Tru-Vue stereo hand viewer.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1947 - 1952
Materials
Plastic, Metal
Measurements
50 x 113 x 68 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521130.1
Summary
Tru-Vue stereo hand viewer for rolls of 35mm Tru-Vue film. Body of moulded cream and eyepiece section of black plastic. Plastic lever operates the metal advance mechanism for pulling the filmstrips through the viewer. The panel around the eyepieces is patterned with gold horizontal lines and the words "Tru-Vue". There is a small amount of damage next to the advance mechanism - part of the plastic has chipped off.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.