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9.5MM EQUIPMENT CATALOGUE (non Pathescope apparatus)

The following exhausting! but probably not exhaustive list of 9.5mm equipment doesn't include items from Pathé or Pathéscope which are catalogued separately. One-offs, privately made, or conversions, are not included.
These lists just show cine cameras and projectors, naturally there were various accessories like spools, cans, splicers, film viewers, exposure meters, projection screens and the like made or supplied by many of the companies listed and other smaller firms - these are not included here.
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If you know of other 9.5mm cameras or projectors an e-mail with details would be appreciated!
Grahame Newnham at:- presto @ pathefilm.freeserve.co.uk (remove the spaces for correct e-mail address)

Unless stated otherwise, all the cine cameras listed were clockwork driven and the cine projectors took 120metre / 400foot spools. Although listed here, not all the items were actually on sale in the UK.
Many if not all of the companies produced cine equipment in other gauges but only 9.5mm items are listed here.
The company names & addresses detailed in these lists applied when they were trading; few, if any exist today.
Sorry about the quality of some of the pictures - when time permits they may be improved!
(Where an entry begins with an asterix * it signifies I have an example in my collection)
Dates are only approximate and have usually come from magazine adverts, reviews, trade announcements etc.

Many of the simpler projectors, little more than toys really, often used a low voltage lamp, perhaps just 6 to 10 watts, fed from the 230 volt AC mains supply via a dropper resistance, normally in a separate ventilated black box. These were electrically quite dangerous even when new, but today with perished and cracking wiring they are lethal!! If you are going to get these simple machines in working order, use a modern type QI lamp like a 6volt 10watt M29 and feed it from a proper mains transformer and ensure everything is earthed for complete safety! I have recently experimented just using an LED (light emitting diode) lamp cluster from a cheap tiny torch in the Astor and Bingoscope machines - this is fed from a small battery and gives results probably brighter than the original lamp, virtually no heat and electrically safe! If you are running a better quality vintage projector from the mains, plug it in via an Earth Leakage Trip adaptor device (as used in the garden for electrical tools) - these cost under a tenner and could save your life!

*ALESCOPE PROJECTOR - GER 1929 - Similar appearance to Pathe Baby, geneva movement, notched title device, shutter in front of lens, 30/60ft cassettes only
ALEF MODEL B CINE CAMERA - GER 1933 - "P" charger loading, 8-32fps, f2.8 Meyer lens
*BILCIN 171 PROJ. - GER 1933 - Sprocket fed, geneva movement, notched titles, hand/motor, 25w 25v
*'MICKEY MOUSE' BILCIN 187 PROJ. - GER 1934? - Colour box with Mickey Mouse theme, barrel shutter, 30/60ft cassettes, battery lighting MES lamp, hand turned.
*BILCIN 186? PROJ. - GER 1934? - Black pressed steel, gate,claw, gearing similar to model 187, 30/60ft cassettes, provision for lantern slides.

ARGUS CINE CAMERA - GB 1936 - 100ft spools, triple lens turret, vari-speeds, backwind etc.

*ASTOR CINE VISER - GB 193? - Not a projector, just a viewer but quite rare these days - intended just for 30ft and 60ft films on spools - battery powered torch bulb illumination - quite adequate, but small 2 inch image. Contained in largish bakelite housing so not suitable for use as an editor. Just found one at last! July 2012 - thanks so much to Trevor Adams for the copy of the instructions! Probably late 1930s as I think this example was bought around 1940 - box is price marked at 59/6d (just on £3).
* ASTOR JUNIOR PROJECTOR - GB 194? - Small toy projector, die-cast body, 60ft spools, 24volt 6watt lamp - resistance fed from mains. Mechanism (Pathescope Ace copy), seems similar to Homray.
* ASTOR 22 PROJECTOR - GB 1947 - Mazac die-cast black finish body, 16volt 8watt MES lamp fitted at rear, motor drive, 300ft spools - review ACW March 1947 - virtually the same as the Bingoscope C5 and Hunter listed below.
* ASTOR 33 PROJECTOR - GB 1947 - Mazac die-cast black finish body as Astor 22 above. Lamp (in a small bayonet mount) is fitted from the side. Identical to the Bingoscope C5 and Hunter projectors.

