Is there some kind of small tree growing up there near the top of the tower? How strange.

Indeed. Those were some really fantastic shots, and a really lucky find. Though I had to restrain myself from making endless Oblivion quips.

Having a great deal of experience with The Elder Scrolls series I can tell you that this pouch most likely contained 40 gold pieces.

For some reason a google search of "Kalee Model 18" turns up a whole plethora of websites completely unrelated to projectors.

What I was able to find is the manual for the three projector models that followed this #18.
http://www.film-tech.c...manuals/GK192021.pdf

It was manufactured by a British Subsidary of a French company called Gaumont, which still operates today as a production company for independant french films.