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john white - 13 Sep 2003 20:01 GMT

I have a bell & howell super 8 autoload projector but no manual. If I could
figure out how to get started with this thing I think I could figure the
rest out. What I really need to know is how to start the threading of the
film. I bought this projector so that I could look at some old film taken
in the 40's by my father.

Can anybody help me?

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john white
418 south lincoln st
port angeles, WA 98362

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Darrell A. Larose - 13 Sep 2003 23:34 GMT

> I have a bell & howell super 8 autoload projector but no manual. If I could
> figure out how to get started with this thing I think I could figure the
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> Can anybody help me?

If the film was shot in the 1940's it's not Super 8, it's going to be
regular 8 or 16mm. Super 8 dates from around 1965 until video killed it off

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Francis Roy - 14 Sep 2003 06:13 GMT

John;

What model do you have?

If it is Super 8 only that eliminates one problem. Switching.

Basically you turn the motor on, set it for forward and stick the end
of the film in where indicated by an arrow
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Of course this assumes you have trimmed the end of the film first.

If it is the type with a large rubber loading wheel, sorry I don't
remember model numbers you have to hold a lever over and then stick the
film in and hold it till the leader comes out the back

Any chance of a picture?

Hope this gives you a start?

Francis in VT

>I have a bell & howell super 8 autoload projector but no manual. If I could
>figure out how to get started with this thing I think I could figure the
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>Can anybody help me?

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Darrell A. Larose - 14 Sep 2003 16:45 GMT

I still suggest if the movies are from the 1940's they will not be Super
8, they would be regular 8. The frame size and sprocket spacing is
different. You will shread Regular 8 film forcing it through a Super 8
machine. You also risk damaging the film just be projecting it, film of
that age can be very brittle.

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Francis Roy - 15 Sep 2003 06:01 GMT

I should have reacted to the date also. Darrell is correct that if the
date is anywhere in the Forties the film will NOT be Super 8.
The quickest way to tell if a film is Regular or Super 8 is to examin a
few frames.
If the sprocket hole is between frames it is Super 8.
If it is even with a frame it is Regular 8.

Francis in VT

>I still suggest if the movies are from the 1940's they will not be Super
>8, they would be regular 8. The frame size and sprocket spacing is
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>>>Can anybody help me?

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