The Mini Movi was a small handheld player for silent 8 mm films. Produced by Belco (Bellmann & Co) in West Germany and Austria, it seems to be been introduced in the mid-1960s after Belco moved to using plastic in its toy production.
The film transport in the player was powered by batteries, but there was no internal illumination so it needed to be held in the direction of a light source. Although the cartridge was endless-loop, it still required careful threading into the device.
Each cartridge contained around 5 meters of film (about 16 feet) for around 75 seconds of playback time.
The name ‘Mini Movi’ was also used on an unrelated handheld projector produced by Ideal Toys in the US in the late 1970s.