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THE CORONET 9.5 mm PROJEC-
TOR
Coronet Camera Company of Birmingham, In 1937 they produced what they designated as
UK, was founded in the late 1920s, the Coronet Model II. Usual for the time, this
concentrating on the manufacturer of low machine incorporated a fully cast metal body
priced still cameras, they branched into to with fixed reel arms, the base of the unit was
Home Movie market in the 1930s, producing a designed to hold the lamp resistance, as well as
low cost 9.5 mm camera and a simple 9.5 mm an optional motor.
projector.
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