From the Projection Room.
As we go into this Digital age we will not see this much more so now is the time to bring out all these old photos..
This is a photo of the Projector Gate on an Erneman 2 Proj The light is from carbon rods shining on to the film gate then on to the lens
Here we can see the lens with the film projected out through the porthole out to the screen at the bottom of the photo you can just see the knob for the focus of the lens
The film passes our Sound Head Note Name Zeiss ikon and red dot this dot is shining on to soundtrack you can see film going around sound head will post some more up later..regards kiwifilmposters
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another photo from the booth
The national anthem probably started to go out in the mid to late sixties.when I first started as a projectionist in the very early sixties my first film in the booth was "ELMER GANTRY"..We used film for the Anthem usually the One with the queen trooping the colour. Being such a very short film it was usually joined on to short or newsreel and then some forgot to take off got scratched so then we went to record to cut costs then the whole playing just slowed . back in 1960 was in a cinema were the manager was a projectionist looked out the porthole saw a patron not standing up stopped the proj after the anthem, put on the house lights walked into the cinema threw out the patron for not standing up, then came back and started the film.. regards
Another great shot shows the full projector from the main side
you wont see many of these in projection rooms any more a film splicer making a good splice was a must and when I sat my projectionist a grade ticket I had to do the perfect splice..
main reasons for splicing was repairs ,censors splices could come apart.,joining two cartoons together trailers on to newsreels,adds together, new leaders.
re a grade ticket I first started as an apprentice projectionist took about a couple of years and got taught all about the workings of projectors how to repair etc once you passed you were classed as a full projectionist.After I got my full ticket I worked as a relief projectionist going to cinemas all around the country some of these cinemas showed 70mm showed Mackennas Gold in 70mm.
Some more Photos from the Booth Spools.
Projection Rooms were hot places all those carbon arcs small sizes here is our thermometer showing its temp and it did not take long to get to that temp
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Our photo shows an aperture plate this fitted into the projector gate the photo shows the wide screen one.some projectors had the plate that you could change while the film was running the one in the photo you had to slip in before you threaded up bad news if you had the wide screen one in with a cinemascope film.
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Another shot of the Arc
Amp meter from Ashcraft arc
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Most people think these stopped when film trailers came in, in the 1930s. Actually, there were a bunch of cheapo theaters that kept using these all the way until the mid-1950s in the U.S. and much later in Australia.
After the movie ended, while the crowd was leaving and the new one coming in, the projectionist would put one of these on for a minute or so and then take it out and put on a new one. They would mix in ads for local businesses (we sold a lot of these and some are wonderful). There were also ones telling you to not talk, take off your hat, not to spit tobacco, etc.!
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