Fairchild Seventy 07 Movie Theater in a Briefcase

The Fairchild Seventy 07 uses large Moviepak cartridges or cassettes containing an endless loop of Super 8 Sound film to provide a simple way of sharing your sales and training material to your audience. The unit is housed in a compact case which resembles a suitcase or briefcase. In this video, I demonstrate what it took to get it working again and demo a few films.
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[@born_again_torinos]

Brad, thanks for the shout out. Now I finally got to see part of the Rabbit and BMW film. I knew it was going to the right guy who would appreciate it. Steve

[@davidsucesso2419]

What an amazing device

[@TOMORROWSPHERE]

Amazing blast from the past! Love to see these analogue devices get the love! Great overview! I grew up in a time when film was used in school whether it was a 16mm film projector and or a film strip projector. the concept of a portable projector and screen is great! Thanks for sharing!

[@hicknopunk]

If you touch the bulb, lick it after it has been on for 30 minutes. This fixes everything.

[@bob7872]

That was really cool, a film cartridge. Nice video!

[@joearnold6881]

I had no idea Spock got his start as a sleazy car salesman

[@butcharmstrong9645]

I thought the exact same thing!

[@AbdiPianoChannel]

I wasn't expecting the intro. Well done.

[@abergethirty]

The band ACDC was signed by a record executive when he was shown their act on one of these projectors.

[@TheRestartPoint]

Wow, I can imagine some Bond super villian's cronie bringing this into the Whitehouse to outlay their ransome for 1 million dollars! This is really awesome and just as impressive as any feat of minaturisation achieved today.

[@hicknopunk]

That actually is kinda cool.

[@frankowalker4662]

What a cool projector.

[@rickardo5027]

Well done, I just found one of these things in my dads boxes that we have been storing for the past 40 years. You provide an excellent presentation of what this machine does and how to repair it. Now I just have to figure out what to do with this one. Any suggestions? Thanks again

Great machine!

[@SeanBZA]

Funny thing about that VW is that it was still being produced this century, and you can still buy brand new parts for it from VW, plus there is an active aftermarket spares support for it as well.

[@GreenDayFan2003LLC.]

now that's cool!

[@fwd0120]

Is this the same company that made the 670 Vari-Mu compressor? This is really cool!

[@The700XXrider]

I have a Technicolor brand suitcase projector that plays similar cartridges.

[@Formulka]

You should put up flickering warning, the first time you ran the projector was rough.

[@GrayT]

New mic sounds great! Very impressive picture quality on this unit considering all the mirror bounces, would love to see it run some non-faded film if you can find a way to replace the film inside the cartridges.

[@databits]

Super easy to do!

[@databits]

I uploaded a “short” to KZbin today!

[@jrmcferren]

There are only two places on that type of lamp you shouldn't touch, first is the lamp capsule itself, this is the bulb inside the reflector, if you touch this, it can be cleaned with alcohol prior to placing into service. Even more important is to not touch the shiny surface (inside) of the reflector, trying to wipe off the fingerprint may damage the reflective coating. You can safely touch the outside of the lamp including the base. This applies to halogen bulbs. The older incandescent types do not have any restrictions on touching as they are made of glass not quartz. This of course assumes cool lamps, hot lamps obviously should not be touched due to the burn hazard.

[@gabrielepasqualoni7362]

Cool

[@lutello3012]

19:19 could have used a film strip for that presentation.

[@Ramirez1301]

I have a similar device, that I haven't been able to find any info on. It is also mounted in a briefcase and is sort of like this but older tech. Film projector and record player with screen.

[@Ramirez1301]

I think i will dig it out of the garage. It has some issues but maybe should move it on to someone else, if anyone is interested.

[@davidsucesso2419]

@@Ramirez1301 repaired should be another marvel for us to see

[@darrellhuddleston9059]

I think that is the “Cigarette Smoking Man “ from the X Files on the Rabbit video .

[@ikonseesmrno7300]

Great vid! I don't suppose you recall what kind or brand of 8 track you pulled the pinch roller from? Was it an Ampex tape?

[@databits]

It was a “Motown” tape.

[@ikonseesmrno7300]

@@databits Thanks! I'll have to look & see what brand of 8 track they used most.

[@LusRetroSource]

If you hide the bottom of this device it wouldn't look out of place next to some modern LCD's.

[@analogvideochannel4612]

Are the cartridges operable so they could be digitized using equipment for digitizing super8 film?

[@frankowalker4662]

Yes, if you dismantle the carttridge and transfer the film onto spools. :)

[@TwinFamiProductionsOLD]

Is this the same Fairchild that made the video game console?

[@ikonseesmrno7300]

The Channel F? Same company, but I'm not sure if Fairchild made the consoles or if it was shopped out.

[@audiooddities9982]

"Way over 4 thousand dollars " lol

[@jeenkzk5919]

18:40 because you know those $&@! Italian drivers are a menace on the road! Bit seriously that’s a neat little machine! The back projection reminds me of a machine I used in first grade. It ran on a film strip and audio cassette. It would display a math problem and It asked you to push a series of four buttons. One of them being the correct answer. I have no idea how to look it up because I have no clue what it was called. It doesn’t help that I’m going off 38 year old memories of a six year old.

[@ralphreinhardt6020]

Is it live or is it Memorex ??

[@stevef6392]

Neither. Demorez.

[@anreala1738]

I have 15 cartrige like this . Do You know somebody who can buy it? Or they Prince for offer it?

[@Jimmyhaflinger]

i have a different Fairchild cartridge player which is not foldable, it looks much like a 70s portable TV

[@Jimmyhaflinger]

just dug it out it's a Fairchild Mark IV

[@shadowa00]

Wow. BMW Neue Klasse 1600 footage.

[@dell177]

this were developed for sales and training but most ended up being used in the porn industry for peep show type applications.

[@meanwhileinindiana8107]

I have 2 of these available! Lol sorry if this is inappropriate. I want to get rid of these.

[@databits]

This was so fun to work on!!

[@solarr2]

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