I'm 84 yo. My grandfather was a theater projectionist in 1915 the year my dad was born. He hand cranked a projector like this until they were motorized. I think it was larger and may have used a carbon-arc light system.
Reel to reel projectors are just so darn cool. Everything cool, historically bad or good was caught on a reel to reel tape it seems. I've always loved history especially on reel tapes.
How cool. Very neat old projectors I got a 8mm home projector last year at one of the junk shops. Not nearly as old as these. But wanted a projector. Guess its a throw back to my early days in school when we watched actual film strips
Pretty complex stuff even by today's standards. It's great to see some guys still love owning that gear and showing it off for others to see. Thanks, Roadking!!
Hello, I have some, of that stuff & it's not for sale. I have two, old 8mm projectors , & three dual 8 projectors, & one Slide projector. Again there not for sale.
Very cool projector, couldn't imagine sitting there cranking that for 10 minutes. I was hoping you were going to take it home so we can see the movies of your childhood, lol. Take care ROADKING!
When film was king there was some amazing and beautiful mechanisms in play. Bolex 16mm movie cameras (for example) are little works of mechanical art, and were built to last.
Those projectors meet the criteria: 1: They are very old. 2: They were built with great attention to detail by folks using a slide rule for calculations. (No computers) 3: With a little clean up, they could be used for their intended purpose even today... Of COURSE RK knows these are cool! Thanks for sharing!
Didn't drive in theaters use something on the order of an arc welding device to provide the light source on the projectors? My girlfriend/wife went to a lot of drive in movies and I can remember a lot of bright scattered light emitting from the projector house. Also, the projector house had a small smoke stack/pipe to help get rid of a lot of smoke.
You're torturing me bud LOL I want to see that water cooled run :-) but all that is really cool I did watch the entire video I love old movie stuff I have an old eight Mill projector with old film that my grandpa shot I just need to find another bulb for it LOL I'm sure they still have them out there probably 1960s 1970s
It was great seeing you guys at the show....although I didn't get to see these movie projectors cause it was raining... I did get to see the water cooled Briggs run!!!! Thanks again to Roadking and Mike for taking the time to talk to a fan ( Roadking said to mention the Ford hat!!)
Nice old projectors there Mate! My filming goes back to the 60s. Didn't do a lot but still have some super8 I took, you might have seen it. My friend Carl bought a Leica camera...very expensive. Made a few proper films, even had a cinema in the false roof of his bungalow. Made a stupid mistake in the early 90s. I got them to put onto video (VHS) as I had a camcorder, but the reels were too large for my projector. Should have just cut the film and stuck it back (that's how we edited then). Few years later he died in the US so lost forever.
Technology from 1915 was so intricate for its time. It was interesting to know that because the movie film was made of nitrate, it was considered very flammable, which caused many movie theaters to burn down. Thanks for sharing these cool old movie projectors from an era gone by my Friend.👍👍👍👍👍🎬🎥📽
I wonder how much the speed of the projectionist’s hand impacted the frame rate of the film. I believe there’s ways to mechanically keep the rotating speed of an axel consistent but I may be wrong about that.
Grandfathers Movie Theater Projectors: From back in the day when movies weren't pure crap. *(Need to convert one of the hand crankers to Briggs power )
Amazing old gear, lots of that old nitrate film was partially preserved by the people that own the buckaroo bonzi franchise. They had out takes, and B-roll, thats just about unheard of from any other program, because the old films were either intentionally destroyed for their silver content, or just kept in a non climate controlled facility, and turned to dust (Or like he said, fire.....) There is very little 35mm stuff left though.
The newer safety film will eventually suffer from vinegar syndrome, its not dangerous, but if it smells like the start of a terrible salad, you can just toss it out. ;-)
I wonder what's on those reels, they certainly look to be nitrate stock. More than 90% of American films made before 1929 are lost so they're most likely the only copy.
I'm 84 yo. My grandfather was a theater projectionist in 1915 the year my dad was born. He hand cranked a projector like this until they were motorized. I think it was larger and may have used a carbon-arc light system.
