Watch an 8mm film strip on your Keystone projector.
The Keystone K252 displays 8mm home movie reels. The reels are usually only a few minutes in length since most home 8mm film cameras only have the ability to shoot a few minutes at a time. The film projector does not have a speaker attachment, so there is no audio while you watch the home movie. However, most 8mm cameras of the time--1950-1960s--did not have a built-in recording microphone.
Instructions
1. Slide the reel with the film on it onto the top spinning bracket. Make sure the film spins towards the projection surface in an overhead direction (like a roll of toilet paper that spins down instead of up).
2. Roll the film around and underneath the spool on the top of the projection gears. This helps feed the film into the actual projector.
3. Feed the film down through the protector on the front of the device, then out the bottom and around the second spool.
4. Slide the tip of the film strip into the small slit on the collection spindle. Rotate the collection spindle a few times so the film wraps around it. This tightens the connection and ensures the film does not fall off of the collection spindle.
5. Tighten the film strip so there are no loose areas in the film (turn the spindles taut). There are small groves around the spools you want the brackets in the film strip to connect with. Once the grooves fit in the brackets you may push the "Play" button. The Keystone K525 projector now begins to produce the film onto the projection surface such as a white wall or projection screen.
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