Auto-Magic Picture Gun and Theatre, Film no.620, Jungle Adventures, 1939
Item — Box: 020
Identifier: 003
Film strip no.620, Jungle Adventures featuring Little Black Sambo; one of two films housed in original pictorial box included with toy set that is also complete with original pictorial box and projector gun. The box describes the toy as the "new deluxe no.490 model." The metal gun acts as a film projector to view the films; by pulling the trigger you can aim the projection towards the wall and watch the included films, Junlgle Adventures (subject no.620) and Children's Classics (subject no.645). Projector gun is no longer operational, and the theatre is missing from the set. Item 212 in collection catalog.
Dates
- Creation: 1939
Separated Materials
The film has been separated and placed in cold storage. Film ID: ROB002
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Rare Books Collecting Area
Contact:
Cassie Brand, Curator of Rare Books
MSC 1061-141-B
1 Brookings Drive
St. Louis MO 63130 US
(314) 935-5495
spec@wumail.wustl.edu
Cassie Brand, Curator of Rare Books
MSC 1061-141-B
1 Brookings Drive
St. Louis MO 63130 US
(314) 935-5495
spec@wumail.wustl.edu