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This projector is the No.2 of a pair which were installed in the Electric Palace, Bridport. It is thought to have spent all of its working life in that cinema. The model T was produced, somewhat late, to counter the problem exhibitors were having…

This projector installation is particularly important. With the introduction of anamorphic prints in 1953/54. many smaller cinema chains and independents took advantage of 20th.Century-Fox eagerness to get CinemaScope widespread in the UK…

First built in 1925 for the newly formed Kalee company (formerly a New Century collaboration). It differed from earlier Kalee models (5's &6's) in the construction of its gears and lubrication system. Built as a silent projector it was easily adapted…

The first 8mm camera on the market as a challenge to the popular 9.5mm. Simple to operate with basic facilities it was designed to use 16mm film stock on a 25ft. spool exposing one side then the other. After processing the film was split and joined…

The first 8mm camera on the market as a challenge to the popular 9.5mm. Simple to operate with basic facilities it was designed to use 16mm film stock on a 25ft. spool exposing one side then the other. After processing the film was split and joined…

Donald Bell and Albert Howell fist met in 1905 at the Crary Machine Works in Chicago. That was to be a long and successful partnership. Involvement in the non-standard film gauges meant that the collaboration had a full order book. The Filmo 57 first…

Full details of this, the first Pathescope projector for the new 9.5mm gauge film, are to great to include here. More detailed information can be gleaned from film historian Stephen Herbert's book and/or Gerald McKee's book. This projector was…

For many years, prior to the use of hard plastics, film transit boxes with which films were moved around cinemas were of steel and timber lined. They were transported by Film Transport Limited for many years.

A cinema slide lantern to be found in many cinemas. Used mainly for future programme announcements, local advertising and messages. Glass slides were used some with an opaque film on which messages could be scribed.

Many cinemas had stage spot lights either installed in the auditorium Or in the projection room. Larger cinemas often had stage shows or Cine-variety for which these spotlights were used. Other uses were Were numerous but one was certainly to 'spot'…