Classic Multiformat Moviola Film Horse for your leaders in any format.
Most Editors like to have their regular and Academy Leaders handy while editing. You mount these 2 stands to a board to sit on your bench. (You can mount them directly to your table or bench - but that is a Marriage/Inheritance hazard - better to mount them to a board. Make it a nice Oak or even exotic wood for a great look.) The stands are 9 inches high, and you'll have about 10 inches wide usable space for reels. They will hold 18 inch reels, but I usually never go above 400 foot reels for leader storage. I hold to the standard of using one color for the Head, and a different color for the tail so I know if the film needs rewinding. Just lift the plain end to slip the reels into place.
I ship these in a USPS Priority Medium Flat rate box. Reels for demonstration - They are not Included.
And a little History. “Iwan Serrurier started his Moviola company in 1917 to build a home movie viewer. The name was a copy of "Victrola" since he thought his invention would do for home movie viewing what the Victrola did for home music listening. But the machine cost $600 in 1920 (that’s over $20,000 in today’s dollars), so not many sales. An editor at Douglas Fairbanks Studios suggested that Iwan should adapt the device for use by film editors. Serrurier did this and the Moviola as an editing device was born in 1924 with the first Moviola being sold to Douglas Fairbanks himself. All of the Major Studios jumped on board, and his invention was an immediate success. A full line of Editing Equipment followed.
In 1966 Moviola Co. was sold to Magnasync Corporation (a subsidiary of Craig Corporation) of North Hollywood for $3 million. The new name was Magnasync/Moviola Corp. The new management immediately tripled its production and earned back its purchase price within 2 years. Competitors sprang up. Ediquip copied the equipment with excellent quality, and painted it Moviola Green, and was promply sued by Moviola. By the time the lawsuit was settled, the industry was fading, and Ediquip ended up buying both Moviola & Precision for Sound Equipment, adoping Moviola as the surviving name. In the transition period you are likely to find Moviola, Precision, and Ediqup equipment branded under any of those names. Ediquip wasn’t the only company to copy Moviola – Japanese Company Takita also marketed vey similar equipment – many of the parts interchangeable just like Ediquip…. HFC - Hollywood Film Company also made excellent rewinds - but the parts are not interchangeable with any of the Moviola brands. Moviola Co. was sold to J&R Film Co., Inc. in 1984. They are not supporting any of the older film equipment – but are supporting & teaching Video Editing Technology. (Thanks to Wikipedia for the basics in this History.)