Reel to reel projectors are just so darn cool. Everything cool, historically bad or good was caught on a reel to reel tape it seems. I've always loved history especially on reel tapes.
How cool. Very neat old projectors
I got a 8mm home projector last year at one of the junk shops. Not nearly as old as these. But wanted a projector. Guess its a throw back to my early days in school when we watched actual film strips
Pretty complex stuff even by today's standards. It's great to see some guys still love owning that gear and showing it off for others to see. Thanks, Roadking!!
Yeah it's pretty incredible!! Reminds me of the workings of an old Jukebox!!☺
Hello, I have some, of that stuff & it's not for sale. I have two, old 8mm projectors , & three dual 8 projectors, & one Slide projector.
Again there not for sale.
Very cool projector, couldn't imagine sitting there cranking that for 10 minutes. I was hoping you were going to take it home so we can see the movies of your childhood, lol. Take care ROADKING!
Lol!! You kill me Papa!!☺
Very cool machines. It is amazing that these projectors are still limber enough to function as well as they do.
Yeah it wouldn't take much to get that cleaned up enough to show a movie!!☺
Awesome, a great experience, even now these reel to reel projectors are sill a wounder , i love very much
When film was king there was some amazing and beautiful mechanisms in play. Bolex 16mm movie cameras (for example) are little works of mechanical art, and were built to last.
Those projectors meet the criteria: 1: They are very old. 2: They were built with great attention to detail by folks using a slide rule for calculations. (No computers) 3: With a little clean up, they could be used for their intended purpose even today...
Of COURSE RK knows these are cool! Thanks for sharing!
Pretty cool how that all works and the precision is crazy them engineers back then really cared about their Work
Yeah Buddy!! You got that right!!☺
Amazing stuff! Nice it is still here.
My mother learned to play the piano from a lady who played the piano at the silent movies. A projectionist was a mechanic back then.
Pretty cool story Mate!!☺
That stuff is awesome. Hey RK , you didn't happen to see a sweeeet lil watercooled Briggs at the show and happen to film it , did you? lol. cheers.
That's funny!! I actually edited it out of this video because it wasn't revelant to the subject!!☺
Didn't drive in theaters use something on the order of an arc welding device to provide the light source on the projectors? My girlfriend/wife went to a lot of drive in movies and I can remember a lot of bright scattered light emitting from the projector house. Also, the projector house had a small smoke stack/pipe to help get rid of a lot of smoke.
You're torturing me bud LOL I want to see that water cooled run :-) but all that is really cool I did watch the entire video I love old movie stuff I have an old eight Mill projector with old film that my grandpa shot I just need to find another bulb for it LOL I'm sure they still have them out there probably 1960s 1970s
very cool road king never seen anything like that . god bless buddy .
Thanks Mate!!☺
Thanks for dragging us along, RK. Very interesting.
Thanks Bud!!☺
Wow, i'm really impressed with this stuff! Those poor people that had to keep cranking that !!! THumbs up my friend!
Thanks Peeps!!☺
Gee, I was waitin' for a Tom Mix Movie to start,........that's interesting equipment.
Thanks Rob and ROADKING.
I'll have to get him to show me a flick next time I'm at his house!!☺
Wow Buddy that was pretty cool find there. I never knew that there were hand crank projectors.
I'm with you Buddy!! Never knew they had to crank them!!☺
It was great seeing you guys at the show....although I didn't get to see these movie projectors cause it was raining... I did get to see the water cooled Briggs run!!!! Thanks again to Roadking and Mike for taking the time to talk to a fan ( Roadking said to mention the Ford hat!!)
Thanks for stopping by, it was great talking to you!! We mentioned you in part 45 of the build, probably going up Fri!!☺
Noice… in so many ways. And that engine in the background… ahhh… music.
