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Author Topic: Identify the Equipment contest (again) ! William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-10-2000 11:17 PM                        Winner gets to take a long lunch hour to go pick up a 70mm film stretcher from across town! The F3 Brenograph at the far left was ID'd earlier, & here's the rest of the booth of the Carolina Theatre in Charlotte, NC just before opening in 1927 - ------------------ William Hooper Junk drawer: http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/theater/3622 Theatre Empire: http://members.xoom.com/saenger.1  |  IP: Logged Robert Throop Master Film Handler Posts: 412 From: Vernon, NY USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-11-2000 08:23 AM                     The lamps are Peerless Hi-Lo. They were high intensity reflector lamps burning 9mm positives at about 70 amps. The pedestals are Simplex 5 points so I'm assuming the projectors were Simplex as well. ------------------ Bob Throop  |  IP: Logged John Eickhof Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 588 From: Wendell, ID USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 10-11-2000 01:11 PM                        Definitely peerless low intensity, looks like simplex 16" magazines w/ decal so vintage early 1920s and most likely simplex regular front shutter mechanisms. Its nice to see a three machine booth again!  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 12-04-2002 01:38 AM                        Resurrecting this thread with this pic: The machine dates from around 1945, what is it?  |  IP: Logged Mike Rendall Film Handler Posts: 78 From: Southampton, Hampshire, UK Registered: Nov 2002 posted 12-04-2002 03:16 AM                     Just from the positioning of the rollers and general shape of the head it looks like it is a Cinemeccanica (although they are normally blue hammerite finish). Could it be a Victoria 9?  |  IP: Logged Jeff Skallan Film Handler Posts: 65 From: Littleton, CO, USA Registered: May 2001 posted 12-04-2002 04:04 AM                     It looks to be a Cinemeccanica Vic 5. But why is it green? Weird.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-04-2002 04:42 AM                     That's gotta be a Vic 5. Where did the date of 1945 come from? The two tags hanging off of the framing knob indicate that the head is either new or rebuilt by Cinemeccanica. One says whether or not the dolby digital reader was aligned at the factory. As far as green goes, I guess you could have one made up pink if you wanted. Probably done to match the lamphouse. The blue projector below is a brand new Vic 5 (with turret) from last year. The middle green projector is your photo lightened up so I could see it. The grey projector below is a (souped up) Vic 9. Note the differences in the shutter housing, the holdback sprocket and the location of the framing knob.  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-04-2002 07:05 AM                     It's definately a Cinemeccanica V 5!! After working with these machines for more than ten years one could easily recognise them. Also check the label on the top right of the projector. Only VICTORIA 5 puts the label exactly at the edge on the top right of the head.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-04-2002 09:44 AM                     The green is probably from the flourescent booth lights. The lamphouse is a peerless knock off  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-04-2002 12:27 PM                     The projector is a Vic.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 12-04-2002 12:53 PM                        Thanks for the ID guys! Don't know why it's green. And maybe the 1945 date came from the lamphouse. The image is a video still from a documentary about the new Studio Ghibli Museum near Tokyo. This Vic 5 is in the museum's theatre, installed in a booth made to look like the front of an old streetcar.  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-05-2002 05:33 AM                     It even looks that it is a new Vic 5. Note that the framing knob is black. Old V5 projector is yellow. Even the rolers suggest that it is a new one since they are the new silver type. I am not suggesting that it is new because of the Digital basement reader because that could be added on. Someone did a hell job with painting it. I would love painting one of these babies in BLACK !!!  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 12-05-2002 11:45 PM                     I've seen so many "slightly" different versions of V5's, V8's, and V9's I've lost count. V9's are a favorite; I wish they still made them. Had the right combination of simple, "easy to clean openness" with tough parts (used the same intermittent as a V8.) My only complaint (and it's a big one) is the crappy AC solenoid operated "zipper" shutter used on older V5's and V9's models. Don't know how many shutter "disks" I have replaced because they broke the two little rivets holding it to the flat lever. It makes a noise, like; "RRRAANTTT!!" when it opens. So loud and nasty, I think I hear it in my sleep sometimes. Operated a V5 studio projector recently, another version which I'd never seen before. Had a drive sprocket between the intermittent and the hold-back sprocket with a torque motors for the reels. A little solenoid would operate when run in reverse, to release some gate tension so the film would run through easier.  |  IP: Logged Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 12-06-2002 12:06 AM                     Paul, I really like your photo of the Ghibli Studio auditorium. Delightful place for children! How happy they all look! Gerard  |  IP: Logged

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