Videotronic Compact Super 8 Cartridge Movie Player for Sales People

[@MrGeoffHilton]

Found your channel via a mention from Techmoan, I could watch this content all day, thanks for your enthusiasm. Subbed.

[@databits]

Thank you for subscribing!!

[@zyborg47]

Same here

[@buddyclem7328]

Same. Great channel!

[@Seawolf.Gaming]

Up until 2013 my local Movie theater still used a 35mm reel to reel machine from 1941. I watched all the Harry Potter films on that, and god were they gorgeous! They upgraded to a digital version in 2013 but still keep the 35mm on display!

[@5roundsrapid263]

Seawolf A drive-in near me did the same thing. They were still using a ‘30s-era projector until they went digital.

[@Seawolf.Gaming]

5Rounds Rapid The films looked so good on the reel to reel and they sounded good too..

[@macnerd93]

I love 8mm film, still occasionally use standard 8 in my Bell and Howell 414

[@Fredy5100]

Yet another rare format that I probably wouldn't have heard of if it wasn't for you. Really informative, as always. Thank you!

[@databits]

Happy to share. I love this stuff.

[@yorgle]

I remember going to Ground Round as a kid, back when you could throw your peanut shells on the ground... and they had a looping film projector, just playing clips of movies and stuff. It was probably one of these formats..

[@mspenrice]

That's pretty cool... there wasn't really a video equivalent in terms of size and convenience until those portable 14" combination TV-VCRs came along in the late 90s...

[@MsJinkerson]

amazing that it still works and the color and audio is great too

[@stevenhoelderich9490]

if, you take care, of this projector it Will, take care of you.

[@BilisNegra]

The MoviePak name and cartridge shape show clearly what it's inspired on: the Fidelipac! Most of you will be familiar with it as those tape carts used in radio stations back in the day for commercials and any other kind of jingle.

[@jeenkzk5919]

Just an FYI you can still buy Slick 50. Schools still used projectors throughout the 80s! That projector puts out a good picture and surprisingly good sound! It's no Dolby Digital but still sounds good! It's quiet too!

[@KarlBaron]

Jeenkz K my school was still showing 16mm films in the 90's... As well as slides

[@iulianispas8634]

Wow nostalgia I remember one of this playing cartoons in a winter children park The picture quality is better than I expected

[@DirtyBearProductions]

I have one these machines. My father found it in his office in the late 90s and brought it home to me. Mine was made in Norway by Norske Smalfilmapparater AS, otherwise it seems identical.

[@organfairy]

It was possible to get a magnetic sound strip attached to a standard 8 film. But it was done after the film was developed and you couldn't get raw film with sound strip - or a camera that could record sound. There was a short period of time where a few movie companies made super 8 films with optical sound. I have a Chinon projector that can play them though I don't have any movies with optical sound.

[@kevinbeckenham3872]

Never seen one these machines before.The concept a great I dear; the documentary very good , love more.

[@Narayan_1996]

I enjoyed every second, it's a really cool machine, working perfectly after all those decades. that's why I love analog devices, they're always going to be working because they do not totally depend on internal parts that are chips or anything that is digital, just mechanical, so much simpler and more powerful to me than those cheap plastic things we have today. I'm happy with this kind of old technology. Thank you for posting this video :3

[@rusgon]

What an amazing projector! Thanks for the overview. Very interesting

[@mazinz2]

What an awesome machine! Had I stumbled across this device in my younger years, first thing I would have tried would have been to put one of my super 8 films into the casing for endless loop viewing. PS: transfer more of those films

[@bethcorzo-duchardt340]

I uncovered a videotronic with a different slick 50 film in my grandfather's attic after he passed. It still works! Are you sure about your dates? The Slick 50 film I have was made in the early 80s. So was yours (note the vehicle inspection sticker that says '81 in the frame at 14:23).

[@Sunsetdrivein]

The early MPO Videotronic projectors were made in Norway. Once these neat little projectors started to get popular, MPO Videotronics started building the projectors in the USA. The USA made versions have a fuseholder above the swing out mirror. The Norway made machines do not have that fuseholder.

[@guyfawkes9951]

Slick 50 still exists and is still a good product, for those that are wondering. It's on every auto part store shelf that I'm aware of.

