True example of Australian ingenuity - spool arms made from bicycle pedal shanks. But it worked, and was the main component of an early days home cinema.
1 of 2: Projector
2 of 2: Box of memorabilia (4 x Cinema tickets / 1 x ‘Operation newsreel’ sticker / 1 x ‘Hoyts’ badge / 1 x ‘Last Film Search’ badge / 1 x ‘On Our Selection’ postcard / 1 x Glass slide advertisement / 1 x ‘Pathe’ small 35mm can of something / 1 x empty 35mm 50’ can of ‘Fox Movietone News’ / 1 x ‘Kodak’ roll of photographic film / 1 x ‘Build your own projector’ book / 1 x ‘Material for Radio Electrical and Mechanical’ catalogue / 1 x ‘Sun News Pictorial Hobby Book’ / 1 x ‘Liberty Theatre’ advertisment mounted on cardboard)
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
E000009
Measurements
650 x 450 x 450mm
Object Types
Projection equipment/Film and television equipment