Old Time Movies

As I'm sure you're all aware by now I'm always on the look out for new items and trinkets to add to my inventory of "stuff"; my latest acquisition is a vintage Elmo 8mm reel to reel movie projector. This and a series of silent movies were sourced from my grandparents old house in a recent clear out and so I decided to take it home. I'm not much of a geek for old tech but I did want to see if I could get it running.

Luckily the thing still worked without a hint of a problem which is quite a surprise considering how old it is. I even learnt a thing or two about how reel to reel works and how to load a film (as this wasn't one of those fancy automatic threading projectors). 

Sorry for the poor quality photos, my camera doesn't quite seem to like the dark...

Observant viewers will notice I don't have a take up reel so I'm using 2 CD's from my old failed Wimshurst machine to act as one instead.