[@5roundsrapid263]

Guy Fawkes The original company was shut down for fraud. The new version is a different formula from another company.

[@paulmanley2006]

Thank you for your insight into this Videotronics Super 8mm cartridge System . We've been given the task to transfer 25 x of films these to DVD or memory stick in HD. The subject matter is about sawmills and industrial wood cutters cira 1970's, I don't have a machine for these I do own several tele cine machines which transfers 8mm and super 8mm and outputs them without any flickering. But it would mean I would have to disassemble the plastic cartridge for each transfer. Thank again Julian Bishop (Video-Trax ) in the UK

[@bobbyberetta4206]

Needs some Slick 50, great projector, great video, great info Thank You.

[@McClaymore]

This is a very cool projector, thank you for video

[@Vahmrick60]

Standard 8mm had both magnetic and even optical sound capabilities. Before super 8 came out in 1965, there were 8mm cartridge projectors with optical sound. Fairchild also made the Cinephonic 8 system for magnetic sound home movies.

[@kennethbouchard8643]

We had several 16mm movie projectors back when I was in school, up to the 1980s which after that they got to Umatic VCR systems and 25 inch monitors on a large cart. I remember some of the movies the sound stripe was very crackly, and sometimes drifted off killing the sound at times and fluttery if you did not load the film just right. t would have been a godsend if they had larger format of this cartridge system, to not have to rewind the film after. Usually 2 large 10 inch reels for a 1 to 1 1/2 hour movie broken up into 2 reels. requiring 4 reels total if you did not have to rewind the films between reels. And then you had those wonderful pull up or pull down movie screens.

[@rager1969]

I remember watching Heckle and Jeckle and other cartoons on something like this at our public library back in the 70's. Also, my brother says that a door to door salesman almost sold something like this to our dad in the late 60's.

[@rock-steadi-cam5058]

I believe airlines used much larger cartridges with Super-8 sound film to play in-flight movies before video became practical. Ironically, the screen was larger during the Super-8 era!

[@JasonMasters]

There is what seems to be a derivative of that oil additive, sold as a 2-stroke engine oil (the oil which you mix with the fuel to turn the fuel into 2-stroke fuel). It was first sold as "Optimol" and last I knew, was re-branded as "Opti-2". It seemed to work, too.

[@AthenaNova1]

That's a really cool compact projector system! Slick 50 is mostly 50 weight motor oil and some additives. It used to have PTFE (Teflon) as the main one, but it has been reformulated since.

[@5roundsrapid263]

AthenaNova The company went out of business a few years ago. Someone else bought the trademark and brought it back.

[@skstills4621]

Nice video, had no idea something like this existed

[@boredfartless4221]

What a great find

[@irtbmtind89]

My old optometrist had one of these, he used it for vision tests.

[@databits]

Thank you for the comment and for being a subscriber!

[@CompComp]

Did Slick 50 start out as a Multi-Level Marketing scheme?

[@databits]

I'm afraid so!

[@CompComp]

databits that's really surprising, considering their products are in stores now, and I've heard nothing but good things about it.

[@rizzlerazzleuno4733]

Thanks for posting this. 👍 It was a wunnerful traveling dog and pony show in a box. I have a bunch of the Technicolor car dealer films, but the projectors are very rare and expensive. I just take apart the plastic cartridge and put the film on a regular 8mm film reel. Doubt I'll ever get one of the projectors. Most of the cartridge projectors probably ended up in the dealers' dumpsters. Video cassettes replaced these 8mm systems for edumacation, marketing, promo, training, etc. Some cars came with a VHS cassette to watch at home on all the cars features.

[@richardhudson3014]

A very cool little device and another residential and informational video and another great 👍 video

[@richardhudson3014]

Yes I remember the 16mm film from school and those film carriages look a almost like audio crates they look very cool 😎 are they from the 80's?

[@Matthew19002]

The first flat screen, backlit, with videocapability

[@mcramp20]

Nice stop motion. Great film device!!!!

[@kakurerud7516]

..still waiting for thefull film posted to youtube ;)

[@AlessandroCussino]

Interesting machine. Great video.