BEAULIEU C9 CAMERA - FR 1953 - 100ft spools, vari-speeds, interchangeable lens, parallex correction
BEAULIEU T9 CAMERA - FR 1953 - As C9 but with double lens turret
BEAULIEU R9 CAMERA - FR 1960 - 100ft spools, vari-speed, triple lens turret, reflex viewing

*BING BRITISH MODEL 1 - UK 193? - enclosed 30ft spools & 15ft rolls of film only, fixed lens, models for 4.5volt battery or mains via dangerous dropper resistance! Hand turned or clockwork.
*BING BRITISH MODEL 2 - UK 193? - similar design but larger body accepts up to 60ft films
*BING BRITISH MODELS 3 to 5 - UK 193? - film holder on top of projector takes up to 60ft films
(models 2 to 5 could be focussed! - other similar Construments projectors sold as RAY, BINGOSCOPE etc.)

*BINGOSCOPE C1 ? PROJECTOR - UK circa 1934 - closed spools only, hand-turned, mains dropper (approx 730 ohms on 240volt tapping) probably for 12 volt 0.3amp (4 watt) MES lamp, internal film take-up.
*BINGOSCOPE B1 PROJECTOR - UK 193? - tiny (6inches high), hand-turned for 15ft films, 4.5volt battery
*BINGOSCOPE B2 ? PROJECTOR - UK circa 1935 - closed spools only, hand-turned, battery connections for 6 volt battery? (probably 0.5 amp, 3 watt lamp?), internal film take-up, Pathéscope "Ace" type mechanism.
BINGOSCOPE B4 PROJECTOR - UK circa 1937 - open spools, hand-turned, mains dropper - see picture
*BINGOSCOPE C3 ? PROJECTOR - UK circa 1937 - up 60ft spools, hand-turned, mains dropper resistance for 12 volt 6 watt lamp?, Pathéscope "Ace" type mechanism, internal film take-up.
BINGOSCOPE C4 PROJECTOR - UK circa 1937 - up to 60ft spools, hand-turned, mains dropper resistance, Pathéscope "Ace" type mechanism, brackets at rear for film take-up, otherwise similar to the C3 model.
*BINGOSCOPE C5 ? PROJECTOR - UK 1940 - 400ft spool capacity, hand or motor driven versions, no sprockets, also sold as "Astor 22" or "Astor 33" and eventually distributed by R.F.Hunter as the "Hunter". Even reviewed in the "Home Movies & Home Talkies" magazine!

*BOLEX AUTO-CINE PROJECTOR - SWIT 1929 - Dual 16/9.5mm Bols, dual gate sprocket & gate, v.rare!

P & PA PROJECTORS - SWIT 1934? - Motor drive, indirect lighting, 250/400watt, stills, reverse
PA PROJECTOR - SWIT 1934? - As P model, but with notched title stop device
D PROJECTOR - SWIT 1932 - As P model, but dual 9.5mm/16mm. (Separate gate, sprockets, spool spindles)
PAILLARD-BOLEX HOME TALKIE PROJ. - SWIT 1932 - 9.5/16, model D equipped with coupled turntable
*DA PROJECTOR - SWIT 1933-37 - As D model, but with notched title stop device
DA-37 PROJECTOR - SWIT 1937 - Improved version of the DA, with better cooling & 400watt lamp
G9 PROJECTOR - SWIT 1935 - Motor drive, direct lighting, gear driven take-up, 500watt lamp
G916 PROJECTOR - SWIT 1935 - Motor drive, direct lighting, gear driven take-up, dual 9.5mm/16mm
*G3 PROJECTOR - SWIT 193? - Similar to G916 but 8mm/9.5mm/16mm. 800ft, later models 2/4 blade shutter
*BOLEX TALKIE PROJ. - SWIT 1936 - Models similar to G916 or G3 but with optical sound on 9.5mm/16mm
*H9 CAMERA - SWIT 1936 - 100ft spools, vari-speeds, single or triple "C" mount lens turret, backwind
.... (similar to 16mm version, look for tiny H9 on chromed front end of detachable optical viewfinder - typical serial number 9123)

*TYPE 1 CAMERA / PROJECTOR - GB 1935 - "P" charger loading for filming, 30ft closed spool for projection, simple "dull/bright" setting lens, simple wire-frame viewfinder, clockwork drive, external battery for special 6volt 0.3amp bulb., no focussing for projection! Even a tiny picture is dim! See July & Aug '35 ACW
*TYPE 2 CAMERA / PROJECTOR - GB 1936 - Similar to above model but with better f1.9 fixed focus lens with proper iris control (f1.9 marked 'projection only' but as a 12 year old kid I got reasonable results even at full aperture) - (included in my article Group 9.5 magazine No.89 Spring 1997)

* P.120 9.5/16 DUAL GAUGE PROJECTOR - GER 1933-35 - 'Left-handed' design, part self-threading, stills, reverse, 250 watt A1/7 lamp

CINAK NO.1 - PROJECTOR - FR 192? - Hand turned - 30/60ft cassettes & small spools, mains voltage lamp.

