Short (well slightly long) video of me setting up and running an 8mm film projector(Yes it's slightly boring but at least you're learning something!) Projector is a GB Bell and Howell model 635 for those who are interested
Thanks! I borrowed a Bell and Howell projector from a friend so that I could copy my old movies to DVD but I had no clue how the film was loaded through the projector--until I found your video. Thank you, thank you, thank you! GM
perfect. i just picked up a 5250 and this exact projector, mint condition, with no idea how to use them. this is the first video i find. thanks for your time and foresight, sir!
You Video is not boring. Your video is very interesting. Thank you very much. When I was young I would love to own a projector but they were very expensive in Brazil Best regards from Brazil, Mário
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! Your video was so very helpful and saved us a lot of time and trouble. We spent hours just trying to figure out how to thread the film and then found your You Tube. We are still having problems with the film breaking and having to splice it but at least the projector is working so it brought us a long way along in our quest to video the old film that would otherwise be lost. Many thanks...again and again.
I go to estate sales and always buy every old film I can get my hands on. Better then reality TV. If you get a set covering several years, you can actually watch kids from childhood to college. A friend of mine knowing I had an interest in old films gave me a couple of foot wide reels of White Sands Missle Test Range & Rocket Instrument Test 16mm Film from the 1950's. He has never seen them and while I have a 16mm projector it is not big enough for those reels. Acquiring one is next project.
It is sad. Although true. We are living in a digital world. I remember when my father brought home the projector and we watched War of the Worlds. Classic. Then years went by and it was laser disc and TRON. What a turning point in my life.
I'm so glad that my Bell & Howell 346A projector has the auto load feature. That is just to rought and time comsuming! By the way there should be a nob or leaver to ajust the frame on the projector, the frame was a little off. Nice projector though!
wow, from film to blu-ray, its funny to see how far we have come. My grand father owns a episode of Tom & Jerry (The cat and the mouse, not the really old one from the 20's) i don't know what the name of the episode is.
I had never seen this model B and H before. Sure is an early one, well made and works rather well. The take up reel needs to be straitened out to help the film run onto it without being obstructed (and running loose) or maybe the take up belt needs to be tighter. Interesting.
Thank you for sharing this. I recently bought a Bell and Howell model 253-R from a barn sale and I wasn't sure how to set it up to play film, so thanks for this. I'm assuming my projector is a silent projector, but I'm still excited to test it out :)
@sanmousa Sound Super 8 and 8mm films exsist, but the projectors that play sound are much more expensive, it's a magnetic strip on the side. This however is only on store bought home movies and I believe only on Super 8(check if your projector can play both) . As for your camera it will not have any sound recording capabilities, you can still buy film for it but you'll be stuck hand developing or paying for processing which can be pricey.
Nice Bell & Howell projector, built to last. You need a projector stand so you don't have to tilt the projector so much, makes it harder to acheive all round focus. Other than that, well done.
Brilliant ! Just been given one of these similar to yours, but lamp is missing and I know nothing about them. I intend to try and fix this, your video was great thanks.
hi there, does 8 mm camera recorders record sound as well, also, does projectors play sound? i have just received a gift ( 8 mm recorder and a projector ) and i would like to know much about their abilities in sound recording
My 8mm projector finally came! It looks as if it's been in the attic for at least 10 years. I have done everything you have shown in the video, but I still have a question please. It the empty reel where the film will be rolling on to - suppose to be spinning hard? I am afraid to apply force, since I o not have an opportunity to turn the proejctor on.
@sanmousa The camera and projector that I have don't have any sound recording capability. I think some 8mm films had a magnetic sound track but it's rare.
Nice projector! too bad it's not an autoload though. I got a B&H 16mm projector (video of it on my channel), and it's got autoload. It's wonderful, all you do is stick the leader in the thing, and it threads the projector by itself! (But you gotta take it off autoload after you thread it LOL, or it won't play properly, I learned that the hard way, after causing some sprocket hole damage LOL) These B&H projectors are built to withstand a nuclear blast.
Does anyone know if there is a company or device that will transfer digital video into 8,16, or 35 mm film? I have looked all over google and I just keep finding the opposite process. Any ideas?
Awesome piece of history! Say... would you mind if I use about 5 seconds of the sound of the projector finishing the reel, to a snowboarding video edit that I'm putting together? =) Thanks in advance!! =)
@TheSuperonestore, Sorry, already fixed it. Most of the parts inside were jamed because of it's age. I've cleaned everything one night and now it works perfectly.
Hi, Sorry to bother you, but I have a "Cirse Oregon" 8mm Film projector, but I cannot find any info on it. Have ever heard about it? Could you help me please?
The perforations on super 8 are different so I don't think you can use super 8 As for the bulb, I've never actually replaced it so I'm not sure - using a lower wattage bulb might make the picture darker (I don't even know how to get into the bit where the bulb is and I don't want to start unscrewing things because I'll just end up breaking it)
hey i got a 8mm sound projector, this doesnt even have sound! anyways mine is brand new in the box still and never has been used. any idea on what it may be worth if i sold it?
Lol, that car model can be still bought in India as Brand New. The Brand Name is Ambasador made by Hindustan Motors (HM). They still wont change the design of Ambasador cars.
My Bell and Howell is a lot better working machine I think I may put a video up of it also. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NgA8np2FXmQ.html I made this video with it.More to come
Standard 8mm you magnetically sound stripe it, than record sound on 8mm sound projector such as Eumig S710D. It works well I used to do it. Cheers from Burlington O.n