[@2packs4sure]

In the summer of 1980 my father drove us in his 1979 Ford F150 Supercab short bed from Houston Texas to New Hampshire,, what a trip,,,, but before he left he put in some Slick 50 which was shocking to me because he didn't spend money on stuff like that...

[@koushiroizumi0]

Why don't you upload a video of the whole reel? Or reels if you have more?

[@databits]

You're the first to ask! I might just do that!

[@1978garfield]

I'd like to see it. I never knew Slick 50 ever used direct selling or MLM. By the time I head of it you could buy it at Wal-Mart.

[@chuckdieselkicksdisks2380]

databits I'd like to see the film in its entirety! Thanks

[@nicholassheffo5723]

Fairchild did make Regular 8umm movie film with magnetic stripe, but that was very brief.

[@markthorpe]

Great video. So great I bought a few of these units for refurb. Any idea where I can find cartridges for these ? Ebay has "zero"

[@thaddeusmcgrath]

I wonder does Slick 50 have a website? I would like to try their products and perhaps sponsor with a bumper sticker on my AMC Gremlin.

[@UkSkin]

If we're going to play the language Nazi game - It's a "Lamp" not a "Bulb" (Bulbs are what you plant in the garden) :-) Thanks for showing all this wacky ex-technology, It's fascinating to see what was high-tech in times gone by

[@jenjenneration]

UkSkin people lightbulb

[@GenBloodLust]

i kind of want to start selling slick 50

[@ryandehaven6159]

Cool video

[@databits]

Thanks Ryan!

[@stvlu733]

You sound exactly like my dentist when you speak.

[@syedaabidhussain2577]

Thank you for sharing.

[@jeenkzk5919]

Please show more films!!

[@ryandehaven6159]

Still like your videos

[@jamesleethebond]

hi there up to now i still dont really understand how a 35mm film can store audio

[@thaddeusmcgrath]

I remember watching projectors at school in the 80's with sound from a cassette player but not sure if it was connected to the projector. This format is interesting to know how it woks.

[@jamesleethebond]

i wonder how they sync up with the movie

[@BertGrink]

Optical audio works by having a separate track alongside the actualy images, and the audio track has a separate lamp and photodetector, and by having darker or lighter patches in the sound track, there can be more or less light coming through the film and into the photodetector. The signal from this detector is then amplified in the usual manner, and sent to a loudspeaker.

[@jamesleethebond]

oh i see that is how the audio works

[@HawkeyeHawkeye-b2e]

On a Kodak Ektasound Moviedeck 285, the light does not project onto the wall or the pop-out screen. The bulb does light up. What am I missing?

[@DanafoxyVixen]

What a lovely quiet projector! its a shame finding more Cartridges, even empty ones will be so rare

[@TheStig1961]

You may use alcohol to clean the capstan, roller and soundhead. The sound will be better. reg. Stig Österberg (from Dalsbruk a small willage in south Finland.

[@andrewbarnum5040]

There is 8mm sound film, I bought one by mistake. It is also magnetic tape. About 5% of 16mm had a magnetic soundtrack. 35mm film since 1991 had digital optical soundtracks either SDDS or Dolby Digital. 70mm back in the day was a magnetic soundtrack but newer 70mm has a digital soundtrack.

[@databits]

Thanks for your comments!

[@johnking6501]

I remember as a child probably about 1971 as I was only 10 years old. We would get a movie with a cartridge for Christmas and you can put it to your eye and spend the handle around and watch it and it did not have sound but you can watch the movie on the cartridge it lasts for about 2 or 3 minutes probably.Does anyone else remember this?

[@databits]

Hey John! Yep! I had one of these by Fisher Price. I also had a tabletop projector with a built in screen. It was called the MovieViewer Theater. Watched Lonesome Ghosts on it.

[@johnking6501]

@@databits Yes that's it !!! I used to watch the short bugs bunny and a few more cartridges that I had to put in the device I would just enjoy watching it the cartridge itself was probably about 5 or 6 inches long and 2 inches or more wide. Something I think is a little child we always enjoyed watching those cartoons with several cartridges thanks for sharing your video it was very interesting to see things from the past being I am 62 years old I like watching things in the past I also have a mint condition tape recorder in its own case it's brand new it's called Caviole cassette player recorder never been used with plug-in microphone it's not worth too much today but maybe if I save it for about 10 more years it could be worth more hopefully it will be

[@plesio2830]

beautiful explanation

[@CharlesHarper7596]

I want to ask, is it possible to remove the film and spool in a different film?