CINE NIZO

Cine Nizo, Neizoldi & Kramer, G.m.b.H., Munich, GERMANY (UK Importer: Peeling & Van Neck Ltd. 4/6 Holborn Circus, London, E.C.1)

PROJECTOR - GER 1929 - Multi-gauge versions, including 17.5mm! Distintive fluted lamphouse. Rare!
*MODEL F CAMERA - GER 1933 - 16 & 32fps, 'P' charger loading, continuous run, provision for limited backwind, f3 Trianar, f2.8 Cassar or f1.5 focussing lens, typical serial no: 133386
MODEL M CAMERA - GER 1933 - 8,16,24,32fps, f2.8 interchangeable lens, 50ft loading, typical serial no: 306112
MODEL K3 CAMERA - GER 1933 - Vari-speeds, triple lens turret, parallax correction, 100ft loading
MODEL K CAMERA - GER 1933 - As K3 above, but single lens (no turret)

The company Neizoldi & Kramer was founded in Germany around 1925; from then till the late 1930s they manufactured a range of cine equipment in various gauges including the original cine projector which had interchangeable mechanisms for most gauges including 17.5mm. Little of this early cine equipment arrived in the UK. By the 1960s Braun had acquired the Nizo name and began manufacturing quality cine equipment in std 8mm and later Super 8mm.

*PRACTIC 300 PROJECTOR - FR 1969 - Die-cast body, 1000ft spools, f1.2 lens, 21.5v 250w DKM lamp
COMETE 600 PROJECTOR - FR 1970 - 2000ft spools, 24volt 250watt lamp, fixed speed of 16fps

CINEGEL

S.A. Cinegel, 29 Rue Armand Saffrey, Le Mans, FRANCE (imported to UK only after around 1960) (UK Distributors: AICO Ltd. Hounslow, Middx)

500 PROJECTOR - FR 1958 - Built into wooden case, indirect 500 watt lighting, motor rewind
*ROYAL 200 PROJ. - FR 1955 - Grey wood case, sprockets, 220/110volts, power rewind, 200watt, 35mm f1.6 lens
ROYAL 205 PROJ. - FR 1953 - Built into case, indirect lighting, available with magnetic rec/playback
*ROYAL 210 PROJ. - FR 1948- 5? - Black die-cast body, sprockets, power rewind, 115v 200w, 35mm f1.6 lens
ROYAL 220 PROJ. - FR 1948-5? - die-cast body, sprockets, power rewind, 110/220volt 500w lamp, 1000ft spools
ROYAL 225 PROJ. - FR 1948-5? - as the 220 model, but dual gauge 9.5/16mm, stills.
ROYAL 230 PROJECTOR - FR 1949-195? - 9.5/16 optical sound, 1600ft spools, 500 watt, no amplifier
*ROYAL 235 PROJECTOR. - FR 1954-1964 - 9.5/16 optical sound, 1600ft spools, built in amplifier, 750 watt prefocus lamp
ROYAL 500 PROJECTOR - FR 1958 - Built into wooden case, indirect 500 watt lighting, motor rewind
*REINETTE CAMERA - FR 1953 - Simple single speed, pressed steel, special film charger, 20mm f2.5 lens, typical serial numbers: 330. 627
HL CAMERA - FR 1955 - Variable speeds, interchangeable lens, 100ft spools
SUPER HL CAMERA - FR 1957 - As HL but with triple lens turret
*SUPER HL ZOOM CAMERA - FR 1960 - As HL but with fitted Berthiot f3.8 zoom lens
*G PROJECTOR - FR 1964-68 Modern plastic bodied, sprockets, framing, room lamp socket, 8v 50w lamp
GS PROJECTOR - FR 1962-68 As 'G' model, but 10v 100w Saipe lamp & tape sync. facilities
(reviewed in Amateur Cine World August 9 1962)
GR PROJECTOR - FR 1965-68 As 'G' model, but 10v 100w Saipe lamp, tape sync. facilities & reverse?
AS-150 PROJECTOR - FR 1968 Announced as new 9.5mm model, but probably never put into production

CINERIC TYPE E PROJ. - FR 1958 - Built into case, 500 watt lamp, power rewind, magnetic rec/play option

SUPER COMET PROJECTOR - ITALY 1955-58 - Gear driven, 500watt lamp, 400ft spools, power rewind

