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OBJECT TYPE: 16MM/3 SPROCKET
DATE: 1960–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0412.001

MANUFACTURER: Precision Laboratories
MODEL: S616-4
LOCATION: Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 596
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 28.0 cm
Width: 20.0 cm
Height: 12.0 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: Precision
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Brooklyn

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PURCHASED WHEN OWNER LIVED IN S. AFRICA FROM 1962-67; BUT PROBABLY USED LATER AS WELL
Canada: ORIGINAL OWNER, HAROLD EASTWOOD, WAS A SERIOUS AMATEUR CINEMATOGRAPHER. HE WAS ORIGINALLY FROM ENGLAND BUT RETIRED TO PEI. HE MADE WILDLIFEFILMS FOR THE BBC & FOR UN FAMINE RELIEF IN AFRICA. HE FILMED IN AFRICA, MEXICO, AND N. AMERICA. [REF 2]
Function: USED IN EDITING 16MM CINE FILM TO SYNCHRONIZE THE CINE WORK PRINT. THE SOUND EFFECTS TRACK, THE MUSIC TRACK, AND THE DIALOG TRACK ARE ALL SYNCHRONIZED SO THAT ALL ELEMENTS CAN BE MIXED ONTO ONE PIECE OF MAGNETIC FILM DURING THE FINAL RE-RECORDING SESSION. [REF 1]
Technical: TYPE SAMPLE OF A THREE SPROCKET SYNCHRONIZER
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFG'S PLATE: 'PRECISION UNITIZED/ SYNCHRONIZER/ MODEL NO./ S616-4 SERIAL NO./ 596/ PRECISION LABORATORIES/ BROOKLYN, N.Y., U.S.A.'/ PLATE: 'PAT. NO. 3,053,426'/ FRONT WHEEL: '0' [TO] '39'/ DECAL ON FRONT BASE: 'Photo Agencies (Pty.) Ltd./ Box 3916,/ Johannesburg'/ STAMPED AROUND COUNTER: 'THE VEEDER MFG. CO./ PATENTED MAR. 1, 1910/ HARTFORD Veeder [IN CURSIVE] CONN. U.S.A.'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: HAMMELIN GREY WITH SHINY METAL WHEELS
Decoration: BLUE AND SILVER PLATES

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Precision Laboratories, Synchronizer, between 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1997.0412, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1997.0412.001/

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