GB 'N' Portable projector

British Acoustic films

Sheppards Bush, West London

This projector, which is said to be portable, was a gift of a good friend of mine.
Some special features

Optical sound head (fixed track)
Suitable for front AND back screen projection
One type of sprockets for Maltese cross and Film transport
1000 Watt projection bulb (replaced by 250 Halogen 220 Volt AC bulb)
220 volt 50 Hz AC
Original color unknown
Kidde CO₂ fire extinguishers.
They were mainly designed for the Admiralty, but were used for all the British Armed services, when they were used to entertain the 'Troops', after the war lots of them were sold off to private collectors and mobile shows.

G.H.Bell signed in 1947 on as filmprojectionist on The Britannic. Read his story.

Kalee projectionmechanism detail (62kb) Kalee Portable 35mm Film projector (50kB)

In the previous version of this page I erroneously listed this projector as a Kalee portable.
B.Wales and T.Saffrey thank you for your comments.

Read also the story of G.H.Bell : "The Britannic days".

In case you have information on the above projector or on other 35mm Film projectors please do not hesitate to send your mail and information to me.
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Last update September 14th, 1999