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When I was a child, a fascination took root -[ HMM ]-
At around nine years old, I really started to take notice of that big box-like thing with reels the schoolteacher would wheel into the classroom atop a tall cart. Not long after, with the permission of the teacher and the way paved by earning A-V monitor privileges through brownie-point auctions, I mastered the Bell & Howell 399 16mm sound movie projector. As years passed, I got to know other makes and models of that classroom staple, as well as other kinds of audio-visual equipment, a fascination which later would lead into a career in the field.
When I was a child, a fascination took root -[ HMM ]-
At around nine years old, I really started to take notice of that big box-like thing with reels the schoolteacher would wheel into the classroom atop a tall cart. Not long after, with the permission of the teacher and the way paved by earning A-V monitor privileges through brownie-point auctions, I mastered the Bell & Howell 399 16mm sound movie projector. As years passed, I got to know other makes and models of that classroom staple, as well as other kinds of audio-visual equipment, a fascination which later would lead into a career in the field.