[@databits]

Yes!

[@CharlesHarper7596]

@@databits I hate to bug you but would you be able to make a short video showing us how? I just don’t want to damage anything.

[@michelleperkins1284]

Wow, how cool!!! Does this play standard 8mm or just super 8?

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I remember some classroom in junior high had one of these somewhat. Not sure what films they had for it, unless there was science-related stuff for it.

[@catfleas4195]

that has taken me back to the 70s a pizza place had one like that. I wonder what happened to that machine of beauty. Older machines are alot better than the machines of today from china

[@databits]

What did they play on it?

[@markmarkofkane8167]

Our high school had continuous loop films. It was 8mm. No sound. A person could watch films in the library.

[@databits]

What were the subject of the silent films?

[@markmarkofkane8167]

databits Fetal pig dissection. There may have been others, but a fellow classmate had me watch it with him. I think they lasted maybe 5 minutes.

[@Otokichi786]

In the late 1960's/early 1970's I saw a Technicolor 8mm endless loop cartridge projector at an elementary school library. Mostly silent, 3 minute Science films, such as Daphnia (Water Fleas) and other animals. www.filmkorn.org/super8data/database/projectors_list/projectors_technicolor/projectors_technicolor.htm www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/events/super-8-loops-in-technicolor-well-sort-of/

[@5roundsrapid263]

We had 35mm film strips in elementary school.

[@buddyclem7328]

5Rounds Rapid Wait patiently, BOONG! Turn the dial. Wait patiently....

[@maxwelsh6121]

Did you transfer the old moviefilms? I would like to see....

[@tilmanluther1887]

Very cool!!!!!

[@Edwin48100]

There was a sound based regular 8 movie film. The magnetic sound strip was on the side of the sprockets. Not a very good idea cause if the sprockets get torn there goes the sound!

[@kennethbouchard8643]

Canadian Film of the 60s used a magnetic 16mm format. I have a friend that transferred some to video. This is a cool machine. Using the built-in screen, you can easily use your digital camera to transfer from the small screen, with decent quality.

[@petepictures]

There was sound for 8mm as well, but was not popular.

[@stupidfanboyph]

Have you tried the external projection mode? How bright is it?

[@owenjbrady]

I think at 4:17 your food is ready

[@chuckdieselkicksdisks2380]

1980 A great year!

[@MsJinkerson]

awesome machine

[@QuakerJT]

"Video" is the visual equivalent of "audio". It doesn't specify a format. It's perfectly OK to say "video film" just as "video tape" or "video file". They're all "videos", just like cassettes, vinyl, and mp3s are all "audio"

[@BertGrink]

You are indeed correct. In fact, both words are of latin origin, and simply mean "I see" for video, and "I hear" for audio.

[@233kosta]

@@BertGrink What about vidjeyo? What's the origin of that one?

[@BertGrink]

233kosta It seems as if that particular word has its origin on twitter or instagram, probably in the form of a hashtag: #vidjeyo.

[@coondogtheman]

Neat projector. When I was in kindergarden they used film projectors to play videos :cough: I mean films. I remember as a kid being in the library and a film was playing, don't know what film was playing but I thought it was so neat. Slick 50 I remember seeing that commercial on TV late at night and they would fill the engine with this stuff and run it for a few minutes and then drain the oil and then drive all over town with no oil. They even opened the valve covers and poured SAND on them and i guess it filtered through and ended up in the crankcase and the engine was fine. I don't believe that.

[@Maj275]

About 2006 16mm film was still used by some of my teachers back then... 😅🙈

[@FerintoshFarmsPhotography]

Could have a little portable peepshow

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

They were still using 16mm in schools during the 80's, when I was watching those things.

[@fulkthered]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.I had forgotten how much work it took to watch porn back in the day.

[@johnny-becker]

Apparently not having sales goals or quotas didn't quite work out for Slick 50. Although, it does sound like a brilliant product and could even be useful today, roughly 50 (no pun intended) years after this video, eh hem, sorry, film was made.

