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OBJECT TYPE: film
DATE: 1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0190.001

MANUFACTURER: Lamplough
MODEL: S 75-5
LOCATION: Italy

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: film editing scissors
Patents: N/A
General Description: Bright silver metal.

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.6 cm
Width: 4.8 cm
Height: 3.5 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: Lamplough
Country: Italy
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

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: Used to cut film into individual shots prior to editing.
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 piece was part of Mason’s simple home editing suite, which consisted of the rewind pair, a viewer/editor, scissors and a splicer. These were placed or mounted on a bench made from a masonite door. Sections of the door were cut out to provide openings for a backlit glass and scrap film bins. With this equipment Mason would prepare a colour cutting copy to guide NFB technicians in editing a master from which release prints were made. For some films Mason also had access to a Steenbeck editing table, lent to him by the NFB. It is possible that for these Mason performed more of the final editing tasks. [Ref.1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "LAMPLOUGH" stamped into one side of scissors; "S75-5/ ITALY" stamped into reverse. "NFB/ 7" stamped into film guard.
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: Bright silver metal.
Decoration: N/A

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Lamplough, Scissors, circa 1970, Artifact no. 2010.0190, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2010.0190.001/

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