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Alan Rik
Film God

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From: New York City, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 16, 2003 11:49 PM

As I sit here late at night a thought occurred to me.
What kind of projectors did the Airlines use to project Super 8? Does anyone know?

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Chip Gelmini
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Brooksville, FL
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 17, 2003 12:35 AM

I believe these prints were in giant cassettes. I am not familiar with this process. A friend tells me of a flight he was on and they had a lot of trouble showing the film, it kept shutting down. This is all I know. They probably chose cassettes for no rewind, as a continous loop device.

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

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From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 17, 2003 09:36 AM

Yes they were in large Cassettes on a continuous loop system I think. The machines were I believe made under the Technicolor trade mark. They were Optical Sound and normally on very thin Polyester stock. That's the only info I have managed to get about them. Would like to see a pic of one of these machines if anyone has got one they could photograph.

Kevin.

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