Reel and Slide (Mar-Dec 1918)

REEL and SLIDE 37 Pathescope Announces New Projector ANEW type of moving picture machine for commercial, educational and home use has just been brought out by the Pathescope Co. of America, New York. This machine is the latest model of this company's line of Pathescopes, and it is known as the New Premier Pathescope. According to the makers its special features are motor drive, by a motor that can be used on both direct and alternating currents ; high illumination, and a feed mechanism that gives practically perfect results. Motor drive was used on the older types of Pathescopes, but it was necessary to have separate motors for the different kinds of current, and this naturally limited the use of the motor driven machines. The New Premier Pathescope is, however, driven by a Westinghouse Saw-Motor, which operates at practically the same speed with either kind of current. Hence, this machine can be used wherever there is electric light. The illumination is provided by a 14-volt, 2-ampere, argon-filled, high efficiency light, that is sufficiently brilliant for throws as long as 100 feet, and for pictures up to 12 feet wide. The 110-yolt current received from the lighting circuit is reduced to low voltage for the use of the lamp, by means of a rheostat ; this rheostat is adjustable so that the degree of illumination can be varied to suit conditions. The film-moving mechanism is of the intermittent type and is of a novel design. The manufacturers claim that the New Premier Pathescope projects an absolutely fhckerless picture. This machine can take only slow-burning films, the standard celluloid film being unusable in it. Many hundreds of these special films have already been made up by the Pathescope company; special subjects can be made up as desired, and standard films can be copied on to the special stock. The weight of the machine is 23 pounds, and it is arranged for packing in a carrying case similar to a small dress suitcase. U. S. Film Archives Kept in Big New Vaults FIRE-PROOF storage vaults for the safe-guarding of the valuable collection of moving picture films of the present war are to be built in Washington by the War Department. It is announced that thousands of feet of moving pictures and thousands of stills have been taken under the direction of the historical division of the General Staff, both in this country and in Europe, for the purpose of historical record. These have been stored in various places in Washington, because, heretofore, no suitable place had been provided for their safe-keeping. As thousands of dollars have already been spent in making the negatives and many more thousands of pictures are yet to be taken, the need for fire-proof storage has become manifest. Plans for the vaults call for their location all in one building, with fire-proof walls between each vault. The doors of the vaults will also be fire-proof. For the proper preservation of the negatives, the vaults will be so constructed as to maintain a fairly even temperature. Motion Picture Machines Victor Stereopticons Victor Animatograph M. P. Machines Bansch & Lomb Balopticons and everything pertaining to projection of slides and film. SLIDES MADE TO ORDER Our new 144 page CATALOG will interest you ERKER BROS. OPTICAL CO. 608 Olive St. ST. LOUIS, MO. Wait before installing a projector in your institution. Get all the FACTS. Investigate the ZENITH. Compare what it will do with its price. Learn about its special features and its manifold advantages. Consider This — SAFETY— Built for institutional use — equipped with special devices for your protection. DURABLE— A stanch, carefully machined product, constructed to stand wear. SIMPLE— Anybody can operate the ZENITH in a very short time. Operates from any electric light socket. PERFECT PICTURES— Clear, sharp images, brilliant illumination, no flicker or jerkiness possible. Let Us Place in Your Hands All the Facts About This Remarkable Projector. Write Us TODAY THE ZENITH A light, portable moving picture projector, taking standard width films, 1,000 foot magazine, operating by MAZDA lamp, from any electric light socket. Manufactured by The Safety Projector and Film Co. EDUCATIONAL FILM CO. Film Exchange Building We Are Agents for the best educational films produced. We distribute the productions of the Educational Films Corporation of America, producers of the Ditmars Animal Pictures, Robert Bruce Scenics, Katzenjammer Kids, Newman Travelogs, and Happy Hooligan, etc. We Give Special Attention to programs for schools, colleges, churches, lodges, clubs, Y. M. C. A. branches and CommunityCenters. Our service is prompt and efficient— our rates are within your reach. Send for Our Educational Film List It Will Pay You Well MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Make Your Dollars Fight