Projector [Motion Picture (Eiki - RT-2)]
Maker and role
Eiki Industrial Company Limited, Manufacturer
Production date
Early 1980s
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Object detail
Accession number
2005.102
Description
-1 Eiki model RT-2 16 mm movie and sound projector. 240 Volts, 50 Hz, Lamp: 24 V, 250 W, Amp. Opt. 15 W, total watt: 0.45 kW. The side cover comes off by snapping open the clip and inside is a Pioneer speaker cone for the sound. The accompanying Owner's Instruction Manual gives detailed step-by-step information on the operation of this projector.
-2 Screen - folded with a solid chrome loop on top to suspend the screen.
-3 Take-up spool, grey in colour with 8 spokes.
-4 Feed spool with film, yellow in colour with 4 pairs of spokes. It has a label on top: "Opening of Auckland International Airport 1968 featuring flying display of civil and military aircraft from NZ, Australia, UK and USA with aerobatic and parachute displays - 10 mins. Second part of film is of crazy aeroplanes doing crazy things mainly in USA - 16 mins."
-5 Lens: Anamorphic-16, Proskar, made in Japan. No.811499. With a lens cap. This is a cinemascopic lens.
-6 Film splicer made by Siemens of Germany.
-7 Owner's Instruction Manual.
-2 Screen - folded with a solid chrome loop on top to suspend the screen.
-3 Take-up spool, grey in colour with 8 spokes.
-4 Feed spool with film, yellow in colour with 4 pairs of spokes. It has a label on top: "Opening of Auckland International Airport 1968 featuring flying display of civil and military aircraft from NZ, Australia, UK and USA with aerobatic and parachute displays - 10 mins. Second part of film is of crazy aeroplanes doing crazy things mainly in USA - 16 mins."
-5 Lens: Anamorphic-16, Proskar, made in Japan. No.811499. With a lens cap. This is a cinemascopic lens.
-6 Film splicer made by Siemens of Germany.
-7 Owner's Instruction Manual.
Marks
EIKI SOUND Maker's Mark
Eiki / SERIAL NO. / RT 38614 Maker's Plate
MODEL RT-2 / EIKKI INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. / NANIWA BDLG. 43 MANZAI-CHO / KITA-KU OSAKA JAPAN Maker's Plate
SIEMENS / MADE IN GERMANY Embossed
LENS MADE IN JAPAN PROSCAR ANOMORPHIC-16 2X ISHICO No. 811499 Printed
Eiki / SERIAL NO. / RT 38614 Maker's Plate
MODEL RT-2 / EIKKI INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. / NANIWA BDLG. 43 MANZAI-CHO / KITA-KU OSAKA JAPAN Maker's Plate
SIEMENS / MADE IN GERMANY Embossed
LENS MADE IN JAPAN PROSCAR ANOMORPHIC-16 2X ISHICO No. 811499 Printed
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Eiki Industrial Company Limited. Early 1980s. Projector [Motion Picture (Eiki - RT-2)], 2005.102. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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