3/21/2023 0 Comments Rca projector![]() ![]() This one has a single knob, to turn on the motor and the lamp, and can run in reverse, in the other film, the projector has to switches: "Proj." and "Lamp". But with the manual it was possible to thread the film, and watch the film, where it was explained in a more simple manner again, how to thread the film correctly.īy the way, compare the layout of this projector, with the one of the same model in that other film, which is in black and white. I could imagine, that this was some kind of demo reel, which was a present for people who bought the projector, together with A MANUAL, this is obviously not a training film, since it would be a silly idea, requesting that someone watches a training film, showing, how to project films. So watching this film, is something really great. The only models existing of this machine are in a poor state, probably broken, and this specific projector doesn't seem to be a very good one, as it's almost impossible to find pictures or information about on the internet. I can't remember ever seeing this puffed-up piece again.įor someone, who is interested in these kinds of machines, it's a really interesting film to watch, since it show's a typical 50's 16mm Projector as it was, like we'll never see it: new. I continued to work at RCA for a few more years. But my bosses understood the corporate politics that I didn't at the time. It didn't speak to our dealers or their customers. It was overly pretentious then, as it is now. The planning was done at RCA's New York corporate headquarters. I remember standing aside, wondering what I missed. The white-gloved hands were "special effects." My bosses were exuberant, smiling, congratulating the agency people. Walter Thompson who put the film together. Then the lights went up, and I was introduced to executives from the Big New York Advertising Agency, J. I thought to myself that it was a disappointing waste of time and money. I thought I somehow had missed the boat! The disembodied hands, the uber-narration, the over-long presentation. A small group of us watched, including my boss, Herman Henken and his boss, John Taylor who was overall advertising manager. Although I had worked on the 16mm line for about 2 years, I had no prior knowledge that such a production was planned, so it was a complete surprise to me to see it. One day I was called to the screening room to view this production. Our #1 audience was 300+ audio-visual dealers who sold these products to schools, churches and industrial users. and Jr., magnetic recorder-projector and the Xenon projector. I handled advertising and sales promotion for RCA's line of 16mm projectors: the 400 Sr. in the Commercial Electronic Products division advertising department. ![]()
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