*MODEL 1 PROJECTOR - GB 1932-36 - Simple hand turned, 30/60ft closed spools only, 40v 15w lamp
*MODEL 11 PROJECTOR - Maltese cross film drive, motor drive, sprocket take-up only, 40v 15w lamp
*CAMERA - GB 1932 - Low priced (75/-) "P" charger loading, maltese cross film drive, barrel shutter, f3.9 lens
*MODEL B CAMERA - GB 1937 - Similar to above but with modified lens mount, pressed steel & bakelite
MODEL C CAMERA - GB 1938 - Similar to model B but with conventional shutter, single frame and 'slow motion' 64fps facility

(Thanks to Douglas Macintosh for spotting the missing Coronet Model C - a very rare specimen! Coronet cine cameras were not really much good, but original models were cheap! Sadly today the dreaded mazak casting of the gate and shutter housing has usually cracked or distorted. Rumours were that the lens was T.T.H. sourced - I doubt it as my results were quite poor - worse than the 'Campro' I started with when I was about 11 or 12 years old. The model C was priced at just under £5 and announced with a full page advert in the September 1938 Amateur Cine World magazine, followed by a review in the next month's edition.. I can find no further mention of it and the few dealers who advertised Coronet cine cameras made no mention of model C and had already begun clearing stocks of the model B at 'store soiled' discout prices - so I guess the word had spread that quality was poor. Coronet also offered a small projection screen, a set of close-up lenses, a nice looking titler and an excellent velvet lined leather carry case (by far the best bit!). After World War 11 the company concentrated on cheap plastic moulded still cameras - the tiny coloured examples are very collectable today. Lens quality was still rather poor - at school in the late 1950s I offered a develop & print service for friends and Coronet box camera etc. results were not a patch on stuff from Kodak cheapie cameras!)

DEKKO

Cameras Ltd,, Slough, Bucks, UK (after 1938: Dekko Cameras Ltd., Telford Way, East Acton, London, W3, UK)

*DEKKO CAMERA - GB 1935-39 - Original bakelite bodied model, 8-64fps, stills, P charger, "C" mount lens
*104 CAMERA - GB 1939-52 - Metal bodied version, parallax correction, 8-64fps, P charger, "C" mount lens
*MODEL 3 PROJECTOR - GB 1935 - Copy of first Coronet, silver lamphouse, handturned, 50v 25watt lamp, 30ft & 60ft closed spools, soon 300ft 'super attachment' and motor drive available.
MODEL 4 PROJECTOR - GB 1936? - Think the motor drive /300ft super attachment version of model 3 above was 'model 4'
*MODEL 48 PROJECTOR - GB 1939 - Motor drive, sprockets, A1/2 115volt 50watt lamp
*MODEL 119A PROJECTOR - GB 1950-55 - Variable speed motor drive, feed & take-up sprockets, stainless gate, Dallmeyer 38mm lens, A1/7 prefocus 115v 500w lamp, switched room lamp socket, (see ACW review Jan1950)

DELTA - see HOMRAY

DITMAR - Austria - general article and photos

*DITMAR-DUO PROJ. - AUS 1935-1955? - Sprockets, 250w/400w, 400ft spools, 8/9.5mm & 9.5/16mm (& 8/16mm) models
*CAMERA - 2190 - AUS 1936 - 'P' charger film loading, metal body, f2.9 20mm focussing Cassar lens or f1.8 20mm Berthiot etc. - see the general article and photos above, twin filming speeds 16/32fps, aperture/footage counter visible in viewfinder. separate detachable handle for still pictures. See July '36 ACW - typical serial number: K3271.
CAMERA - 2195 - AUS 1936? - 50ft spool loading, 16/32fps, aperture & footage counter visible in viewfinder
*NEW CAMERA - 2390 - AUS 1938? - Standard model now includes extinction type exposure in viewfinder, twin filming speeds 16/32fps, rear finder with parallex adjustment for close-ups, footage indicator in viewfinder, 'P' charger loading, separate handle for still pictures. Typical serial number: K2523
NEW CAMERA - 2395 - AUS 1938? - Standard model now includes extinction type exposure, and other features as charger model, 50ft spool loading
PHOTOCELL CAMERA - 2290 - AUS 1937 - Top mounted bakelite housing with meter, 'P' charger, otherwise features as other models above.
PHOTOCELL CAMERA - 2295 - AUS 1937 - Top mounted bakelite housing with meter, 50ft spool loading, otherwise features as other models above.

E.K.A.

Eberlein & Krug, Karolinen-Strasse 26/28, Furth/Bayern, GERMANY (UK Distributor: J.J. Sibler Ltd.)

