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BUCKINGHAM MOVIE MUSEUM PART 2

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JBJ seems to have had nearly as many Babies as me, tho' his were rare. There is also what looks like a Mark IX in the corner.

        Here at last are the promised 17.5's and the KOK. I think the Rex must be the one I saw at Wroughton (see Big Brother 1).

I assume it's a Kodascope Model A (later large lamphouse), but it's huge. The Bolex PA/DA has an unusual top. (Colin says it's a CA, the 16mm only version.) On the right, apart from the Lux, I can't identify anything else.

Now to the cinema on the Museum's upper floor. First we see JBJ threading his Bolex. It takes him a while, as he's still doing it when the next shot reveals .....

that the projector on the right of the projection booth is a Fumeo. I did have one once - I think I'd like another.

Here we see John gloating over his collection of 17.5, as seen on the shelves at the back of the booth in the last shot .I've now got most of these, but I have not got Crime on the Hill - who's got that?

Even more gloatworthy is the star in this next pic - a 16mm sound on disc. They used the same disc as the 35mm machines as, naturally, the timing of a film doesn't change with gauge (except edited 9.5 ones, that is). I feel I should know what the 16 above the S-O-D is, but I don't - anyone?

In this slightly different version, it is more obvious that there are, lurking in the background, a Debrie and a B&H 609 carbon arc 16.

This is a more general view towards the screen.

Finally, a couple of close-ups of semi-toy 35 machines and the proof that I was right about the Ampro - a whole nest of them lurking in a back corner.

Well, that was the Museum that was. One other thing for you; the front covers of all the Home Movie mags published by the Museum that I have - were there any more?

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