The Mikro-Kino viewer was manufactured in Finland
sometime between 1950 and 1960 in Helsinki, Finland by a company calling
itself Mikro-Kino Kommandiittiyhtiö . It was an almost exact copy of the
American Tru-Vue viewer from the 1930's. The actual viewer had no markings
on it whatsoever. The face of the viewer had a white metal plate in
crackle finish, held in place by five brass screws. The rest of the body
was made from hard plastic.The filmstrips that were
available for it came in two different lengths, those being 16 and 32
frames each, all were black and white. A lot of the subjects covered by
the films were to do with Finland, such as the Helsinki Olympics, but a
number were about other countries, such as India, Russia and
Switzerland. Other topics covered were boxing, car racing and
children's stories
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