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For years I believed my first projector was a Christmas gift of a hand cranked battery light sourced BRUMBERGER plastic machine I was in awe of when I was 9 years old. I even received TWO 50' Castle headline reels with it (Woody Woodpecker and Oswald the Rabbit.) But it dawned on me recently that I had a projector a few years before that: the MICKEY MOUSE CLUB NEWSREEL PROJECTOR. What was YOUR first machine?

Chris, is that a photo of your projector? If so, that is a reel collectors item.

My first projector was RCA PG-201 16mm and for super 8 sound, a Eumig712. I still have the PG-201. Back in 1973 that Eumig was very impressive and still is. Before the Eumig 712 I used a B&H silent(forgot the model). I would make films, then record a sound track on my tape deck with sound effects, music and narration. It synced up pretty good as long as you weren't syncing dialogue. I still have one of those films, but due to not being able to acquire permission from the people in the film cannot put it online.

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Wow, does that bring back memories???!!! I had one of those contraptions too. Had a cardboard slide strip that encased the thin strip of film that contained the grainy b&w photos. The projector had a push button to advance to the next frame. There was a 7" record (that might have played at 33&1/3 rpm) that came with each film strip program. I distinctly remember a rather drab voiced/monotone announcer on the beginning of each record saying, "Push the button when you hear this beep", and a beep would sound.
I guess it was later that Kenner came out with the "Give-A-Show Projector", I had one of those too.
I guess I was 9 or 10 when my father finally caved and gave me access to his Revere 88 regular 8mm projector. It was around that time I also became an "Audio Visual Aid" in school and every morning would deliver various type projectors to the classrooms they were reserved for each day. Throughout the day I was also called upon to assist teachers who found threading 16mm projectors just too complicated. Good way to miss a few minutes of class here and there.

I had forgotten all about that projector. I, too, had one when I was 8 years old. I had made a dark theatre out of an old very large cardboard box. I conducted showings for several of my friends in it.