The Edison's apparatus from 1894 is used for inspecting a 50-feet long film band connected into an infinite loop. The picture size, band width and perforation were almost identical with those of a today's 35-mm film. The instrument is driven by an electric motor and has the picture frequency of about 40 pictures per second. A spectator observed the film illuminated by a lamp through a rotating disk fitted with radial slot.
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