Fairchild seventy 07 super 8mm projector portable - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Ray Barber · 6th Feb 2016, 5:14 pm

Does anyone know anything about these? I bought it on Ebay thinking it would play some Super 8 sound tapes I have but it looks like it requires some form of cassette.

Heatercathodeshort · 6th Feb 2016, 5:33 pm

I'm going to take a guess at this one. I reckon what you have is a silent super 8 projector that can be synchronized with an audio cassette recorded on an independent machine and then coupled to the projector. Has it got an audio head for striped films? John.

Ray Barber · 6th Feb 2016, 5:38 pm

I don't believe so. There's no way to attach reels, just a recess that takes the film cartridge. From what I can make out, they were popular in the USA and could be fitted into a pay booth to play cartoons and the like.

Cobaltblue · 6th Feb 2016, 5:39 pm

Does indeed seem to require a cartridge.

Called a Movie Pak Cartridge

Cheers

Mike T

Ray Barber · 6th Feb 2016, 6:08 pm

Some sort of loop arrangement.

Cobaltblue · 6th Feb 2016, 6:21 pm

There is a video here talking about a different projector but shows a good picture of the Fairchild cartridge at around 2:05 on.

Cheers

Mike T

Radio Wrangler · 7th Feb 2016, 4:44 am

I remember an American semiconductor firm's rep coming round with one (not sure which firm). That may be how one wound up on this side of the Atlantic.

Fairchild started out as the Fairchild Camera company.

David

wd40addict · 7th Feb 2016, 2:49 pm

They were being sold off in the UK from an advert in the back of 'Movie Maker'. This must've been around 1980. They were cheap and I nearly succumbed until my father pointed out they needed the special cassette.

Fairchild also made some lovely pickups and the amazing 412-ED turntable that used a valve amp and oscillator to drive the motor - predating the Linn Valhalla etc by 30 years!

Regards,

Paul

hamid_1 · 7th Feb 2016, 2:57 pm

I vaguely remember seeing something like this at school. It was in biology class - it showed a short educational film about cells dividing or similar. The film was an endless loop inside the cartridge and it repeated continuously, like the 8-track audio tapes that were once popular.

If this is indeed the same thing, then unfortunately I don't think it will be practical to play your old open-reel home movies on it. They were made for playing short endless loop film cartridges for education or sales presentations. (I believe there were also coin-operated machines using the same principle, which played cartoons or music clips.)

6th Feb 2016, 5:14 pm	#1
Ray Barber Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Droitwich, Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 8	Fairchild seventy 07 super 8mm projector portable Does anyone know anything about these? I bought it on Ebay thinking it would play some Super 8 sound tapes I have but it looks like it requires some form of cassette.

6th Feb 2016, 5:33 pm	#2
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: Fairchild seventy 07 super 8mm projector portable I'm going to take a guess at this one. I reckon what you have is a silent super 8 projector that can be synchronized with an audio cassette recorded on an independent machine and then coupled to the projector. Has it got an audio head for striped films? John.

6th Feb 2016, 5:38 pm	#3
Ray Barber Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Droitwich, Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 8	Re: Fairchild seventy 07 super 8mm projector portable I don't believe so. There's no way to attach reels, just a recess that takes the film cartridge. From what I can make out, they were popular in the USA and could be fitted into a pay booth to play cartoons and the like.

6th Feb 2016, 5:39 pm	#4
Cobaltblue Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Exeter, Devon and Poole, Dorset UK. Posts: 6,880	Re: Fairchild seventy 07 super 8mm projector portable Does indeed seem to require a cartridge. Called a Movie Pak Cartridge Cheers Mike T Attached Thumbnails __________________ Invisible airwaves crackle with life or at least they used to Mike T BVWS member. www.cossor.co.uk

6th Feb 2016, 6:08 pm	#5
Ray Barber Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Droitwich, Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 8	Re: Fairchild seventy 07 super 8mm projector portable Some sort of loop arrangement.

6th Feb 2016, 6:21 pm	#6
Cobaltblue Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Exeter, Devon and Poole, Dorset UK. Posts: 6,880	Re: Fairchild seventy 07 super 8mm projector portable There is a video here talking about a different projector but shows a good picture of the Fairchild cartridge at around 2:05 on. Cheers Mike T __________________ Invisible airwaves crackle with life or at least they used to Mike T BVWS member. www.cossor.co.uk

7th Feb 2016, 4:44 am	#7
Radio Wrangler Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fife, Scotland, UK. Posts: 22,905	Re: Fairchild seventy 07 super 8mm projector portable I remember an American semiconductor firm's rep coming round with one (not sure which firm). That may be how one wound up on this side of the Atlantic. Fairchild started out as the Fairchild Camera company. David __________________ Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done

7th Feb 2016, 2:49 pm	#8
wd40addict Octode Join Date: May 2009 Location: Stevenage, Herts. UK. Posts: 1,518	Re: Fairchild seventy 07 super 8mm projector portable They were being sold off in the UK from an advert in the back of 'Movie Maker'. This must've been around 1980. They were cheap and I nearly succumbed until my father pointed out they needed the special cassette. Fairchild also made some lovely pickups and the amazing 412-ED turntable that used a valve amp and oscillator to drive the motor - predating the Linn Valhalla etc by 30 years! Regards, Paul Last edited by wd40addict; 7th Feb 2016 at 2:57 pm.

7th Feb 2016, 2:57 pm	#9
hamid_1 Heptode Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks. UK. Posts: 811	Re: Fairchild seventy 07 super 8mm projector portable I vaguely remember seeing something like this at school. It was in biology class - it showed a short educational film about cells dividing or similar. The film was an endless loop inside the cartridge and it repeated continuously, like the 8-track audio tapes that were once popular. If this is indeed the same thing, then unfortunately I don't think it will be practical to play your old open-reel home movies on it. They were made for playing short endless loop film cartridges for education or sales presentations. (I believe there were also coin-operated machines using the same principle, which played cartoons or music clips.)