8mm Forum: 1912 Edison Home Kinetoscope

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Posted by Dino Everette (Member # 1378) on March 21, 2012, 02:14 AM:

here is a short video of the projector I am heading to Boston to deliver a presentation on...100 years old and still projecting film....

Edison projector

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on March 21, 2012, 11:09 AM:

Dino...that is the coolest!!!! Thanks for the video. Your Kinetoscope is just beautiful and that it still runs...well it just makes it seem alive. It's like the automaton in the Scorsese movie "Hugo"...it's sending out a message from the past. That might sound a little dramatic...but I've become obsessed with learning about projectors in the last 7 months...they amaze me.

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on March 21, 2012, 02:48 PM:

Hi Dino,
They have an original Home Kinetescope on display at The Edison Museum in Fort Meyers here in Florida. They also have a lot of Edisons early projectors including his Film 'Juke Box' where you insert a nickel and you can select one of 24 short film shows.

Janice,
I agree. These machines are calling out from the past to remind us of what we are about to lose to digital cinema. I think that was the message that Scorcese was sending in "Hugo".

Posted by Akshay Nanjangud (Member # 2828) on March 25, 2012, 09:12 PM:

Superb, Dino! Very very cool! Thanks for the video.

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