[@Narayan_1996]

I laughed a lot with the "eh hem", actually the whole comment was funny, hahahahahaha

[@TheWoundedFoot]

Slick 50 (as a brand) still exists today, selling engine and fuel system treatments, lubes, etc. My dad is an auto mechanic and I remember him recommending it to customers back in the late 90's. Hadn't thought about the stuff since then, but a quick google search revealed that Slick 50 products are still available.

[@johnny-becker]

Thanks Narayan!

[@johnny-becker]

I'll have to look it up. Perhaps it is good stuff and I should give it a try but I am certain I will have to buy it online. I been to many auto parts store in my area and I am fairly certain I would have seen it being such an unusual name for a product.

[@Narayan_1996]

you are welcome! ^^

[@The_Laser_Channel]

Awesome device, however, i'm not familiar with Slick 50

[@KentuckyRanger]

I remember Slick 50! It ruined my engine... LOL!!!

[@5roundsrapid263]

Kentucky Ranger The Federal Trade Commission fined them for fraud in 1996, and they went under soon after. Someone else has the name now.

[@KentuckyRanger]

I ended with an LOL, but it wasn't funny, when my 5 year old car started burning oil after the coating Slick 50 left started to fail. After consulting a mechanic, he told me why it was burning oil, and to *never* use anything like this again. In time, the oil burning went away, and I learned a very valuable lesson about "magic" engine additives... P.S. These snake oil companies are still out there! *Caveat Emptor!!!*

[@compzac]

Yes these magic additives are pretty much snake oil, really a good quality oil is all you need, occasionally hoicking a bit of lucas oil stabilizer or marvel mystery oil in to either clean some of the gungy residue or to prevent it from forming, there actually is a pretty damn good additive now called motor kote i watched a video from the channel project farm where he actually ran a lawn mower dry after the motor kote and it kept right on going. i still havent tested that as i do not desire a new engine for my ford, so i just play it safe, been using lucas and marvel in my vehicles and a couple of them have over 200000 on the clocks and are still rocking with no major engine malfunctions

[@richardhudson3014]

Well I guess I should have paid attention to the description and I would have seen that the movie projector was from the 1970's

[@azyfloof]

What happens if you run out of Slick 50 as well as oil? 🤔

[@thaddeusmcgrath]

Your transmission will be slippin and the engine will be missin it!

[@buddyclem7328]

They were busted for fraud in 1996, so I guess it didn't do much anyway. I used it back then.

[@stevenhoelderich9490]

I,have mutable of of projectors One,is from the, 50's that takes, oil & Grease & another one that is automatic Feed.

[@maxwelsh6121]

Smooth stop motion intro! Must've taken well over an hour to do, or more (?)

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

could the film be encoded into ridges cut into the edge of the film.

[@buddyclem7328]

DAVID GREGORY KERR The Tefi-Fon was an audio only format that worked like that. Techmoan has a great video on it.

[@MrJ0mmy]

wow amazing

[@OrangeHarrisonRB3]

14:12 Its like a BTTF-style Future Jerma

[@cinepost]

What is the footage capacity of the cartridge?

[@databits]

Around 400ft

[@michaelrosenstock9187]

As a Dealer

[@luisantoniomarrega1120]

Fantástico é o que posso dizer. Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil

[@belstar1128]

8 track 8 mm the future is 8.

[@MarvelDcImage]

slick 50 is still around

[@FerintoshFarmsPhotography]

Ya I'm more curious about that, my mother almost let her car run out of oil today

[@Re-Cycle.Shop2023]

I have one of these projectors, but I need one of those film cartridges to play. Anyone have a cartridge I can buy or rent?

[@rizzlerazzleuno4733]

ebay

[@briandurant19791997]

That's kind of cool

[@joeblow8593]

Interesting

[@DeadKoby]

Movie projector meets 8-track....

[@marktubeie07]

*I say* a _'Cap-stin'_ *not* _'Cap-stan'_ - but I'm an Aussie! So I agree with you :) I knew 'John Burke' from here in Sydney Australia...ah, no I didn't but I do remember 'Slick50!'

[@gerryroberts662]

Interesting..

[@God-CDXX]

I have a miviepak system and 32 films