Recall Wide slide projector anyone?

Today I stumbled across a small simple slide projector on a flea

market. It has a housing looking as if made of bakelite but probably

is some other rigid plastic. It's a fairly simple projector with a

slider for single feeding the slides. The special thing is that it

comes with a 50mm projecting lens (which has to be pulled out for

focussing - no thread, just a snug fit in the lens opening), hence

the name "wide" since this lens will yield wide images at short

projecting distances. It has a 100W/220VAC bulb (I live in Germany)

with a bayonet socket and center contact. Looks as if it was made in

the early 60s or so. Does anyone know more about it? It does not give

any hint of the manufacturer, there is simply "Japan" embossed in the

plastic.

I have found in the 1966 Camerart photo trade directory a "Recall Wide" projector with a 50/2.8 lens and a 100W bulb. It's a squarish box with ventilating slots on the sides and a beveled panel above the lens. There was also a "Recall Deluxe Wide" with a 5-slide strip holder. These were capable of projecting 35mm but were mainly intended for 35mm half-frame which was popular then. I can send you a photo from the directory if you like.

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Thanks, Rick, for the info. I think that's the one, so I know what it looks like. Anyhow I would appreciate receiving a photo, maybe there is something missing: there is a chimney style metal insert above the bulb which ends almost flush with a recessed frame of a square opening on the top. I think there should be something like a vented metal plate since otherwise you could touch the hot bulb from outside.

I did not really need this projector, I have a tiny single feeding projector made by Pentacon of former east Germany (which was designed by a west-german contract engineer), but for 2EUR/USD it was hard to resist...