EKA PROJECTOR - GER 1950's - Simple hand turned machine, takes 100m/300ft spools, 'intermittent sprocket' (Geneva movement?) film drive. (See 9.5 Magazine issues 76 & 77)

E.K.S.

E.K.S. Ltd, London, UK

EKS PROJECTOR - UK 1950s ? - Simple hand turned machine, 110/220volt, 50watt lamp, looks like Lapierre (France) product or copy.

ELMO PROJECTOR - JAPAN 1935 - American style with pedestal base, sprockets, motor, stills, 500 watt lamp via prism, room light dimmer, 2" lens. (See ACW review Feb 1935 / HMHT Jan 1935 / Book -The 9.5mm Cinephotographer by Harold Abbott - the importer!)

EMEL BI-FILM PROJECTOR - FR 1935 - 9.5/16mm, motor drive, Hermagis f1.6 lens, 500/750watt lamp

ENSIGN

Houghton-Butcher Ltd, Walthamstow, London, UK (1930's: Ensign Ltd, High Holborn, London, WC1, UK (later Ross-Ensign Ltd.)

*UNIVERSAL PROJECTOR - GB 1939 - tri-gauge, motor drive, reverse, stills, motor rewind, 250/500watt lamp

*SADAR HANDY PROJECTOR - FR 1950 - Black bakelite body, sprockets, motor/hand, 100 watt indirect
(Strangely these projectors use a Pathe Vox/"H" cam/claw and a bakelite lens marked Pathe?)
SADAR DEAUVILLE PROJECTOR - FR 1951 - Built into case, 1000 watt lamp, 16/24fps, silent or sound.
SADAR BIARRITZ PROJECTOR - FR 1953 - Built into case, improved design with 400 indirect lighting

ERCSAM - France - general article and photos

*SENIOR M.50 PROJECTOR - FRANCE 1948-51 - motor drive & rewind, 115volt 400watt prefocus lamp
SENIOR M.60 PROJECTOR - FRANCE 1952-?? - motor drive & rewind, 115volt 500watt? prefocus lamp
MINOR PROJECTOR - FRANCE 1948-5? - similar design to M50 but lamps from 250-750watt, 220volt
VALIX PROJECTOR - FRANCE 1950-5? - pressed steel, carry handle, motor rewind, small 30x27x16cm
MAJOR PROJECTOR - FRANCE 1950-5? - reverse run, still picture, 1000ft spools, 750watt lamp
CAMEX OS CAMERA - FRANCE 1950-58 - Bayonet mount lens, special Camex film charger
*CAMEX GS CAMERA - FRANCE 1950-58 - 8-32fps, still picture, backwind, viewfinder adjustable for tele & wide angle, parallax correction, bayonet mount lens - Som Berthiot 20mm f1.9 focussing. Takes original Camex film charger and later DB type for up to 12 metres of film. Typical serial nos: 11704 (black);31870 (beige)
CAMEX HS CAMERA - FRANCE 1950-58? - As GS but with chromed interior
CAMEX VU CAMERA - FRANCE 1950-58 - As GS but with universal viewfinder
*MALEX RECORD PROJECTOR - FRANCE 1953 - motor drive, motor rewind, 500watt lamp
MALEX SUPER 100 PROJECTOR - FRANCE 195? - motor drive, motor rewind, 12volt 100watt lamp
MALEX RECORD M1000 PROJECTOR - FR 1958 - motor drive, 1000watt prefocus, tape-sync
MALEX RECORD M1000 AR PROJECTOR - FR 1958 - as model M1000, but with reverse running
MALEX CLUB 100 PROJECTOR - FR 1960? - as Super 100 but 12volt 100watt reflector lamp etc.

*AUTO-CAMEX CAMERA - FRANCE 1970 - 17-85mm zoom, auto-exposure, electric drive, Webo magazine
(this camera was actually manufactured by Formosa Flash, 64 Boulevard Magenta, Paris, 10e. and sold in the UK by E.M. Smith, Hounslow, Middx. It was based on the EPC Std 8mm Camex model - see 9.5 Review Oct 1970)

C1 CINE CAMERA - AUSTRIA 1932 - bakelite body, 16fps, charger loading, f1.4 - f2.8 lens choice
*C2 CINE CAMERA - AUSTRIA 1935 - bakelite body, as C1 but semi-coupled exp. meter, charger loading
*C39 CINE CAMERA - AUSTRIA 1938 - metal body, semi-coupled meter, charger loading
SUPER PROJECTOR - AUSTRIA 1935 - pressed steel, 250/400watt lamp, reverse, stills, motor rewind
P11 PROJECTOR - AUSTRIA 1935-39 - pressed steel, motor drive, 250/400watt lamp
*P111 PROJECTOR - AUSTRIA 1935 - pressed steel, motor drive, 250watt mains lamp, stills, hand rewind
*P25 PROJECTOR - AUSTRIA 1951 - post-war version of 'Super'. Stills, reverse, power rewind, 500 watt. (ACW review Feb 1954)

