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FITTED WITH VULCAN ARC LAMP AND KALEE 40 BASE WESTERN ELECTRIC SOUND HEAD. A smallish lightweight projector which could usually be found installed in 'shut-in' locations such as hospitals and prisons etc. and small cinemas. Compact and supplied as a…

The origin of this projector is unknown. It is thought to date from around 1916 and could have been produced as a Bioscope projector. It is a hand turned projector with a front shutter and has 1000ft. spool boxes complete with fire-traps. It is also…

A typical small cinema mono amplifier. Was in use in the Curzon from 1980 until its replacement in 1997.

A projection head thought to be a model SRB. exhibited with panels removed to show the operational parts within. BTH projectors were usually to be found in Odeon projection rooms equipped with BTH arc lamps.

A Kalee 12 picture head which has had panels removed for viewing internal mechanism, in particular the intermittent.

Post production editing machine. Consists of contiguous picture and sound heads which are locked together to run in synchronisation or separately. Optical sound film is pulled through continuously by a sprocket drive and can be stopped or moved…

Rewinding of film reels was necessary in the days of twin projection systems. Rewinding today is mainly undertaken when 'making up' reels. Splicing was achieved by using the joiner and by scraping one edge of the film and cementing the two parts…

The original patent for the picture head dates back to 1916. The design has little changed. The projector is interesting as to start the projector one had to go through the Control Box (by the side of this machine). To stop the projector this was…

One of two such projectors made for and installed in TV studios date not known but thought to be in the 1950's though the fitted xenon lamp dates it. This projector is used for effects and special effects to produce background or cyclorama images…

This 16mm projector is a special produced to use super 16mm film. This arrangement utilised the whole frame which meant there was no room for an optical sound track. This was used to produce a greater definition particularly for art films etc. Thus…