Harmour & Heath motion picture projector
Object No. 2007/191/4
The Harmour and Heath projector and amplifier were manufactured in Australia around 1950. The design and construction of the amplifier demonstrates the level of engineering expertise reached by post war Australian manufacturers. The Museum has a small but interesting collection of high quality 16mm sound and silent film projectors that all date from around the middle of the last century. This period represents a high point in the use of this media in educational institutions and domestic settings. As a group the projectors also demonstrate the sharing of expertise and the spread of technology and manufacturing techniques from the USA to the UK and Australia (from Bell & Howell to Gaumont British to Cinevox and Harmour & Heath).
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Summary
Object Statement
Motion picture projector and audio amplifier, 'Compacta' 16mm, metal / rubber / wood, made by Harmour & Heath, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1950
Physical Description
Motion picture projector and audio amplifier, 'Compacta' 16mm, metal / rubber / wood, made by Harmour & Heath, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1950 'Compacta' 16mm motion picture projector, manufactured by Harmour & Heath, North Sydney, around 1950 Audio amplifier, manufactured by Harmour & Heath, North Sydney, around 1950
PRODUCTION
Notes
Manufactured in Australia by Harmour and Heath.
HISTORY
Notes
Used and collected by Bob Lucas until his death in the late 1980s. They were used to present 16mm motion picture films with sound in small auditoriums and theatres in Sydney by Bob Lucas. Retained by the Lucas family until this donation.
SOURCE
Credit Line
Gift of the Lucas family, 2007
Acquisition Date
28 November 2007
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