FEX

Fex, France

FEX PROJECTOR - FRANCE 1955? - hand turned, probably special 55 volt 0.5 amp B22/s lamp, 400ft spools

*FILO PROJECTOR - FRANCE 1933 - Dual gauge 9.5/16mm, motor drive. See P.235 HMHT mag. Nov33
.............. model A with mains voltage lamp, model B with 16volt 60 or 100watt lamp, notched title device

GIC

Groupement Industriel Cinematographique, Paris, FRANCE (founded by Marcel Beaulieu around 1949) 9.5mm products not marketed in the UK

*GIC PROJECTOR - FRANCE 1951-? - Motor drive, 300watt 110volt lamp, f1.5 40mm lens
*GIC CAMERA - FRANCE 1950-5? - 50ft spools, single interchangeable lens,
ETM CAMERA - FRANCE 1950-5? Triple turret, 100ft spools, vari-speeds 8-72fps, single frame, backwind

*GIVJOY 9.5 CINEMA projector - GB 1932? - Handturned tinplate, magic lantern style, lamphouse has letters LM (Leonard Mueller - maker of 35mm, 16mm & 9.5mm tinplate projectors)

SUPERTRI 38 projector - FRANCE 1938 - Tri-gauge machine manufactured for many years, motor drive
SUPERTRI 44 projector - FRANCE 1947 - sprockets rotate for three gauges, triple claw, 250/500watt lamp
SUPERTRI 53 projector - FRANCE 1953 - restyled, 400ft or 1000ft spool arms, 110 volt, 250/500watt lamp
SUPERTRI 58 projector - FRANCE 1957 - as model 53, but rotary switch for motor & lamp, 110/220volt
(typical Supertri 58 serial number: 103069)
MONOFILM projector - FRANCE 19?? - single gauge version of the Supertri model
*SUPERTRI 60 projector - FRANCE 1960-70 - as model 58, but with reverse running, 500watt prefocus lamp
(typical Supertri 60 serial number: 104338)
MONOSON projector FR 1953-70 - magnetic sound based on Monofilm design
SUPERSON projector FR 1953-70 - magnetic sound based on Supertri design
*HSM projector - FRANCE 1953-70 - Larger quality machine, silent or sound models, single or multi-gauge
SUPER PANORA-LUX - FR 1968 - De-luxe version of HSM for professional use - made to order. 1200w lamp

*HOMRAY - GB 1939 - Simple upright casting, not even snubber rollers! Motor provision. Also as 'DELTA'

HUNTER - see BINGOSCOPE C5 and ASTOR 22 & 33

*JANKO PROJECTOR - FRANCE 1954-56 - Simple handturned or motor driven tinplate machine, special 55volt 0.5amp B22/s lamp
JANCOLUX PROJ. - FRANCE 1955-59 - As above, motor driven, fan cooled 100/200watt lamp, power rewind

JEFE

Industrias Saludes, Valencia, SPAIN (not marketed in UK)

JEFE 1 PROJECTOR - SPAIN 1930s - Simple handturned, closed cassettes only - (this example in Australian collection is missing the base assembly) - extra arm allowed 300ft spools to be fitted
JEFE BABY - SPAIN 1930s - simple hand turned, up to 30m / 100ft spools
JEFE SUPER - SPAIN 1930s - another simple hand turned machine, up to 15m / 60ft spools?
JEFE SENIOR - SPAIN 1950s - hand turned or motor driven, 6volt 20watt lamp, 300ft spools (also 8mm model)
JEFE LUX - SPAIN 1950s? - hand turned or motor driven, brighter 10volt 75watt lamp, 200ft spools (also 8mm model)
(above details from a Spanish collector - with many photos but currently my web-site is full!!)

