Apparatus for the production and display of moving pictures

Apparatus for generating and displaying moving pictures comprising:

• a movable control element carrier;
• a plurality of control elements arranged on said carrier and constituting mechanical information storages, said information storages comprises a total of at least two mechanical states representing the information stored;
• a plurality of outer final control elements, each of said final control elements having two positions and being movable therebetween;
• a plurality of variable and position selectable picture elements, each of said picture elements being associated with a respective one of said plurality of final control elements;
• mechanical connecting means connecting each said picture element with its said associated final control element;
• said positions of said final control elements being variable and responsive to the mechanical states of said control elements, said final control elements being adapted for mechanical association with said control elements for transferring information from said control elements to said final control elements;
• said final control elements positively controlling said picture elements by transferring said information to said picture elements through said mechanical connection means;
• and,
• means to vary the position of said movable control element carrier, and the mechanical states of said control elements of the varying positions of said movable control element carrier to vary the information transferred to said picture elements and thereby generating variable and different pictures in accordance with the position of said control element carrier and the information contained in the mechanical storage means of said plurality of control elements.