Eiki RT–2

Eiki RT–2 16mm film projector, plays 16mm film with analog sound. The projector has a filament lamp. The Eiki brand was one of the most common brands of projectors during the second half of the 16mm era. The projectors were self-winding and very user-friendly. Japanese projectors were also much cheaper. The film archive has numerous 16mm projectors of various makes and models. The projectors were mainly used by professionals and institutions, but such projectors were widely used in schools and businesses from about 1950, when all educational and promotional material was on film, until the era of video. A 16mm projector was in virtually every school in Iceland; most were from the American brands Bell & Howell and Kalart Victor, and later from the Japanese brand Eiki. Educational films were distributed through the Icelandic Educational Film Library, which later became the National Educational Media Institute. An amplifier was usually built into the projectors, and speakers were included. In larger auditoriums, however, the machines were typically connected to the building's sound system. The image was projected onto a screen or walls, but in most classrooms across the country, there were pull-down projection screens. East End School and the Reykjavík Technical School had a special auditorium, and East End School was considered to have the most advanced school buildings in Europe, featuring a sloping auditorium. The Austurbæjarskóli used a Kalart Victor machine, while the Iðnskólinn had three types of projectors.