Film splicer

A film-splicer for splicing together the abutting ends of a pair of films by means of a splicing label having supporting paper strips and a intermediate tear off piece. A base pivotally mounts a film-turning windowed flap. A pair of film clamps on the flap allow the locating of the film-ends-to-be-joined relative to the flap. An upwardly-facing projection extends upwardly from the base and through the window in the flap. Prongs extend upwardly from the projection for aligning the splicing label relative to the abutting film-ends-to-be-joined. A cam is pivotally mounted on the base. A folding and detaching pin has opposite free ends, is pivotally mounted on the flap, and extends across the window. The tear-off piece is folded in a hairpin-like manner around the pin by means of the cam. The pin is movably mounted on the flap and is movable between a position of rest with its free ends firmly resting on the flap and to an intermediate position at a distance from the flap defining a space between the flap and pin for ready access from at least one of the free ends of pin.