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The site has gotten much bigger than I expected, so some assistance in navigation seems necessary. Below is a site map; click here for a Projector Index

The site is divided into a number of main sections, which appear on the Welcome Page, and are largely self-explanatory. Just clicking on any one of these normally takes you straight to the section. However, just to make it easy for you,  and on this page only, clicking on one of the main section headings (shown in blue just below) will only take you to the relevant part of this Contents page. This is because each section itself is further subdivided, and this enables you to see what is there. Or you can just scroll down this page.

        9.5

        16   which also covers 8mm

        Multi-Gauge which is for projectors that do more than a single gauge, as well as info that doesn't just belong to a single gauge.

        17.5

        28

        Photo Gallery

        Miscellany

       

        Sales, wants and supplies is a bit out of this main structure and the link in this case takes you straight there. It tells you about some useful specialist suppliers, things I want to find and, from time to time, things I want to sell.

       A Projector Index is a new addition - it links you to where on the site you can find a specific machine or manufacturer.

From the more detailed listing, a click on any blue sub-heading will take you straight to that section of the website. You can use the Back arrow to return to this Contents page,

but the main headings are repeated on the other principal pages, as listed just above, so you can skip direct to another part if you wish.

 

Further links are provided at the end of every page (including this page) and usually at the beginning, too, to help you skip around the site as you like.

 

9.5   9.5 Silent, covering  

            Pathé Baby ie about the Pathé Baby/Home Movie projector. A separate section, The Richardson Collection, covers a unique collection of rare machines and accessories.

            Baby Equipment and Film Catalogues (the latter covering French and English versions) each have their own  section.          

            Under Various, as well as odd bits, are sections on the Coq d'Or, Duplex (with a page on the Monaco projector), the Lux, Pathescope "H" and Toy Projectors .

            9.5 Sound, which further divides into

                The Lost Chord - a history of one man's search for the ultimate in 9.5 sound repro

                Silent to Sound - some of the efforts to get sound from silent machines, especially 9.5

                Pathé Vox  - stuff about this seminal 9.5 machine.

                Cinegel Royale, tho' I spose you could argue it belongs in multi-gauge. Indeed, I have found that I did start

                in Multi-gauge ages ago and forgot.

               Joinville Equipment  - pix and catlogs from the last few years of Pathé 9.5

            History - a short history of 9.5 by Paul van Someren and Pat Moules, with

                          additional sections on NovaScope, Pathescope Monthly and its Baby Cine predecessor           

            French bits. These are translations I did of some French articles about 9.5 producers and stencil colour, this last one having an extra page on Pathécolour.

            9.5 Miscellany - stuff with no other obvious home.

            Equipment Catalogues etc, (excluding Baby - see above) which covers:-

                Spare Parts. Pathé used to produce such beautiful, clear, detailed parts lists.

                Gear. Some of the huge range of ancillary bits and pieces available for cine.

                Pre-War and Post-War catalogues - some of these were gorgeous, too.

            Posters. Peter Spooner gave me some copies of cinema posters, and I picked

                        out some that were relevant to 9.5.

 

16        16mm is not really my thing, but there are some pretty projectors, so I needed

                a section.

             Various - including  Phillips and Kinox. AmproDanson, Debrie, GB L516, Victor and BTH have their own pages so far.                     

            16mm Silent

            8mm as I was getting more stuff but couldn't face all the changes needed to have a new section.

 

Multi-Gauge - Projectors that can do more than one gauge have always tended to  fascinate me, so I gave them their own section, which also includes some

                           general material not restricted to any one gauge. It divides into:

            FLICKERS magazine

            Various M-G machines/makes with separate sections for Bolex, Heurtier (which includes a short piece on the Cinegel Royale, tho' most is in 9.5 sound), Specto and Sakurascope

            Buckingham Movie Museum - a pictorial tour

            Care, Repair & Restoration. This includes Restoration - some thoughts on what is and isn't legitimate; Back From the Bodge - an example of restoration after butchery;

                             a fairly basic first chapter on film care and repair and a slightly more advanced chapter. Now added a section on old projector amps, and another on Detailing -

                             cleaning up and presenting a projector for display.

            Film Catlogs - some of the catalogues put out by various home cine distributors.

            Film Dimensions I am trying to draw together in one place all the info I can glean on film dimensions, with

                                a table to summarise.

            Argenteuil film fair, as I need a home for all the pix I have taken.

 

17.5    I suppose it was my near-obsession with 17.5 (and 28mm) that started me on this website. The 17.5 saga has grown from an initial article I wrote for ACE, which has acquired 

                    several more chapters and still continues. It has gotten too big for just a serial approach, so I've  split into projector types to give a less random structure, with just

                    the first two episodes as a kind of general introduction.

            Big Brother 1

            Big Brother 2

            Pathé Rural   The small cinema network in France, and a historical overview of Pathé Rural in its 17.5 days.       

            Rex               The original 17.5mm silent machine, known in France as the Rural.

            Home Talkie This was the basic UK machine, virtually nothing else was sold here.

            Rural Sonore This was the original French Sound 17.5, a development of the silent Rural

            Super Rural   Few if any made it to the UK, tho' it was advertised as the Super Talkie.

            Advertising - Some genuine Pathé advertising placards for 17.5 releases, plus equipment brochure and  film catlog extracts. Also some examples of silent Rural programme posters.

28        Oh dear, another obsession. Only five sections tho':-

            My 28mm Story - this has a sub-page with copies of projector manuals

            Catalogue - info on my 28mm catalogue and contents of DVD's from 28mm prints.

            Reporting - When I do any significant amount of work for anyone else, I think

                              it helps me and them to report in some detail on what I have done

                              and, of course, some of it is new stuff of (hopefully) wider interest.

            Instructions  for KOK and Pathescope Premier

            Rewind  - a design for a rewind to fit onto a KOK. The original ones nearly always fall to the dreaded Mazac disease.

Photo Gallery  This site is mostly about projectors and pictures of projectors, so.... There is also a Son (ugh!) of Gallery.

 

Miscellany    Lamps - data on projector lamps, with a link to pix of lamp conversions bought together from elsewhere on the site. I have opened a page

                            for articles etc about projector light output.

                        35mm pix - pictures of various old and some very new machines

                        Books - these are some of the very few books, mags etc to do with cine

                        Aunt Em - projector problems or questions? Try Aunt Em

                        Chateau Nerdistan - a glimpse inside

                        Links - Links to various people and places you might find helpful.

 

 

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