PHOTOSCOPE REEL LISTING

 For information on Australian Photoscope clone ViewMaster viewers go to the History of ViewMaster and ViewMaster Clones in Australia section.

The Australian made Photoscope reels are both Kodachrome and non-Kodachrome, the latter fading to red. Most of the non-Kodachrome are cardboard (one Sydney Scenes 1 metal reel is not Kadochrome), and have a center hole with two rectangular notches at 90 and 270 degrees as part of the centre hole.

Some of the Kodachrome reels on full aluminium have a white paper covering and what appears to be Viewmaster personal reel coding numbers on the outside. The centre is a line drawn septagon with numbers of the views but no descriptions and has "Produced by ... Viewmaster Products Pty. Ltd. Sydney NSW" at the bottom. The envelopes with the metal reels are usually plain white with blue writing depending on the reel "Disc 1 Parks and Gardens" (for example) and then on all the envelopes "7 "THREE DIMENSIONAL" PICTURES in Full Colour Produced by Viewmaster Products Pty. Ltd. Sydney NSW". On the rear of the envelope is a description of the views on the reel.

The Photoscope branded envelopes are maroon and white or blue and white with "3D Photo-Scope" and two line drawn eyes with "Three" above and "Dimensional" below on the left and "Real" and "Life" on the right. On the rear are instructions for handling. The cardboard non-Kodachrome reels are titled and numbered similarly to View-Master and also have the arrows and P and V. There is no reference to the manufacturer on the cardboard reels.
Reel
# 		 Manufacturer  Title  Notes 
?  Photoscope  Sydney Scenes?  Metal reel, no label, probably Kodachrome 
?  Photoscope  New Zealand Scenes?  Metal reel, no label, probably refers to ViewMaster 
?  Photoscope  Sydney Scenes 1  Metal reel, label, not Kodachrome and different from the Sydney scenes above 
1  Photoscope & VM  Parks & Gardens  Metal reel, Label and envelope refers to ViewMaster 
2  Photoscope & VM  Sydney Habour  Metal reel, Label and envelope refers to ViewMaster 
4  Photoscope & VM  South Coast  Metal reel, Label and envelope refers to ViewMaster 
1  Photoscope  Adelaide Scenes No 1  Carboard Reel 
2  Photoscope  Adelaide Scenes No 2  Carboard Reel 
109  Photoscope  New South Wales Views No 109  Cardboard reel 
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SIGHT-SEER REEL LISTING

Most but not all of the Sight-Seer reels have the pictures upside down (appropriate for Down Under). They tend to have pink or deep purple print some serif and some sans-serif with some variation in card colour from white to buff and sometimes a pink stain on the card from the print.

 
Reel
# 		 Date  Manufacturer  Title  Notes 
1  1954  Sight-Seer  Sydney I, NSW Australia 
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2  1954  Sight-Seer  Sydney II, NSW Australia 
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4  1954  Sight-Seer  Sydney's Northern BeachesI, NSW Australia 
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6  1955  Sight-Seer  Sydney Harbour 1, NSW, Australia 
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10  1956  Sight-Seer  Taronga Zoo Park I, Sydney, NSW Australia  NB "I", #3 "The Leopard", Light maroon print 
10  1956  Sight-Seer  Taronga Zoo Park, Sydney, NSW  NB no "I", #3 "The Deer" - a misprint as it is a leopard, Dark maroon print 
11  1956  Sight-Seer  Taronga ParkZoo II, Sydney, NSW Australia  three varieties - red print on white and purple print on white and a red print on buff with correct orientation 
15  1956  Sight-Seer  Native Fauna I, Australia  two varieties - purple print on white and purple print on buff 
30  1954  Sight-Seer  Blackheath & Rhododendrons NSW Australia  Two varieties of print on reel - light maroon (Sight-Seer printed on two lines) & dark maroon (Sight-Seer printed side by side) 
50  1957  Sight-Seer  North Coast NSW Australia  Correct orientation 
61  1957  Sight-Seer  Canberra II ACT Australia  Correct orientation 
155  1956  Sight-Seer  Gold Coast I, Queensland, Australia 
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170  1956  Sight-Seer  Hayman Island, Queensland Australia  two varieties - purple on white - red on white/buff rear 
240  1955  Sight-Seer  Inside Aboriginal Australia I 
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241  1955  Sight-Seer  Inside Aboriginal Australia II  two varieties - one buff one white both red print 
243  1955  Sight-Seer  Inside Aboriginal Australia III  two varieties - purple print on white or red print on white 
250  1956  Sight-Seer  Perth I, Western Australia  Correct orientation 
260  1956  Sight-Seer  Aboriginal Stockmen Outback Western Australia  Correct orientation 
330  1955  Sight-Seer  Darwin, Northern Territory Australia 
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331  1955  Sight-Seer  Alice Springs, Northern Territory Australia 
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400  1954  Sight-Seer  Narcissus Festival, Switzerland 
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401  1954  Sight-Seer  Berne, Switzerland 
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410  1954  Sight-Seer  Bernese Oberland 1, Switzerland  Correct and incorrect orientation 
412  1954  Sight-Seer  Swiss Scene, Switzerland,  Two varieties orrect and incorrect orientation 
413  1954  Sight-Seer  Swiss Scenes 2 , Switzerland  Correct orientation 
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