AN AMERICAN KODAK KODASCOPE MODEL B PROJECTOR, ROCHESTER, CIRCA 1928, by Eastman Kodak Co., New York, painted metal and aluminum reels with patent date Nov. 21, 1911, loaded with 16mm film, retaining original plaques. Height: 16" Width: 7" Depth: 16" Note: "Kodascope Model B projector. Fitted with an anastigmat projection lens F: 2 inches. Helical focusing in sliding mount. Single continuous sprocket, claw intermittent. Mirror and condenser lens system lights gate at right angle to lamp. 50v 250w A1 prefocus lamp. Framing control on lens mount. Rheostat controls for lamp and motor fitted ammeter 1-5A. Threading light. Power rewind. Screw elevation. Automatic threading onto take up reel through adjustable film guides. On-off and forward-reverse switches. No. K 11025. Eastman Kodak. Kodak Kodascope Model B 16mm Projector, made by the Eastman Kodak Company, 1928. Kodascope Model B projector. For 16mm silent film, self threading. Fitted with an anastigmat projection lens F: 2 inches. Helical focusing in sliding mount. Single continuous sprocket, claw intermittent. Mirror and condenser lens system lights gate at right angle to lamp. 50v 250w A1 prefocus lamp. Framing control on lens mount. Rheostat controls for lamp and motor fitted ammeter 1-5A. Threading light. Power rewind. Screw elevation. Automatic threading onto take-up reel through adjustable film guides. On-off and forward. It appeared five years after the first 16mm projector, the Kodascope (later, Kodascope A) and was just as different as the Cine-Kodak B camera had been from the first Cine-Kodak. The position of the spools was changed to the top and back, rather than top and bottom. Also this was Kodak's first self-threading projector. The projector takes up to 400 feet of 16mm film, it can run films backwards, and has a still-picture device." Courtesy: Science Museum Group. Provenance: A Private Photography Collection, Houston, Texas.
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