8mm Movie Projector
Projector
8mm Movie Projector
ca 1959
Metal, plastic and glass
Overall (projector): 10 × 4 1/4 × 7 3/4 in., 1.5 lb. (25.4 × 10.8 × 19.7 cm, 0.7 kg)
Overall (original box): 10 1/2 × 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 in., 0.4 lb. (26.7 × 22.2 × 12.1 cm, 0.2 kg)
Gift of the Bell & Howell Company
DescriptionBlue, vaulted, 8mm, battery operated motion picture projector with lens, rewind, take-up reel, instructions and projection screen in original box.
Inscriptions Printed in white on left side of projector: S.H MADE IN JAPAN / Printed in red right of film direction switch on back of lamp house: REWIND-PROJECT / Printed in red in front of power switch on back of projector base: OFF-MOTOR / Printed in red in front of light switch on back of projector base: OFF-LIGHT / Printed in red under battery door on bottom of projector: UM-1 1.5V / Printed in red and black on front of original box: 8mm SAFETY BATTERY OPERATED MOVIE PROJECTOR FOR STANDARD 8mm FILM / Printed in red and black on right side of original box: BATTERY OPERATED 8mm MOVIE PROJECTOR, POWERED BY BATTERIES, EASY THREADING MECHANISM, RAPID MOTOR REWIND, FOR STANDARD 8mm FILM, USE INDOORS-OUTDOORS, SAFE-CLEAR, NO ELECTRICITY NEEDED, S.H TRADE MARK MADE IN JAPAN / Inscribed in pencil on right side of original box: Honor House Prods. Lynbrook, N.Y. / Printed in red and black on left side of original box: BATTERY OPERATED 8mm MOVIE PROJECTOR, POWERED BY BATTERIES, EASY THREADING MECHANISM, RAPID MOTOR REWIND, FOR STANDARD 8mm FILM, USE INDOORS-OUTDOORS, SAFE-CLEAR, NO ELECTRICITY NEEDED, S.H TRADE MARK MADE IN JAPAN / Printed in red on back of original box: TO PLACE SCREEN LIFT TABS AND INSERT SCREEN BENEATH TABS
