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Ally Castillo

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Do You Know What This Is Called?​

Friends, Romans, countrymen… It’s time to rise and shine! Ally here, bringing you a little brightness this morning. I had a bizarre dream last night where I was back in school and tasked to control this old machine in the classroom. It whirred softly, cast a glow on the screen, and with every beep, someone had to turn the knob to advance the next frame. I forgot what it’s called, though. Do you know its name? Let me know below!

What are your memories of this classic classroom gadget? Image Credit: Reddit

Oh, feel free to share your memories from back then in the comments as well! Looking forward to everyone's stories!

Warm Regards,
Ally

 

dlabelle777

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Movie projector

 

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Slide projector

 

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Filmstrip projector.

 

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Photo Projector

 

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Eileen

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Film strip projector. And we were so special if the teacher let you turn the knob to operate it while they stood at the screen with a pointer pointing to things for us to look at.

 

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Slide projector

 

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Film projector.
The slide project you put the individual pictures in a tray and put it through the project

 

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lmclendenin

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Filmstrip projector
I used one quite a bit when I taught in the 70s!

 

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Filmstrip projector

 

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Slide projector

 

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Film projector

 

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Projector, you put slides in, one at a time, or fancy a circle of slides that you could twist into place.

 

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Gayle B.

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It’s a film strip projector. Most often a student from the AV club got to advance the strip to the next one when the teacher gave the signal. That wasn’t the club for me. I was into music. Marching band in the fall for football games, pep band in the stands for basketball games, practice for concert band and the orchestra! That was my jam!

 

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Filmstrip projector

 

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