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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted March 30, 2008 10:57 AM

Have a look at this, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVH_Rtn68ro

Tying leads to the projector stand sounds kind of dangerous.

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Graham Ritchie
Film God

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From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006

posted March 30, 2008 01:44 PM

Hi Maurice
Interesting film, the projector stand seems to be on wheels tying the leads to it providing they are at floor level I think would be OK if anyone was to trip over the leads the projector and stand being on wheels might be pulled across the room a bit but otherwise it should be fine, using a fixed projector stand and tying it like that would bring everthing crashing down. I used to look for a nearby table leg or some other strong structure to tie the leads to.

Graham.

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted March 30, 2008 07:55 PM

Leave it to the Military to take all the joy out of showing a film!

Their Sex-Ed. films must have been to die for!

"Bringing approved floral arrangements to the designated romance zone has been shown to be an expedient strategy."

I guess producing a 16mm film on how to show 16mm films pre-supposes someone is already there who knows how to show 16mm films. The question then becomes what did they watch?

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Mal Brake
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Neath, South Wales, UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 31, 2008 01:55 PM

Steve, Keith Wilton made the same point in one of his dvd releases featuring an old instructional film, aimed at the home showman, on how to thread and operate a 16mm projector.Except of course one had to know how to thread and operate the projector before being able to watch the said film. Do'h
Mal

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted March 31, 2008 03:05 PM

I found the part about turning the chairs in to face the screen very interesting.

-don't people in the Air Force have necks or eyes that rotate freely in their sockets? Why all this fuss about aligning the bodies to screen center?

"Programs may be initiated with an animated comedic entertainment. Where this option is chosen time should be allocated within the schedule for expressions of laughter from the assembled company, a reasonable duration no more than 5% of on-screen time prior the the MPs restoring company to attention status. Screen times for training films should not be counted within this total"

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