Facts About Projection

[Dominique De Bast]

A nice 1959 film showing how to prepare a projection. Several 16mm projectors are shown (hence the 16mm section choosen) : Facts About Projection - YouTube

[Xander van der Merwe]

Nice video, thanks for posting. I spent my teenage years watching 16mm educational and sometimes features on an RCA Victor model. That is the one shown mostly in the video and is of a light avocado green colour, with the take-up reel at the bottom in front. It was an amazing projector with a valve amp and separate speaker box of course and we had to use a 220v to 110v step-down transformer too. I’d love to buy one of those today for nostalgic reasons…

[Maurice Leakey]

For those members who do not know the Victor 16mm. It is unusual that the feed spool is at the back. There is also a tortuous film path. A very odd design.

VICTOR Greyline 16mm film projector | projectkevp | Flickr

[Xander van der Merwe]

Maurice, that is indeed an odd projector, but was not the one I was referring to. I was referring to the “RCA” which I thought also had the “Victor” label added.

[Maurice Leakey]

Very sorry, Xander
Of course, RCA Victor was a recording company, and in this country known as HMV (His Master's Voice)
I have an RCA Hollywood which runs on 240 volt mains without the need of a separate transformer.

RCA Hollywood 16mm Film Projector | #502447420 (worthpoint.com)