Siemens 2000

Siemens 2000 16mm film projector. The machine can play both film and perf tape (perforated sound track). The film is threaded on the front of the machine and the perf tape on the back. This allowed the machine to be used to sync the soundtrack and film after editing. It was also possible to play analog sound from the film itself using optical and magnetic soundtracks. The projector is equipped with a filament lamp. The projector was owned by filmmaker Magnús Jóhannsson. Magnús ran the Radio Raftækjastofan on Óðinsgata and used the machine to synchronize the sound and picture after editing the film and the soundtrack. When the editing was finished, he had to send the film and the soundtrack abroad to have the sound dubbed onto the film. He then showed the results, mostly documentaries, on a projector far and wide across the country in the 1960s. 16mm projectors were common in those years, but most of them only played film with analog sound on the film itself. This type was considered very cool and high-quality, and was used only by filmmakers because of its ability to play both film and perf tape.