Directory of manufacturers and suppliers

Note that some equipment must be purchased through a contractor or authorized dealer and cannot be purchased directly by businesses or individuals.

• See individual Equipment and Tools pages for suppliers by product type. (eventually)
• See also: Boston Light & Sound's list of manufacturers here
• See also: 16mm Directory's list of suppliers here
• See also: Film Forever's list of products and suppliers here

Projector repair

→ see also Technical Consultants

• Richard Burgess - rbfilm@msn.com - Eiki and Elmo repair, dealer for xenon bulbs for Eiki and Elmo projectors manufactured by Superior Quartz

• Van Eck (Netherlands)
  • S8 and table-top 16mm projectors repair

New Equipment

Audio equipment

• Crown Audio
  • Amplifiers

• Dolby
  • Sound processors

• JBL Professional
  • Speakers

• QSC
  • Amps and speakers

Booth tools, reels, splicers, leader, and other supplies

• Boston Connection
  • Splicing tape, archival inspection and editing supplies, leader

• Christy's Editorial
  • Splicing tape, archival inspection and editing supplies, leader

• CIR
  • Splicers for 8mm, Super8, 9.5mm, 16mm, 35mm, 70mm and other film gauges
  • Rewind and inspection tables

• Dancan
  • Film cans, reels, and cores for 8mm, Super 8, 16mm, and 35mm
  • Film leader for 8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm, 16mm, and 35mm
  • Splicing tape
  • Film testing kits and archival supplies

• Gaylord Archival - A general-purpose archival supply company. Many of the film-related items are from Christy's or STIL.
  • Film cans, reels, and cores for 16mm and 35mm
  • Storage boxes for 8mm
  • Film leader for 16mm and 35mm
  • Perforated and unperforated splicing tape
  • Acid-free reel bands for 16mm and 35mm
  • Acetate test strips and gas-absorbent can liners
  • Christy's film cleaner
  • Film rulers, inspection gloves, acid-free tape, archival pens, and other archival supplies

• Goldberg Brothers, Inc.
  • Show reels, shipping reels, and split reels [link]
  • Projector port windows and optical glass [link] [link]
  • Speaker brackets [link]
  • Ciro brand splicers [link]
  • 6k reel cabinets for 35mm or 70mm film [link]
  • Trailer flanges [link]

• Hollywood Film Co. [CLOSED]
  • Goldberg cans
  • Light tables
  • Manual and motorized rewind benches
  • Reels and split reels
  • Ultrasonic splicers, hot splicers, and guillotine splicers
  • Synchronizers
  • Film printers

• Hollywood Film Supplies
  • 8mm, S8mm, 16mm, 35mm, 70mm leader
  • Splicing and perforation repair tape

• Kelmar Systems
  • Vertical rewind benches, spindles, and parts [link]
  • Projector port windows [link]
  • Dimmers and lighting control systems [link]
  • Film cleaning and conditioning systems [link]

• Kinetronics
  • Anti-static and cleaning supplies

• Kinoton
  • Horizontal inspection benches and film viewers

• Kodak
  • Leader in Super 8, 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, 65mm, and 70mm
  • Cans and cores for 16mm, 35mm, and 70mm
• Splicing tape and film cement
• Molecular sieves

• Neumade
  • Reels and flanges
  • Splicers and splicing tape
  • Projector port windows
  • Hand-crank rewinds

• PEC
  • Film cans for 16mm and 35mm film, leader, splicing tape (including S8 size), CIR splicer parts

• STIL Casing Solutions
  • Film cans for 16mm and 35mm film

• Tuscan Corporation
  • Film cans for 8mm, Super 8, 16mm, and 35mm
  • Reels for 8mm, Super 8, 16mm, and 35mm

• Urbanski Film
  • Splicing tape, splicers, inspection supplies, reels & cans

Bulbs & lamps

• Osram Xenon lamps
• Ushio Xenon lamps
• Richard Burgess - rbfilm@msn.com - Eiki and Elmo repair, dealer for xenon bulbs for Eiki and Elmo projectors manufactured by Superior Quartz

Lenses

• Schneider Optics [find dealer]
  • Projector lenses and accessories [link]

Looper rollers

• K3camera
  • makes looper rollers that can be bought apart from the loopers themselves

Projectors (new)

→ see also the AMIA Film Advocacy Task Force list of motion picture projector manufacturers

• Cinemec

• Cinemeccanica

• Prevost

Projector parts

• Richard Burgess - rbfilm@msn.com - Eiki and Elmo projector parts

• Kelmar Systems
  • Changeover systems [link]
  • Sound readers and related supplies [link]
  • Reel arms and rollers [link]

• Kinoton
  • 16mm, 35mm, and 70mm projectors
  • Lamphouses
  • Sound readers

• McMaster Carr
  • General non-film parts and hardware

• RC Classic
  • Eiki, Elmo and Bell&Howell projector parts

• Urbanski Film
  • Elmo replacement rollers, Eiki worm gears

• Van Eck (Netherlands)
  • Belts & projector parts for Eiki Elmo Bell & Howell and many other S8 and 16mm projectors

Screens, masking, and curtains

• Da-Lite
  • Screens for front and rear projection [link]
  • Portable projector carts and adjustable-height stands [link]

• Harkness Screens

• Strong/MDI
  • Screens [link]
  • Screen frames [link]
  • Masking systems [link]

Software

• Visual Analyzer Free Oscilloscope Software for Windows/Linux useful for checking optical sound focusing for example
• Film-o-sync tool for driving digital audio in sync with a film projector (and soon subtitle lists)
• Belle nuit subtitler open-source tool for creating & videoprojecting subtitles
• BQstit open-source tool for creating & videoprojecting subtitles

Test films

• 16mm (image only) and 35mm test films Boston Light & Sound
• 16mm (image only) and 35mm test films Commission Supérieure Technique de L'Image et du Son (France)

Used Equipment

• Changeovers, a resource provided by the Association of Moving Image Archivists Film Advocacy Task Force
• The Boston Connection, Inc.
• Film-Tech: Equipment and Supplies Wanted/For Sale forum
• Tri-State Theatre Supply
• Wittner Kinotechnik (Germany)