*SUPREME MODEL 925/2 PROJ. - USA 1930 - Pressed steel, hand-turned, 30/60ft cassettes, barrel shutter
*SUPREME MODEL 948-2 PROJ. - USA 1939 - Sprockets, hand/motor drive, 3 colour filter wheel, mains lamp

KYNKO CAMERA/PROJECTOR - GB 1932 -Clockwork drive,f1.9 Dallmeyer lens,bakelite body -Flickers 68

LAPIERRE - France - general article and photos - 25July2009 / 06Sept2011

*TYPE C PROJECTOR - FR 193? - Mazak castings, hand turned, 30/60 foot cassettes. geneva film movement
*TYPE 3 PROJECTOR - FR 1949? - Pressed steel, wood base, geneva type film movement, hand turned
*TYPE L60 PROJ. - FR 1950-54 - Green pressed steel, geneva movement, motor or hand drive,70watt indirect lighting,36mm lens,interchangeable mechanism for 8mm. (still listed by D.M. Bentley in 1962 at £7.18.6d hand turned model)
TYPE RL52 PROJ. - FR 1955 - Pressed steel, geneva movement, motor or hand drive
*TYPE J1 - FR 1955 - Simplified model, hand drive, 55v .6a 33watt lamp, mains cable is dropper resistance
*TYPE L70 PROJ. - FR 1956? - Horizontal layout pressed steel, motor drive, 100 watt lamp, 110/230volt
TYPE L100 - FR 1959? - Similar to the L70 model, but with interchangeable mechanisms for 8mm and 9.5mm
TYPE A80 - FR 196? - Very little information apart from the photo
*CINE BR - TYPE B2 PROJ. - FR 1958? - Bronze pressed steel, single sprocket, indirect lighting, mains 100w
'NEW' CINE BR PROJ. - FR 1960? - Like B2 but wood case, toggle switches, larger lens/speed control knob
CINE BR LUM PROJECTOR - FR 1965 - Upgraded version with transformer fed 12volt 100watt lamp.
CINE BR EXTRA LUM - FR 1965 - As BR LUM but with fast rewind. Brighter picture?

* EUROP 951S PROJ. - FR 1968? - Version of Pathe Europ using up original parts with some new components, 12 volt 100 watt A1/231 lamp, synchronous motor with fixed 18/24 fps speeds, 1000ft spools, f1.5 Som Berthiot lens, optical framing, badged Europ Super. Typical serial nos: 12323; 12351 (think we can assume last two numbers are production quantities!). Safer to fit three core mains lead!
EUROP IM 250S PROJECTOR - FR 1969 - As 951 but QI lamp, mounted on Heurtier mag. stripe sound base
* LIGONIE AUTOREFLEX ZOOM CAMERA - FR - 1968? - Auto exp., 50ft Webo mag. loading, electric drive

MEOPTA

Meopta Prerov, a.s. Kobelikova 1, 750 02 Prerov Czech Republic (not marketed in the UK)

ADMIRA LEDVINKA CAMERA - CZ 1934 - Cassar f2.5 lens, 8/16/24/64fps
SCOLAR - CZ 1934 - Projection heads for 8mm/9.5mm/5 x 5 slides; 110volt 250watt lamp, 120m/400ft spools
JUBILAR - CZ 1945-50 - Conventional style projector, 110volt 250watt lamp, 240m/800ft spools

MICKSON 1 PROJECTOR - FR 194?-50 - no details known
MICKSON 2 PROJECTOR - FR 1949-5? - 300metre/1000ft spools, 16/24fps, 750watt lamp, 40mm f1.5 lens, sound or silent versions

* MICRO CINE VIEWER - SWITZ 193? - Black metal box with geneva movement, takes 30ft closed spools - same mechanism as the Presenta!

MIDAS

Camera-Projectors Limited, Bush House, London, WC2, UK

*MIDAS CAMERA/PROJECTOR - GB 1933 - Clever but complicated design, electric drive for filming, powers lamp for hand-turned projection, special 30ft magazine, sprockets, f2.5 lens.
SUPER-MIDAS CAMERA/PROJECTOR - GB 1937 - By 1937 the original Midas was being sold off (by 'John Browning - Scientific Instrument Makers' still using the Bush House address) at 35/- - that is £1.75 - and a modified model advertised which had a dropper resistance for mains use and 300ft spools mounted on a base-board with rollers to feed the film in and out of the camera/projector ..... prices were from £4-15sh-0d (£4.75) - see the ACW December 1937 page 339.
(included in my article Group 9.5 magazine No.89 Spring 1997)

MIDGET MOVIE

Midget Movie Ltd, Garford Street, London, E14,UK

*MIDGET MOVIE CAMERA/PROJECTOR - GB 1932? - Brown bakelite body with Brittania style emblem, hand-turned, up to 50ft roll - darkroom loaded!, waterhouse stops, wire finder, MES lamp. (My example has serial number 3!) (included in my article Group 9.5 magazine No.89 Spring 1997)