Nice old projectors there Mate! My filming goes back to the 60s. Didn't do a lot but still have some super8 I took, you might have seen it. My friend Carl bought a Leica camera...very expensive. Made a few proper films, even had a cinema in the false roof of his bungalow. Made a stupid mistake in the early 90s. I got them to put onto video (VHS) as I had a camcorder, but the reels were too large for my projector. Should have just cut the film and stuck it back (that's how we edited then). Few years later he died in the US so lost forever.
WOW!!! Cool stuff!
Very great ex history that time all projector were gold
Technology from 1915 was so intricate for its time. It was interesting to know that because the movie film was made of nitrate, it was considered very flammable, which caused many movie theaters to burn down. Thanks for sharing these cool old movie projectors from an era gone by my Friend.👍👍👍👍👍🎬🎥📽
Benny found us some Movie emojis!! Well done Mate!!☺
Heck yeah my Friend.
that'd make for one busy bee of a projector operator! very cool stuff bud!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
This is my Grandfather 's
Hobbie he did Regular 8mm, Super8 16mm, slides tape recordings & records.
0:10 oiler sculpture????
I love this old film technology
Very cool brother
too bad you can't get replacement bulbs & film - I'd love to see it run!
When I saw hand crank, I was like oh shit he's starting the water cooled briggs! Then I kept reading and came back to reality.
I wonder how much the speed of the projectionist’s hand impacted the frame rate of the film. I believe there’s ways to mechanically keep the rotating speed of an axel consistent but I may be wrong about that.
When he mentioned it was "bad stuff" I was thinking it was one of those old "smoker" films HAHA! Mind in the gutter...
That was pretty cool.
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
1915 projector , so it means they had 1915 movie camera. nice. the gearing was something.
Really interesting!!!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Love it!!
Any chance of showing more of the hit and miss engines?
Where was this show - I would like to go to it.
Yeah we did get a little video of the show!! That was in Bangor Pa www.jacktown.org/
That was pretty cool
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Boa tarde, onde fica essa feira de antiguidades
Very cool.
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Very cool
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Grandfathers Movie Theater Projectors: From back in the day when movies weren't pure crap.
*(Need to convert one of the hand crankers to Briggs power )
Cool.
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
He probably doesn't want to show that film cos it's probably some 1910s adult material... :P
Yeah some Floozies show there knickers!!☺
COULD YOU IMAGINE TRYING TO DO A HALF HOUR TH-cam VIDEO BACK THEN WOULD HAVE TOOK 2 WEEKS WORK TO SET IT UP LOL
Interesting!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
What is the projector price sir
Next project, v6 Briggs engine. Think about it.
Which country sir ?
Amazing old gear, lots of that old nitrate film was partially preserved by the people that own the buckaroo bonzi franchise. They had out takes, and B-roll, thats just about unheard of from any other program, because the old films were either intentionally destroyed for their silver content, or just kept in a non climate controlled facility, and turned to dust (Or like he said, fire.....) There is very little 35mm stuff left though.
He has some more movies, don't know what shape they are in!!☺
The newer safety film will eventually suffer from vinegar syndrome, its not dangerous, but if it smells like the start of a terrible salad, you can just toss it out. ;-)
do you know if those antique projectors are for sale?
Nah they're not for sale, they were his Grandfathers and he's gonna pass them on to his Kids!!☺
Oh ok thanks
Some poor little kid probably got a Nickle for each movie reel he hand cranked
Or some Alcoholic they gave a beer!!☺
Going out to see a flicker :D
Reminds me of "The Last Picture Show" down there in Texas eh!!☺
Yea, Cybill Shepherd was flickering. 😂😂
I was just a Kid when that came out!! We use to sneak into the movies almost every night, I must have seen it at least 20 times!!☺
watercooled brigggsss!!!
Where this place located ... ???
Bangor Pa
805ROADKING too Far from me ... central new jersey ...
Thanks ...
I wonder what's on those reels, they certainly look to be nitrate stock. More than 90% of American films made before 1929 are lost so they're most likely the only copy.
Roadking up late
Yeah Buddy!! ☺