Carrying case for V.I.S. Model 935 De Luxe compact 35mm film strip projector.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1935
Materials
Metal, Brass, Wire, Wood, Leatherette
Measurements
Lid
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525258.2
Summary
Carrying case for V.I.S. Model 935 De Luxe compact 35mm film strip projector.
Full description
A carrying case for a Visual Information Services (V.I.S.) model 935 de luxe, compact 35mm film strip projector. The box and lid are made of black painted wood, with the exterior covered in black leatherette. The lid has a black leather carrying handle. Both the lid and box have metal closing fasteners. The box has rubber circular feet on each corner. It contains a metal electrical transformer, which also sits on rubber feet. The transformer has 8 windings, which sit in a metal cage. At one end it has 2 electrical inputs titled, "100/110" and "untitled". At the other end are 3 electrical inputs titled, "200/210", "220/230", and "240/250". The cage has 2 small brass lifting handles on the top. Also with the carrying case is a 350cm length of brown electical wire, with connections for the inputs on the transformer and for the connector on the base of the projector. Its mains connection is a bayonet fitting that would fit into a light socket. Markings: On the top of the lid, beneath the carrying handle, is nailed a white plastic plate with black printing, " Visual Information Service, 168a Battersea Bridge Rd London S. W. 11". On the side of the transformer with 2 inputs is the black and gold VIS oval transfer. On the side with 3 inputs is a rectangular gold transfer with black border and printing, "Model 834, V.I.S. Projectors, 168a Battersea Bridge Rd, London S.W.11"
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