Kodak Pageant 250 16mm Film Sound Projector Sound Test

Testing the magnetic sound head on my 16mm film projector
Exhibition: My Little Buckaroo (1938)
Distributor: Warner Bros
Director: Friz Freleng
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Technical Specs:
Video Footage:
Camera: Sony Handycam HDR-CR405
Digital Format: AVCHD
Frame Rate: 60p
Projector:
Film Guage: 16mm
Lens: EKTANAR, f/1.6
Projection Lamp: 200-watt, 24-volt, ANSI Code EJL
Speaker: 6 x 9-inch (152 x 229 mm) oval, PM, 8-ohm voice coil
Weight: 38lbs (17kgs)
Kodak Pageant 250S Instruction Manual: johnklax.org/ma...

[@MrJoshinJosh]

Trust me. I wish I myself had a bunch of classic AAP Warner Bros Cartoons. But until then, I only have some. Thanks by the way😊👍

[@TheProjectionistsVault]

I've always wanted a pageant model. Could never find one at a decent price, however...

[@davidleavitt835]

Projectionist ASMR; love.

[@user-oj1vn4nr2e]

Суперрр прямо окунулся в детство спасибо

[@nobleharvey9935]

It's a beauty 😍 I appreciate the lens shot, looks like someone took good care of it 😊 thanx for sharing this!

[@Rlotpir1972]

I'm assuming that's a 1944 Blue Ribbon Re-release. Turner has the 35mm version.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

You're close: "My Little Buckaroo" (original theatrical release: January 29, 1938) was re-released as the third Blue Ribbon on November 6, 1943.

[@Gaston0695]

​@@ClassicTVMan1981X the first reissue Wass "A Feud There Was" witch got reissued in August 1943, and reissued again in 1952

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@@Gaston0695 Yes, but the 1st reissue was on September 11, 1943, and the 2nd on September 13, 1952.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@@Gaston0695 September 11, 1943

[@ManoloLimache]

"FANTASÍAS ANIMADAS DE AYER Y HOY PRESENTAN..." (In latin american spanish dubbing).

[@johnarnehansen9574]

I suggest making a restored 3-color separation print!

[@Narrowgaugefilms]

These are great machines: simple and built to take the abuse of decades of institutional use. One in good shape could last a lifetime of playing films in a home theater. I'm pretty sure you have optical sound. Magnetic sound is unusual in 16mm (you see it here and there), and I'm pretty sure this base-model machine doesn't have it.

[@tobinsphotovideo]

It can only read a magnetic soundtrack through the sound head. I believe optical soundtracks require a laser similar to how a CD player reads a CD?

[@Narrowgaugefilms]

If you look at the manual you link above on page 2, it says "Sound Pickup: Silicon Solar Cell." and "Exciter Lamp: ANSI Code BSK; 6-volt, l-amp T-5 bulb; single-contact, pre-focused base." Basically what happens is the 6 Volt exciter lamp shines a light through an optical sound track. This can either vary in width of the clear track vs. the black background or the density of the track all the way from clear film to gray film to black film. Either way a pulsating light comes from the film and when you shine this on the solar cell, you get an electric signal you can amplify and put through a speaker. The exciter lamp is the light that comes on underneath the sound drum when you turn the machine on. The solar cell is there too. You can actually make the speaker pop by sweeping a flashlight across this area. This was the way most 16mm sound prints were made, because a magnetic track would have to be applied and then recorded. With optical sound, the film comes out of processing ready to watch and hear, since the soundtrack and the picture were both on the negative the film was printed from. If you look at a really old, silent 16mm print, it has perforations on both sides of the film. A 16mm sound film has perfs on only one side to make room for this track. If you look at the print you have, you can see it. 16mm Magnetic was much more common with news crews, because it was easier to do in-camera than optical, and for film that might be on TV in a few hours, they wanted the process to be simple. Mag sound is more common in Super-8 film for the same reason, since it was intended at least at the start for sound home movies. There are Super-8 optical sound prints, but these were most commonly used by airlines for the first in-flight movies. 35mm and larger gauge prints can have three sound tracks: optical, magnetic and digital. The digital tracks are so tiny they fit on the film between the sprocket holes.

[@rylandgroves]

What speaker did you use? I have a kodak at-126 (16mm) and the speaker with it doesn’t sound the best. Is there another speaker I could get?

[@Narrowgaugefilms]

Any 8 Ohm speaker like a home stereo speaker should work fine. The problem with the speaker that comes with the machine is it is one big cone and doesn't do a good job with anything but bass tones. If you had a good home entertainment speakers with an even bigger bass cone plus smaller ones for midrange and treble, it would probably sound a lot less muddy. You are looking for something 8 Ohms with a power rating greater than 25 watts. (With any luck, you have a couple right now!)

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Kodak > bell and Howell autoeat… I mean auto load no 🧢

[@michaelfagan7290]

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[@robertprieto2214]

¿Y por qué poner como delincuente ladrón a una rata vestida con el atuendo Mexicano? Da entender que todos los Mexicanos somos así. Es denigrante y ofensivo entre otras cosas.