16mm film splicer
Equipment
16mm film splicer
September 1927
Metal and wood
Overall (splicer): 1 1/2 × 4 5/8 × 8 1/4 in., 0.7 lb. (3.8 × 11.7 × 21 cm, 0.3 kg)
Museum accession
1978.0191.0102
DescriptionSatin-metal on wood, 16mm, convertable film splicer with diagonal cut shear and rotating film clamps. The Convertable Film Splicer would have come with a bottle of film cement, bottle of water, scaper and application brush.
Inscriptions Engraved on splicing arm on top of splicer: BELL & HOWELL CO. CHICAGO / Stamped in wood on top of splicer: PATENTED, DATE, NUMBER, JULY 29, 24 1,502,959 AUG 31, 25 1,593,445 MADE IN U.S.A. / Written in white on bottom of splicer: 78:191:102
