Vintage 1940s 3D Tru-Vue Historic Western Air Vacation Film Reel #329 Aviation

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Vintage 1940s 3D Tru-Vue Historic Western Air Vacation Film Strip Reel #329 Prop Airplane
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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 a rare Tru-Vue reel #329 titled, Western Air Vacation. The black and white filmstrip reel contains 14 different 3D
stereo images  for viewing within a Tru-Vue viewer stereoscope (not included). The reel is in it's original red & white box.
The film was copyrighted in the 1940s. Today these reels are very interesting historic stuff, and all in eye-popping 3D! This
film strip tells a 3D story of travel...The images contained within are:
--Several Views of the Western Air Mainliner's Propeller Plane
--Boulder Dam
--Zion Canyon
--LDS Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah
--Airplane flying over the Grand Tetons
--Awesome 3D of a Boat on Jenny Lane in the Tetons
--In flight over Jackson Hole, Wyoming
--Yellowstone's Old Faithful Geyser
--Yellowstone Falls
--Glacier National Park
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 very 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 licenses held by the company.
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