Vtg 1940 3D Tru-Vue Historic Mississippi River Dixie Queen Showboat Film Reel

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Vintage 1940 3D Tru-Vue Historic Mississippi River Dixie Queen Showboat Film Strip Reel 1309
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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 one of the hardest to find and most desirable Tru-Vue films ever made. In all my years of collecting, I have only found just a few copies of this reel. (Please see my other listings for the other hard to find key reels)
This is Tru-Vue reel #1309. The black and white filmstrip reel contains 14 different 3D stereo images of the Mississippi Showboat, the Dixie Queen as it was in the 1940s. They are for viewing within a Tru-Vue viewer stereoscope (not included). The reel is in it's original red & silver box and is copyrighted in the 1940s. Today these reels are very interesting historic stuff, and all in eye-popping 3D!
This very rare 3D film strip includes views of:
The Dixie Queen Showboat (obviously) Many pictures at night and during the day
The actors and actresses of the plays lounging on deck
One of the leading ladies examining a tru vue viewer in her quarters
The onboard Calliope
Captain Cooper at the wheel
A peek inside the actors dressing rooms
The audience during a performance
The play performance
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 - there is a small amount of shelf wear on the box,
as can be seen in my photos. Not bad for a small box that has been around for almost 70 years! the original cardboard insert is also included. 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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