6AL5, H V CONTROL, FUSE 285 V .5 AMP

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