I almost forgot..

We have a 1938 hand cranked cine projector, which is powered by a seperate (and noisy) transformer, which is in turn connected to the mains by a Hessian covered "twisted Pair" mains cable with and Edison light socket fiiting on the end.

The whole ensemble is complemented by the original roll up screen and several original reels of "Mortimer Mouse" Yes that's right.. the fore runner to "Mickey Mouse"
This came into the family as war booty from Granddad who fought with the 8th Army through Italy and he brought it home in 1943.

The National Museum of Photography etc etc in Bradford wouldn't place a value on it but if we'd kindly donate it...

Yeah Right...Fuck off.

PS It really does still work. We darent open some of the Film cans though in case they explode (Glycerine based you see)
(frightfullybored, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 11:40, 3 replies)

Brilliant stuff :D
I love these odd items that came back from far flung parts of the world with peoples gradparents in 1945.

I understand what you mean about the equipment, but the film rolls, are really not going to get any better with age. You might consider giving the BFI archives a call and see if they want them? If they think they are worth it, they might restore or make a copy of them!

Linky: www.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/about/whatwedo/
( The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 11:49, closed)

Its Nitrocellulose
glycerin...pfft
(mersault, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 12:58, closed)

Nitrate film
isn't that good with matches
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mZDt8vYMBw
(Sir Tainley Barking Ezekiel 23:20, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 0:42, closed)