REEL, FILM

Description: 1. CASE. LIGHT BLUE PLASTIC CIRCULAR REEL CASE, WITH LID. INTERIOR OF BASE EMBOSSED "BOW". OUTSIDE CENTRE OF LID HAS RED AND WHITE STICKER WITH "GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS CO. TITLE DATE MADE IN CANADA". PRICE STICKER BESIDE WITH "WOOLCO 192 4 8 6 GF 60 .68". CIRCULAR WHITE AND RED ADHESIVE LABEL HAS COME DETACHED; READS "MOTION PICTURE FILM COMPCO CORP. CHICAGO 47, ILL."; ALSO SPACES FOR RECORDING FILM INFORMATION. 2. REEL, 8MM. CIRCULAR; SIX SPOKES. EMBOSSED ON BOTH SIDES "200 FT. - 8MM."; ALSO GRADUATED NUMBERS INDICATING MINUTES AND FEET.

History: PURCHASED BY DONOR AND WIFE MARIAN, AT BIRTH OF FIRST DAUGHTER IN JULY 1958. USED WITH BROWNIE "TURRET F-1.9" MOTION PICTURE CAMERA (NOT INCLUDED), FOR FILMING CHILDREN FROM THEIR INFANCY, ON BIRTHDAYS, HOLIDAY TRIPS, FAMILY GATHERINGS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS. DONOR CLAIMS IT WAS USED EXTENSIVELY. SIX YEARS AGO DONOR HAD ALL FILMS MADE WITH CAMERA EDITED AND TRANSPOSED TO VIDEO AS GIFTS FOR CHILDREN. DONOR WORKED AS ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE MEMBER AND WAS TRANSFERRED OFTEN, RETIRING FROM THE FORCE IN 1971. MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN DECEMBER THAT YEAR, AND TAUGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 21 YEARS AT THE LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, RETIRING IN 1992.