What To Project?

The ad published in June 1959 seems to be publicizing the Bell & Howell projectors, but the product is not the first thing viewers notice. The ad is just another example of how they thought that the presence of a woman could increase the glamor quotient of an ad.

Do you know how a projector works? Zoopraxiscope (projector’s glass) rapidly moves the still images by rotating glass disks to create a motion effect for the viewers. The first successful movie projector was invented by the Lumière brothers, who based it on the work of French inventor Léon Bouly, who created the word “cinematograph.”