Vintage 1940s 3D Tru-Vue Historic Hollywood Personalities Film Strip Reel #1307

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Vintage 1940s 3D Tru-Vue Historic Hollywood Personalities Film Strip Reel #1307
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I have been collecting 3D media for the last 30 years and finally decided it's time to part ways with some of my favorite things.
This is Tru-Vue reel #1307. The black and white filmstrip reel contains 14 different 3D stereo images of Hollywood Personalities or Stars for viewing within a Tru-Vue viewer stereoscope (not included). The reel is in it's original red & silver box. The film was copyrighted in the 1940s. Today these reels are very interesting historic stuff, and all in eye-popping 3D! This rare reel had a price guide value of in 1991 (John Waldsmith Stereo Views book) and today sells for on Craigcamera website!
This very rare 3D film strip includes views of:
Cary Grant
Mae West
Spencer Tracey
Virginia Cherrill
Warner Baxter
May Robson
Wesley Ruggles
Arlene Judge
Jack Okie (and his mother)
Randolph Scott
Vivian Gaye
Harry Joe Brown
Sally Eilers
Charlie Ruggles
Jane Shattuck
Eddie Sutherland
Lew Ayres
the Hollywood press
and dancers in the back lot getting ready for a musical shoot...
The reel is in excellent condition.
I have personally gone through it with white gloves to inspect every frame and every film cog and it is immaculate. For those interested in viewing these I would suggest pulling them slowly through the viewer rather than using the advance. This is how the cogs get torn.
The box is in excellent condition
as can be seen in my photos - there are a few small wear marks, but not bad for a small box that has been around for almost 70 years! I have tried my best to photograph every aspect of the box and film. Please check them out and if you have any questions, please email!
Thanks for looking!
About Tru-Vue from the UK Viewmaster website:
TRU-VUE Inc., Rock Island, Illinois USA manufactured the viewers and over 400 different 3D film reels. The company was
founded in 1931 and after the 1933 "Century of Progress Exposition" in Chicago grew and flourished through the 1930's and
40's. The original viewers used 35mm filmstrips, generally containing 14 stereo views, which were pulled through the viewer
using a lever (visible at the bottom of the left-hand photograph below). In 1949 Tru-Vue sold over a million reels of film!.  The
quality of the 3D presented is generally very good, although the films need to be handled carefully. Film-strips and viewers
were made between 1933 and 1952. Ultimately the Tru-Vue company was acquired by Sawyers View-Master in 1952, who
wanted the rights to Disney licences held by the company.
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