How to thread a 16mm projector

John O’Shea gave us a lesson on working with film, showing us how to thread a 16mm projector. We had a little help from an old demonstration video on youtube (see at the bottom of this post), and then had a crack ourselves.

We decided to make our own ‘How to’ video. Sam and Peter try and thread a 16mm projector for the first time (with a bit of help from John). The film we projected is an original film from the Chinese Ministry of Culture called ‘Women in China’.

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