16mm Projector - Kalart Victor Model 65-10 (1954)

Here's an intimate look at one of the exotic Victor Animatograph (Kalart) 16mm Sound Projectors. Undoubtedly, a complicated and difficult piece of machinery that has puzzled hundreds of teachers and unfamiliarized A/V students in setting up and threading this particular make projector. Tho many have claimed this projector was a great "film handler" with its oddball "backwards" threading and "stationary" sound optics!
It's by far an interesting projector but I can't (personally) take it too seriously because of the oddities. Still a conversation piece. That's why I still have it :)

FYI: The reason Victor had the supply in back of the projector is because the heat from the lamp would warm the film making it pliable as it went through the projector! Makes sense!
Sorry for the corny narration! Had to voice over cause I forgot to turn on internal microphone on camera, duh! :p

Here are some pertinent accessories:
LAMP: DDB
EXCITER: BVS
PHOTO TUBE: RCA 5583 or 927 Cetron CE-25 (3-Pin)

I'll list more shortly

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[museargone]

Within the next week or two, I will debut my Victor Animatograph model 35 which were made betweem 1935 and 1939. I re-capped the amp, new exciter lamp, new photo cell and fully restored case. This mechine is perfect and I had a lot of fun doing it.

[PCinoFlix]

@museargone Hope you let us know of the unveiling!! I think this was Victor's 2nd or 3rd sound projector made :)

[irvl]

This is an old Victor projector before the merger with the Kalart Corporation. I always love operating the Kalart Victors (they're much quieter than the premerger Victors). I disagree that they are difficult to run. But, then, I've been operating them since junior high school. I own several and they are always my favorite machine. Victor made the first 16mm projector, so since the company made the takeup in the front, that's the way it's supposed to be!

[PCinoFlix]

@irvl Actually, this model and the "60" series already had merged with Kalart by 1952 and the projectors were being built by the Motiograph Company of New York or Chicago when Victor merged. I really do like this 65-10 and was probably there best model with all solid wood and the induction motor, and yes, it's very quiet :)

[TheaterBobster]

I remember this projector when I was in high school. I thought it was a great projector. How my schools solved the problem with teachers, operating the equipment, my school had a AV Department. Teachers would request a movie and what period they wanted it to play and the students were assigned to go and show the film.

[PCinoFlix]

@TheaterBobster At least you had an AV Department in your school which was probably the best thing! I remembered these teachers massacring film even on a Bell & Howell auto load, LOL! It took me a double take with the threading on this Victor. Was even more complicated than the Norelco 70mm Projector I ran when I was a Union Projectionist for 15 year!

[TheVideostunad]

Very Interesting video.I have a Kalart/Victor Model 75 fifteen.It runs great,the sound is great.I love mine! Sal

[DustyDingies]

I love these army tank type machines! DD The Creepy Clown

[arclamp]

There is a much quicker way to thread these machines: Open the gate (film trap), soundhead rollers, and sprocket shoes. Mount feed and take-up reels, attach leader to takeup reel and take up a foot or two. Draw down a loop of film to the soundhead. Thread the soundhead first, then from soundhead to take-up reel, then the gate back to feed reel. Take up slack, test threading and enjoy the show!

[arclamp]

I just happened upon this video. I was the resident Kalart-Victor expert in junior high and high school, and loved running Victors so much because they were unique. In fact, my first 16mm sound projector I personally owned was a Victor 65-10, but not in pristine shape as yours.

[master777999]

Wow, what a complex machine! Great demonstration of it. How did you find out how to set it up?

[museargone]

@PCinoFlix Hey, I'll let you know! I think your right, it seems to me that the earliest sound 16mm projector would have been made would have been 1930 or so,but I am not sure. Anyway, It is running PERFECT and I am just finnishing up with restoring the case. Are you a 16mm fan/collector?

[irvl]

Per "The Victor Animatograph Company and the Genesis of Non-theatrical Film," an article by David H. Shepard, and published in the Spring, 1976 issue of CLASSIC FILM COLLECTOR, the officers of Victor Animatograph approached the Kalart Corporation in 1955. A short time later, Kalart merged Victor into its operations, and it became the Kalart Victor Corporation. In all probability, this merger took place in 1956. Motiograph assembled Victor projectors from 1951 to 1955, per the same article.