09-06-10

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  In one of my attacks of guilt about not contributing to the hobby, I wrote up my 17.5 experiences. The article appeared in ACE Magazine, but  I wanted better photo's.  Grahame Newnham later put it on his website. It then turned into a continuing story in:-

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I have decided to re-cast what were Big Brother 3&4 and split things up by projector, leaving Big Brother 1&2 as a general introduction. This will, I think, make things clearer for the future as I add material. So:-

Click Here for Pathé Rural - how the small cinema network in France operatedand a translated article on its history.

Click Here for Rex (the UK name for the original French Rural)

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 Click Here for Advertising -  I couldn't resist the image of Seymour Hicks, then I found some others worth reproducing.

   This is about the only time Pathéscope in the UK ever referred to 17.5 silent films........

   It's from the Pathescope Monthly for August/September 1932.  

   A comparison of the standard 9.5mm Motocamera with the Rural 17.5mm Motocamera. It seem that precisely the same mech was used, all the extra thickness going to the opposite side.

 I think these two sketches relate to one of the Home Talkies I have and how it was modified.