The film sponsored by Bell & Howell shows their entire lineup available in the mid 70's.
If you like 16mm film projectors
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OMG that takes me back....could have been my classrooms! We had the rounded-case manual load ones (older) and the harder-edged autofocus ones.
In the 8th grade I went to Fort Ross Elementary School, a little 3 room school house with 6th, 7th and 8th grades in one room all of us taught by the same teacher, Mr. Eynon, who was also the school principle and the school bus driver too. On weekends he was a Deputy Sheriff in Guerneville, a real go getter.
Mr. Eynon was very progressive and innovative. During one month in the spring of 1965 we all participated in a simulation of life as an adult. We each picked a profession, were issued checks run off on the mimeograph, and learned how to write checks, balance a checkbook and how to budget our earnings and how to file income taxes.
As part of the exercise we each plied our professions during school hours, with limited classroom study. One of my classmates Billy decided he was gonna own a movie theater (his father was the president of the school board and the Ranger at Fort Ross). Mr. Eynon let Billy order 16mm films from the county of Sonoma Dept of Education and he set up a makeshift theater in the unfinished school basement. The school projector was set up in the basement along with a popcorn popper. We all spent every lunch hour in the basement, watching movies in Billy’s Theater and eating popcorn. The 7th and 8th graders that were couples used the time for make out sessions,
One of the films that was shown over and over again was a film from the 1949, “Dating Do’s and Don’ts”.
Finally the game of life was put to a screeching halt by angry parents that flocked to a School Board meeting in outrage. Funny thing though is that during that month in the spring of ‘65 I learned many things that helped me function as a responsible adult and I know the rest of my classmates did too. So this exercise in simulated adulthood wasn’t a complete waste of time.
Personally, I think that schools today would be wise to implement this curriculum so kids would be better prepared for adulthood.
I’ve attached a link to “Dating Do’s and Don’ts”.
Eddie
post was last edited: 5/10/2023-11:34]
Mr. Eynon was very progressive and innovative. During one month in the spring of 1965 we all participated in a simulation of life as an adult. We each picked a profession, were issued checks run off on the mimeograph, and learned how to write checks, balance a checkbook and how to budget our earnings and how to file income taxes.
As part of the exercise we each plied our professions during school hours, with limited classroom study. One of my classmates Billy decided he was gonna own a movie theater (his father was the president of the school board and the Ranger at Fort Ross). Mr. Eynon let Billy order 16mm films from the county of Sonoma Dept of Education and he set up a makeshift theater in the unfinished school basement. The school projector was set up in the basement along with a popcorn popper. We all spent every lunch hour in the basement, watching movies in Billy’s Theater and eating popcorn. The 7th and 8th graders that were couples used the time for make out sessions,
One of the films that was shown over and over again was a film from the 1949, “Dating Do’s and Don’ts”.
Finally the game of life was put to a screeching halt by angry parents that flocked to a School Board meeting in outrage. Funny thing though is that during that month in the spring of ‘65 I learned many things that helped me function as a responsible adult and I know the rest of my classmates did too. So this exercise in simulated adulthood wasn’t a complete waste of time.
Personally, I think that schools today would be wise to implement this curriculum so kids would be better prepared for adulthood.
I’ve attached a link to “Dating Do’s and Don’ts”.
Eddie
post was last edited: 5/10/2023-11:34]
I have a 1952 Bell & Howell model 202 for my modest 16mm film collection. These older models don't have that pesky worm gear that cracks from age.
cfz2882
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the worm gear problem..
my '82 BH has that problem... I also have '55,75,and 1980 BH 16s and a singer from 1971
The worm in the '82 machine is white plastic-the 1975 is silvery gray plastic and not cracked-that machine runs good the 1980 i have not checked or ran.
my '82 BH has that problem... I also have '55,75,and 1980 BH 16s and a singer from 1971
The worm in the '82 machine is white plastic-the 1975 is silvery gray plastic and not cracked-that machine runs good the 1980 i have not checked or ran.Shy Guy (1947)
I know there a quite a few fans of the TV show 'Bewitched' on this forum.
Here's a 16mm educational film with a 19 year old Dick York in the starring role.
I find it especially hillarious when it shows him in the basement working on old radios, because that's a hobby hobby of mine.
I know there a quite a few fans of the TV show 'Bewitched' on this forum.
Here's a 16mm educational film with a 19 year old Dick York in the starring role.
I find it especially hillarious when it shows him in the basement working on old radios, because that's a hobby hobby of mine.
The first projector I remember at school was the B&H 545 Autoload. That was when I was in 4th grade. They had those through the rest of Elementary, and in Jr. High. The Elementary also had a Kodak, and Jr. High also had a Graflex. I helped in the AV room in High School, and we had several B&H projectors - a 545, 552, a couple 1545's, and a 1552. There was also one Singer Graflex. The HS had a 20' wide Cinemascope screen in the gym/auditorium, with connections to the PA system. This is where we usually saw special rented movies around holidays. We saw "Psycho" one year, but it was the TV print. Another time we saw "The Thrill of it All" with Doris Day. They usually rented 3 per year. Never any Disney titles - rental too expensive.
My Aunt Doris and Uncle Joe had a B&H, I think it was a 1552. I tried to talk my parents into getting one, but they weren't about to spend that kind of money for something like that.
About 20 years ago the school had a surplus sale, and had several included. There was a nearly new looking 1592 I wanted, and a nice 2552, but I had to leave for a dental appointment before they got to those. I asked my neighbor to go as high as $30, but each sold for $40 or $50.
My Aunt Doris and Uncle Joe had a B&H, I think it was a 1552. I tried to talk my parents into getting one, but they weren't about to spend that kind of money for something like that.
About 20 years ago the school had a surplus sale, and had several included. There was a nearly new looking 1592 I wanted, and a nice 2552, but I had to leave for a dental appointment before they got to those. I asked my neighbor to go as high as $30, but each sold for $40 or $50.
