General Information

Serial #

C2734

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL; GLASS; PLASTIC; LEATHER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

39.6 cm

Width

21.4 cm

Height

38.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RCA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

City

Montreal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1952-1968 (APPROX.)

Canada

PLEASE SEE HISTORY OF CRAWLEY FILMS LTD. IN SUPP. INFO.

Function

TO PROJECT A CINE IMAGE WITH SOUND. SEE SPEAKER 850527.

Technical

PLEASE SEE HISTORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHY IN SUPP. INFO.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'RCA' LOGO ON INSIDE; MFR. PLATE ON CASE: '16mm FILM PROJECTOR MODEL 400 M1 1305 AX SER. NO. C2734 CSA APP. NO. LR4645 CYCLES 25/60 105-125VOLTS 1250WATTS [logo] REG. TM CAUTION: USE WITH WALL OR BASE RECEPTACLES ONLY/ RCA Victor Company Ltd./ Montreal, Canada'/ ALL SWITCHES LABELLED/ YELLOW DISTRIBUTOR'S DECAL ON PROJECTOR BASE BEARS FOLLOWING INFO: ‘DISTRIBUTED BY/ RYERSON FILM SERVICE/ THE RYERSON PRESS/ TO [RONT] O'/ DYMO LABEL IN LOWER LEFT OF PROJECT BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: ‘FOR MIC./ TURN VOL. TO 4'/ ‘168' STAMPED INTO INSIDE TOP OF LID/ PAPER LABEL GLUED [?] INSIDE CASE LID BEARS FOUR DIAGRAMS, AND FOLLOWING TEXT: ‘A [circled] SETTING UP PROJECTOR/ 1 [circled] TURN ALL SWITCHES OFF/ 2 [circled] ATTACH REEL ARMS/ (PACKED IN SPEAKER CASE)/ 3 [circled] PULL SPRING BELTS/ OUT OF CASE AND/ PLACE OVER PULLEYS./ 4 [circled] PLUG SPEAKER CABLE INTO BACK/ OF PROJECTOR./ 5 [circled] PLUG POWER CORD INTO BACK OF/ PROJECTOR AND INSERT OTHER END/ INTO 115 V.A.C./ 6 [circled] TURN SWITCH TO FILM/ 7 [circled] TURN ON PRO-/ JECTOR, THEN LAMP/ 8 [circled] LOOSEN LENS LOCK./ 9 [circled] CENTER LIGHT ON SCREEN./ TO RAISE, TURN CONTROL TO LEFT.' & DIAGRAM./ ‘B [circled] THREADING/ 1 [circled] TURN OFF LAMP, THEN PROJECTOR./ 2 [circled] TURN REWIND LEVER TO/ "OPERATE"./ 3 [circled] SWING PICTURE GATE OPEN/ BY PULLING KNOB./ 4 [circled] UNWIND 4 FEET OF FILM/ AND INSERT AS SHOWN./ BE SURE TO FORM LOOPS/ ABOVE AND BELOW LENS/ TO FOLLOW WHITE GUIDE LINE CLOSELY. CLOSE GATE./ 5 [circled] FOR SOUND FILMS, SET SPEED/ SELECTOR ON "SOUND" (DOWN).' & DIAGRAM./ ‘C [circled] OPERATING/ 1 [circled] SET VOLUME CONTROL ON 0,/ TONE ON 5./ 2 [circled] TURN AMPLIFIER SWITCH ON/ 3 [circled] TURN PROJECTOR/ SWITCH ON (FILM/ LOOPS MUST BE MAIN-/ TAINED WHILE PRO-/ JECTOR IS RUNNING.)/ 4 [circled] TURN LAMP SWITCH ON/ 5 [circled] ADJUST VOLUME AND/ TONE CONTROLS./ 6 [circled] FOCUS PICTURE/ AND LOCK LENS./ 7 [circled] ADJUST FRAMING KNOB/ TO ONE COMPLETE/ PICTURE ON SCREEN./ 8 [circled] TURN OFF LAMP FIRST,/ THEN PROJECTOR.' & DIAGRAM./ ‘D [circled] REWINDING/ 1 [circled] SET LEVER TO "REWIND"./ 2 [circled] THREAD FILM FROM BOTTOM/ REEL AROUND TOP REEL IN/ DIRECTION SHOWN./ 3 [circled] SET SPEED SELECTOR DOWN./ 4 [circled] TURN PROJECTOR SWITCH ON.' & DIAGRAM./ ‘FOR FURTHER OPERATION INSTRUCT[IONS] SEE OW[NERS'] MANUAL/ P. 174328'./ PAPER LABEL ON UNDERSIDE OF CASE BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: ‘16MM SOUND FILM PROJECTOR/ M1-1305 MODEL FP-10/ This apparatus uses inventions of United States/ patents owned by or licensed to Radio Corporation/ of America. Patent numbers supplied upon request./ REG. U.S. RCA [logo] PAT. OFF./ RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA/ 2888-3 CAMDEN, N.J. MADE IN U.S.A.'

Missing

N/A

Finish

CASING PAINTED GREY/ PROJECTOR TEAL BLUE/ METAL TRIMMING/GLASS LENS/ BLACK PLASTIC KNOBS AND LEATHER HANDLE.

Decoration

N/A