MILLER CAMERA - GB 1934 - Leatherette & chrome finish, vari-speeds, 'P' charger loading, 'C' mount lens - see ACW April & May 1934
*MILLER 'B DE-LUXE' CAMERA - GB 1939 - Neater design, spec. as above - review ACW June 1939

SUPER MOVIREX B60 CAMERA - FR 1961 - Triple lens turret, multifocal viewfinder, 50ft spool loading, vari-speeds, Berthiot lenses, see 1961 Wagram catalogue

*PICCOLO PROJECTOR - GER 195? - Khaki stove enamel finish, hand turned, 100ft spools maximum, single claw, 240v 75watt lamp
*JUNIOR PROJECTOR - GER 1952-57 - Blue/green stove finish, sprockets, framing, motor drive, 240v 100w A1/21 lamp not blower cooled, f2.5 50mm lens. - see ACW review November 1953 - dim picture, no height adjustment, but only £19.19shillings.

PEERLESS

see Triplico

*PRESENTA POCKET CINÉ - GB 1935 - Pocket sized hand turned viewer and projector for 9.5mm film in closed cassettes

PROJECT BIEN

Project Bien - well that's what the label says! Obviously made and sold in France

PROJECT BIEN PROJECTOR - FR 1945? - A simple hand-turned projector with sprocket feed and take-up, takes 400ft spools, 110 volt -the plastic switch suggests post-WW2 - perhaps very early 1950s (France changed to 220 volts in the mid 1950s) The name simply means 'Projects well' in English - can anyone help with more info please?

*RADEX TOY PROJECTOR - GB 193? - Tiny, simple pressed steel toy projector. Sold pre-war in Woolworths in 6d parts - film loops only, takes 4.5v 'flat' torch battery.

*RAY TOY PROJECTOR - GB 1933? - Simple hand turned with brass gate, external flywheel, integral lamp holder with condenser lens, 30/60ft cassettes.
*RAY TOY PROJECTOR - GB 1935? - Simple toy as above, but with hinge back lamphouse, chromed gate

SAKURASCOPE PROJECTOR - JAPAN 1932 - Tri-gauge 8/9.5/16mm

SCREENUS

No information, but British made

*SCREENUS CAMERA/PROJECTOR - GB 1932 - Small hand turned tin-can! Sold by Gamages for £1.38!
charger loading for filming, 30ft cassettes for projection. Lens has two waterhouse stops - 'film'/'project'.
A label in the lid proclaims "British Patent No. 368444 - Patented throughout the World". Seems the Screenus company failed soon after the camera/projector arrived, so another company bought the parts and continued assembly, minus the 'Screenus' name - mine is one of these. They are pretty rare. Trevor Adams from NZ tells us that the sales line was "From Scene to Screen in one Machine" - pity the copy writer didn't design the thing! (included in my article Group 9.5 magazine No.89 Spring 1997) Small review in ACW October 1935.

SIEMENS

Siemens & Halske - Berlin, Germany UK Distributer - Cinepro Limited, 1 New Burlington Street, Regent Street, London, W.1., UK

*SIEMENS 16/9 PROJECTOR - GER 1938 - Beta film transport (no claw), 250watt lamp, 9.5mm/16mm, 400ft spools, motor driven, stills, reverse

*SPECTO 100 PROJECTOR - GB 1936 - 1960? - Gearbox driven, variable speed series wound motor, optical framing, sprocket feed & take-up, power rewind, sprung twin claw, very kind to film, 400ft spools (later 900ft option), pre-focus A1/3 30volt 100watt pre-focus lamp, 1.5inch f1.9 lens
(original models green, later black, finally bronze. Early models had no framing adjustment & used 'link' drive, later better chain drive) First ACW review Feb1937
*EDUCATIONAL DUAL (DE) PROJ. - GB 1950? - 9.5/16mm, improved gate, 900ft spools, A1/5 50volt 250watt pre-focus lamp
*500 DUAL (XD) - GB 195? - 9.5/16mm, similar to above, but internal resistance feeds A1/7 115volt 500watt pre-focus lamp
SPECTO 500 PROJECTOR - GB 195? - as dual gauge model
SPECTO LEADER 500 - GB 1960 - Special batch made for 9.5mm specialist dealer D.M. Bentley, as 500 model.

STARLETT CAMERA - FRANCE - 1950-5? - 100ft spools, variable speeds, single frame

*JUNIOR PROJECTOR - GB 1937-48 - Sprockets, motor drive, power rewind, beta movement, 50watt B15/s
*SENIOR TRI-GAUGE PROJECTOR - GB 1937-48 - Similar design to 'Junior', 200watt 100volt B15/s lamp

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