Videocassette, circa 1974

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Artifact Overview

The American Marketing and Sales Company (AMSC) issued this videocassette with a Fairchild projector in 1976. Salesmen used these to explain AMSC's computerized "Mowtron" mower. It ran on gasoline but took direction from an electronic sensory and guidance system -- not a human operator. The film also highlighted safety features, such as sensitized bumpers that stopped the machine when it touched an obstacle.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Videocassette

Date Made

circa 1974

Creator Notes

Videocassette made by Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation, Industrial Products Division. Recording done by Colonial Films of Doraville, Georgia.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2020.131.17

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic
Cardboard

Color

Black (Color)
Gray (Color)
White (Color)
Blue

Dimensions

Height: 1.188 in
Width: 6.5 in
Length: 9.125 in

Inscriptions

on top of videocassette: INSERT / TOP / FAIRCHILD / MOVIEPAK / Seventy 10 sticker on top of videocassette: COLONIAL / FILMS / F / 4315 N.E. Expressway Rd. / Doraville, Georgia 30340 on back of videocassette: FAIRCHILD / INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS / PATENT NUMBERS / 3,244,469 & 3,244,470 on front of videocassette cover: FAIRCHILD / MOVIE PACK / Seventy 10 / INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS / A DIVISION OF FAIRCHILD CAMERA AND INSTRUMENT CORPORATION / FOR USE IN ALL / FAIRCHILD SERIES 70 ENDLESS LOOP / AND CART-REEL PROJECTORS on side of videocassette cover: Film Laboratory should adhere to Fairchild's published recommended film and cassettte loading specifications. on back of videocassette cover: FOR USE IN ALL FAIRCHILD SEVENTY SERIES PROJECTORS / SEVENTY-07 SEVENTY-21 / SEVENTY-27 SEVENTY-31 / SEVENTY-37 SEVENTY-41 / 15=387 on side of videocassette cover: For use in all FAIRCHILD Series 70 Endless Loop and Cart-Reel Projectors