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Dominique De Bast
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As I had the opportunity to say it in the thread about the 50 years of the Ciné Club 9.5 de France (in the 9.5 section, of course), I was Lucky to visit this week-end a private museum in Nevers (two hours from Paris by train). I was expecting to see 10 projectors in a dedicated room. The museum is a whole house and there is cine material everywhere. An Ali Baba's cave that is a dream for all of us.

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The entrance. The museum hosted the 9.5 French Club's anniversary, hence the sign.

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Before you enter, you're already in the cine world.

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That's only the beginning...

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Pathé has a special room.

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Paul Browning
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HA HA, I think you mean "Aladdin's Cave" Dom. Some old projectors there indeed, and I'll bet they still work too.

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Dominique De Bast
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I thought Ali Baba's cave had the same meaning as la caverne d'Ali Baba :-)

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Brian Fretwell
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Dominique, most people think Aladdin's cave is full of treasure and Ali Baba's is only full of the 40 thieves. [Smile]

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Andrew Woodcock
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Great photographs there Dominique thanks. [Wink]

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Dominique De Bast
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Brian, French speaking people ay have in mind this classical film : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1qndx_ali-baba-et-les-quarante-voleurs_shortfilms :-)

Andrew, it was only a fraction of the content of the museum.

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Andrew Woodcock
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An amazing array of kit on display there Dom! Truly amazing!! [Smile] [Smile]

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Dominique De Bast
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The visit is not finish, yet...

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Michael Lattavo
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That's incredible!

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John Richard Almond
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Incredible indeed.................Thank you for posting.

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Dominique De Bast
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I couldn't believe my eyes...

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Graham Ritchie
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Thanks Dominique, for posting those wonderful photos [Cool] [Smile]

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Dominique De Bast
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I'm glad to share this discovery with the enthousiasts of this forurm.

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The happy owner of this wonderful place, Monsieur Rigaud

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Dave Groves
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Wow Dom, that's a place worth a visit. I always feel a little bit sorry that most of the stuff in cases will never again see the light of day, especially so in the case of projectors that are now quite rare. Hope the owner has a son who is as fond of it all as he obviously is. Thanks for the fab pictures. I've always had a soft spot for 9.5 as I started, like many others, with a Pathescope Ace.

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Dominique De Bast
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Dave, I hope, too this museum will never disappear.

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Beside the record player, it is not an early television set but a cine machine !

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Monsieur Rigaud showing one of his threasures to Monsieur Huard, the 9.5 Club's projectionist.

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I'm sure many membres of the forum would have appreciated to be among the visitors :-)

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Mathew James
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Wow!! Those pics are amazing, what a collection.
If one just sat and watched films, you would be there for 10 years straight......

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Dominique De Bast
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I wich I had just a fraction of all this...

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William Olson
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How soon can I move in? Incredible! Thanks for the great pics.

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Dominique De Bast
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If there is a waiting list, I'm on the top ;-)

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That was the last photo. There is also a nice projection room but I couldn't picture it due to the lack of light (there has been a projection and when we left the place, the light was not completely turned on, I should have taken a photo before)

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Joe Taffis
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Simply awesome! Thanks Dominique [Smile]

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Dominique De Bast
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I was kindly sent a photo on which I appear. As I had no picture of the projection room, it will complete the preceeding photos.I will more than probably wear this week-end at the British Get Together 9.5 the same sweat shirt with the reference of the gauge on it (occasions to wear this sweat shirt are too seldom :-)

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Phil Murat
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F A N T A S T I Q U E !!!!

S U P E R B !!!

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Andrew Woodcock
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Thanks again Dominique. A,superb archive of all that is Cine is photographed with shear aplomb here!

I love the editing desk btw. I want one ha ha! [Smile] [Wink]

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Ken Finch
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Wow, Incredible collection. He must be a multi millionaire to have collected all that gear and films. It puts our "Projected Picture Trust,the B.F.I. and Bradford to shame. The old Museum of the Moving Image was the nearest we had but it closed some years ago. The Curzon collection was quite good, but that has also now gone.
Probably the nearest we Have is the Cinema Museum, in Kennington, London, run by Ron Grant, is the nearest we have in the U.K.
Love your pics. Hope to see you at Harpenden. Ken Finch. [Smile]

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Dominique De Bast
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Thank you for your comment, Ken. I will be at Harpenden :-)
The owner is, as far as I know, not a multi millionaire, just someone rich of passion. Who knows if there are no private collections like this in the UK, in France or even in Belgium...

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