Super 510 8mm instant movie projector
Date: circa 1965
Inventory Number: 2006-1-0097
Classification: Projector
Subject:
Maker: Technicolor Corporation (1914-present)
User: Harvard Project Physics ? (1962-1972)
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Dimensions:
without cord: 15 × 23.5 × 17 cm (5 7/8 × 9 1/4 × 6 11/16 in.)
Accessories: cord, lens, piece of tape, red circular sticker
Description:
Technicolor Super 510 film projector is a silent color film projector with a 20-32mm zoom lens and grey electrical power cord. The projector works with 8mm Ealing Magi-Cartridge film which can be projected in a continuous loop.
It has a circular red sticker and a faded, aged, tan piece of dry tape on the top with the words "Borrowed from Lecture Hall” on the top, and the letters "HUSC" painted in neon yellow on the side.
For a complete technical description, see the 1964 patent on the following website.
It has a circular red sticker and a faded, aged, tan piece of dry tape on the top with the words "Borrowed from Lecture Hall” on the top, and the letters "HUSC" painted in neon yellow on the side.
For a complete technical description, see the 1964 patent on the following website.
Signedon the front of the projector: SUPER Technicolor 510/ INSTANT MOVIE PROJECTOR
InscribedYellow paint on sides: HUSC.
Tape on top: Borrowed from Lecture Hall.
Tape on top: Borrowed from Lecture Hall.
FunctionAccording to the 1964 patent mentioned in the description field: "This invention relates to a motion picture projector and film cartridge wherein the cartridge contains a continuous loop roll of film and the projector receives the cartridge for optically projecting the film.
The present common form of motion picture projector and in particular portable projectors for use with 8 or 16 mm. film, require a supply reel with the roll of film to be shown and a take-up reel on which the film is wound as it is being shown. The film must be threaded through various sprockets and aperture or pressure plates before the picture projection can be started. Further, after the complete roll of film has been shown, the end must be attached to the original reel and rewound thereon from the take-up reel.
Both the period of time required to thread the film through the projector and the time required to rewind the film on to the original roll may be objectionable or annoying in many situations. The threading of the film through the sprockets and plates require a certain amount of skill and knowledge and therefore is not easily accomplished by one not familiar with movie projectors. As the use of motion picture film becomes more popular in the home, school and industry, it becomes important that the skill and knowledge required to operate projectors be minimized so as to permit their use by inexperienced persons."
The present common form of motion picture projector and in particular portable projectors for use with 8 or 16 mm. film, require a supply reel with the roll of film to be shown and a take-up reel on which the film is wound as it is being shown. The film must be threaded through various sprockets and aperture or pressure plates before the picture projection can be started. Further, after the complete roll of film has been shown, the end must be attached to the original reel and rewound thereon from the take-up reel.
Both the period of time required to thread the film through the projector and the time required to rewind the film on to the original roll may be objectionable or annoying in many situations. The threading of the film through the sprockets and plates require a certain amount of skill and knowledge and therefore is not easily accomplished by one not familiar with movie projectors. As the use of motion picture film becomes more popular in the home, school and industry, it becomes important that the skill and knowledge required to operate projectors be minimized so as to permit their use by inexperienced persons."
Historical AttributesUsed to project Project Physics film loops?
Curatorial RemarksSee 2006-1-0096 and 2009-1-0017 for the slightly different 810 model.
ProvenanceScience Center Undergraduate Physics Lab, Harvard University
