BELL & HOWELL 57 FILMO 16mm
Donald Bell & Albert Howell collaborated to produce non-standard projection equipment and in 1923 released the Filmo 57 range which continued production until 1931. This model is a pedestal mounted projector with the adjustable tilt by a central pivot. It has a friction speed control but no adjustable gate mask to allow framing. The lamp is 500watt pre-focus. There is a lever for opening the film gate and rewinding is achieved manually by a geared crank on the feed arm. One drawback with the projector is the pivot which becomes slack after much wear. Another is the closeness of the sprockets to the lens mount.
A revolutionary projector for its time. Shown with the projector is a 16mm Filmo camera.