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.

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!

@805ROADKING

6 жыл бұрын

Lol!! You kill me Papa!!☺

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!!

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's pretty incredible!! Reminds me of the workings of an old Jukebox!!☺

@stevenhoelderich9490

3 жыл бұрын

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.

Awesome, a great experience, even now these reel to reel projectors are sill a wounder , i love very much

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

@805ROADKING

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! You got that right!!☺

Amazing stuff! Nice it is still here.

WOW!!! Cool stuff!

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

Very great ex history that time all projector were gold

Thanks for dragging us along, RK. Very interesting.

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bud!!☺

Love it!!

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.

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool story Mate!!☺

very cool road king never seen anything like that . god bless buddy .

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mate!!☺

This is my Grandfather 's Hobbie he did Regular 8mm, Super8 16mm, slides tape recordings & records.

Very cool machines. It is amazing that these projectors are still limber enough to function as well as they do.

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah it wouldn't take much to get that cleaned up enough to show a movie!!☺

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

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.

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

That's funny!! I actually edited it out of this video because it wasn't revelant to the subject!!☺

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.

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.👍👍👍👍👍🎬🎥📽

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Benny found us some Movie emojis!! Well done Mate!!☺

@artistben7

7 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah my Friend.

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.

Very cool brother

Really interesting!!!

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

Wow, i'm really impressed with this stuff! Those poor people that had to keep cranking that !!! THumbs up my friend!

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peeps!!☺

Noice… in so many ways. And that engine in the background… ahhh… music.

Very cool.

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

that'd make for one busy bee of a projector operator! very cool stuff bud!

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

That was pretty cool.

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

Very cool

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

Gee, I was waitin' for a Tom Mix Movie to start,........that's interesting equipment. Thanks Rob and ROADKING.

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

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.

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

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!!)

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by, it was great talking to you!! We mentioned you in part 45 of the build, probably going up Fri!!☺

That was pretty cool

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

Interesting!

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

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.

Cool.

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

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.

too bad you can't get replacement bulbs & film - I'd love to see it run!

When he mentioned it was "bad stuff" I was thinking it was one of those old "smoker" films HAHA! Mind in the gutter...

1915 projector , so it means they had 1915 movie camera. nice. the gearing was something.

Any chance of showing more of the hit and miss engines? Where was this show - I would like to go to it.

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah we did get a little video of the show!! That was in Bangor Pa www.jacktown.org/

0:10 oiler sculpture???? I love this old film technology

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.

Boa tarde, onde fica essa feira de antiguidades

He probably doesn't want to show that film cos it's probably some 1910s adult material... :P

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah some Floozies show there knickers!!☺

Going out to see a flicker :D

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of "The Last Picture Show" down there in Texas eh!!☺

@txsviking

7 жыл бұрын

Yea, Cybill Shepherd was flickering. 😂😂

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

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!!☺

COULD YOU IMAGINE TRYING TO DO A HALF HOUR KZread VIDEO BACK THEN WOULD HAVE TOOK 2 WEEKS WORK TO SET IT UP LOL

watercooled brigggsss!!!

Next project, v6 Briggs engine. Think about it.

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 )

do you know if those antique projectors are for sale?

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Nah they're not for sale, they were his Grandfathers and he's gonna pass them on to his Kids!!☺

@MacEstelle

5 жыл бұрын

Oh ok thanks

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.

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

He has some more movies, don't know what shape they are in!!☺

@JimsEquipmentShed

7 жыл бұрын

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. ;-)

What is the projector price sir

Where this place located ... ???

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Bangor Pa

@Abricos4440

7 жыл бұрын

805ROADKING too Far from me ... central new jersey ... Thanks ...

Some poor little kid probably got a Nickle for each movie reel he hand cranked

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Or some Alcoholic they gave a beer!!☺

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

@805ROADKING

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