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Graham Ritchie
Film God

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From: New Zealand
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posted March 17, 2018 08:08 PM

Came across this on you-tube [Big Grin]

https://youtu.be/dCToLS-oYDU

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
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posted March 18, 2018 05:22 AM

American projectionists were lucky with film arriving on spools and having motorised rewinders.

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Allan Broadfield
Master Film Handler

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From: Bromley, Kent
Registered: Nov 2010

posted March 18, 2018 05:37 AM

I worked in pre-platter days with hand rewinders and film arriving on bobbins only. Spooling up and changeovers every twenty minutes or so was part of the job.
This video would have been futuristic stuff to us!

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William Olson
Master Film Handler

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From: Poughkeepsie, NY USA
Registered: Jun 2010

posted March 18, 2018 09:13 AM

I understand the ultimate efficiency of the platter system but it always struck me as a Rube Goldberg thing. The old two projector changeover method has more allure for me.

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