Projector - 16 mm

Production date
1942

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Accession number
1981.78
Description
16 mm projector - ex British Army 1942 plus speaker box and transformer. Grey wooden box unit with 16mm projector and sound equipment mounted inside, the front of the unit has a carry handle and reel/spool for film and three cutouts one for the lens and two for sockets, the top of the unit has a reel/spool for film an open square cutout and a circular cutout with grating, one side has hinged side panel/door and cutouts for access to a dail 'Picture // Off // Sound // Sound & Picture' and a switch for 'Reverse // Off // Forward', other side of unit has circular hole with mesh for a speaker and a hinged panel at top has three chalk 'X's, back of unit has carry handle and five cutouts, three for sockets/holes, one has a black dial with a white arrow on it, one has two knobs for 'TOP' and 'BASS'
Marks
'Picture // Off // Sound // Sound & Picture' Maker's Mark
'Reverse // Off // Forward' Maker's Mark
Media/Materials
Processed Material/Metal
Credit Line
1942. Projector - 16 mm, 1981.78. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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