"THE SHOW MUST GO ON" 1940s BELL & HOWELL FILMOSOUND 16mm MOVIE PROJECTOR SALES FILM XD10554

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This color educational film is about Bell & Howell Film Projectors and good projection. There is no copyright at the beginning or end of the film so the date of the production remains unclear but based on information provided its the late 1940s or early 1950s.
Credits: Bell & Howell presents THE SHOW MUST GO ON (:13-:29). A woman plays a piano in a movie scene as a crowd watches inside a packed theater. A title card on the screen asks that women remove their hats, one stubborn woman will not as the feature 'Revenge on the Range' begins. The film stops and another card warns patrons that the operator is in trouble and it'll be a moment. The film is back and scenes are shown. The crowd reacts to what is shown on the screen. Once again - the film stops and the patrons are warned that the operator is in trouble and it'll be a moment. The film has returned. Patrons watch and clap. They then laugh. The movie has ended (:30-3:26). Everyone has a good time except the man who ran the projector. The projectionist shows exhaustion. We then get shots of different projectors and people watching films (3:27-4:27). Everyday people (teacher, factory worker, priest, etc.) vocalize their concerns about projectors (4:28-5:33). A woman threads a projector. An explanation of how a film is threaded and what is does while it's playing is demonstrated and shown. What makes a film play correct or incorrectly is explained. All aspects of a projector and what works well is explained and shown in great detail (5:34-9:44). More information on other parts of the projector is demonstrated (rewinding, the aperture, etc.) (9:45-11:38). Shots of films in the vault. A man threads a projector. The light source is the heart of the projector. The inside of the projector is shown being worked on. Many lamps are shown. A pair of hands remove things from the projector as the narrator explains this should be an easy process (11:39-14:43). Film speed must be correct in order for film sound to be correct. A demonstration is shown. What is required for perfect film speed is explained (14:44-18:16). A man plays a piano. Closeups of a Filmosound projector. Only the best projector has all of the correct features, the specs for a good projector are provided. And make sure you have a warranty! (18:17-20:32). Theatergoers laugh. No matter where films are shown, audiences expect and deserve perfect projection and nothing less (20:33-21:14). End credits (21:15-21:22).
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[@flyingo]

I remember, when I was only 6 or 7 when my father taught me all about 8mm & 16mm filmmaking (in the early 1960s), wishing I could work at Bell & Howell or Kodak so my days would be spent around film machines. Watching old films like this bring back the sights, sounds, and even smells of film equipment. Love it!

[@jdrevenge]

What a gem.

[@Modeltnick]

Probably the best projectors in the world. Even the silent Filmo projectors were constructed with the same mechanical precision.

[@kc4cvh]

Bell & Howell would fall to the VHS video system in the 1980s. The VHS could produce a usable image in normal room light and it needed no threading or lamp replacements, so film disappeared. The VHS image being small and blurry wasn't an obstacle to success.

[@cornellwaters9089]

🎥 Thank You!

[@Code3forever]

I remember the Bell & Howell projector in our school in the 50s. Several years ago I bought a camcorder with the Bell & Howell name only to find it to be a cheap Chinese camera. I guess they bought the name but not the quality.

[@hdgboy]

Great video. Thanks.

[@rchrdsn]

very nice! i'm from brazil and i owed one these in the early 2000's. my wife and i would invite another couple to watch some stuff. the original amp didn't work and spare parts were not easily available, so i adapted a modern one. i had another one before, in the 90's, an iec, brazilian made, quite inferior compared to this one. i also adapted its sound, but in a simpler way. i connected the cable from the light sensor of the sound reader to the phone input of my parents' home stereo. the first 16mm reel i ever watched (on a projector) was a short b&w doc about rio de janeiro.

[@orgami100]

Public School 215 in Brooklyn New York I was projectionists in the 5th grade on a Bell & Howell projector, great machine alot of fun showing films to the younger kids..

[@flimbambo]

I’ve got a 185 Filmosound and I am having trouble with it lately. It has started to break up the film as it’s going through. Mainly the perforations. I started to turn the clutch control to the right just after starting to run the film and turning on the lamp; as per the manual. Previously I’d just turn the clutch to the right BEFORE I ran the film, and didn’t seem to have any problems. I notice a few demos where they do this. Which is correct?

[@smwca123]

I too was commander of later versions of those machines in high school, late 60s/early 70s. Often for older women teachers who were not good at it themselves. I cut my teeth on the 8399, whose speaker was mounted on a removable panel with about 50 feet of cord. It could be put near the screen, where it belonged.

[@mel_bee]

The woman who wouldn't remove her hat... there are always "those" people

[@rexoliver7780]

Today it’s those people that use their cellphones during a show!

[@hitbyabus4615]

They used the bell and howell filmo projector from 1934

[@akakakakakak3084]

When was this film produced? It is color film, though the first part is short but very interesting.

[@theechickengamerz]

Very odd

[@mel_bee]

Post-war 1940s judging by the womens fashions and the number of young men in it.

[@hitbyabus4615]

Just without arms