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and economies o f ordinary films insofar
as production, laboratory practice and
finishing are concerned, is capable o f from
ten to twenty times the amount o f reliable,
unbroken operation procurable from any
other film that exists. It comprises what
18 termed a “ composite” film embracing
two portions, one, the non-inflammable film
upon which the picture is printed (this
Portion however carries no sprocket per
forations as do ordinary films) and the
other, an apertured metal ribbon having
Marginal feed perforations fo r engagement
^ith the sprocket teeth o f the projector,
the two portions being permanetly fastened
together. By this process the fragile film
relieved o f all mechanical functioning
jn the projector and the “ life” o f the film
is accordingly limited only by the wearing
The Repeatoscope shows automatic movies
from real film.
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qualities o f the metal carrying ribbon to
which it is secured.
The Repeatoscope reliably projects each
film fo r at least twelve hundred to upwards
o f two thousand times W IT H O U T A N Y
BREAK S. No other machine in the world
can even remotely approach this measure
o f dependable performance. This exclusive
feature o f superiority is only one o f the
many technical advantages which accrue
from the employment o f Repeatoscope
“ composite” film, others being; the clean
liness with which the strip operates through
the projector without any deposit o f
emulsion shreds on the sprockets or aper
ture plate— protecting the film proper from
the heat o f the lamp by reserving a blank
portion o f the metal carrier between the
beginning and the end o f the picture strip,
which portion occupies the film track in
the projector when the machine is brought
to rest, the film meanwhile having been
carried back to the storage spools out of
harm’s way.
Repeatoscope “ composite”
film is 28 millimeters wide, affording a
large aperture which permits brilliant
illumination from a minimum light source
and yields an image o f suitable dimen
sions fo r either advertising display or
a m u s e m e n t machine purposes. Many prob
lems have had to be solved in the develop
ment o f this machine. As a matter o f fact,
the apparatus constitutes such a signal
departure from standard practice as to
present an entirely new art o f it’s own.
The device employs it’s own film assembl
ing and printing facilities, it’s own special
projector, and aside from employing stand
ard negatives fo r the pictures and using
regular non-inflammable film stock in the
p r e p a r a tio n
o f the special films, it is
entirely independent o f the established
motion picture industry.
The Repeatoscope has been developed
over the past ten years and is completely
equipped fo r the production o f machines,
composite films and other accessories. It
is remotely removed from any possible
competition from any similar apparatus,
and is o f course impregnably patented both
here and abroad. As an advertising ma
chine, as well as a coin machine, the
Repeatoscope has been thoroughly tested
and proved over sufficiently long periods
in actual service. '
Six advertising machines have been
operated fo r six months in and near
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