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OBJECT TYPE: 16mm/four-sprocket
DATE: 1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0187.001

MANUFACTURER: Hollywood Film Co.
MODEL: 4-16
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 8828
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Predominantly metal unit has silver-grey mottled finish on most surfaces; some bright silver metal components; metal arrow indicators have bright red finish. Metal frame counter has black wrinkle-textured finish; clear synthetic view window. Masking and other adhesive tapes applied to unit. Sound head component: metal and synthetic fitting with off-white covered cord and jack-style plug.

Dimensions

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

Length: 34.5 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
Height: 15.0 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: Hollywood
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: Unknown
Canada: Owned and used by Canadian film maker Bill Mason, who achieved international recognition for his wilderness and canoeing documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s.
Function: To hold and advance two or more lengths of film together to maintain frame-by-frame correspondence.
Technical: The Bill Mason collection consists of typical cameras and other equipment in the 16 mm format widely used by documentary film makers in Canada in this period. This synchronizer by Mason to edit sound tracks to match the image. Its four sprockets accommodate the image film and three sound track films. A moveable magnetic sound head can be connected to a tape recorder to listen to one sound track at a time. Mason rarely recorded sound in synchronization with the camera action. Instead he recorded ambient audio, or “wild sound,” on location and synchronized it with the image, music and narration in post production.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " HOLLYWOOD/ FILM/ COMPANY/ [logo]/ HOLLYWOOD/ NEW YORK/ CHICAGO/ SERIAL NO. 8828 MODEL 4.16" marked on plate fixed to casing. Film advancement wheel labelled "0" to "39". "8Y 2806" cast in raised print on underside of base. Hand printed markings on adhesive tape are largely illegible: read in part " CUT/ 10\ [right facing arrow]".
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: Predominantly metal unit has silver-grey mottled finish on most surfaces; some bright silver metal components; metal arrow indicators have bright red finish. Metal frame counter has black wrinkle-textured finish; clear synthetic view window. Masking and other adhesive tapes applied to unit. Sound head component: metal and synthetic fitting with off-white covered cord and jack-style plug.
Decoration: Logo on mfr's plate incorporates images of film reel and calliper.

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Hollywood Film Co., Synchronizer, circa 1970, Artifact no. 2010.0187, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2010.0187.001/

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