CONTENTS
The site has gotten much bigger than I expected, so some assistance in navigation seems necessary.
The site is divided into a number of main sections, which appear on the left side of 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.
16 (Which now includes a separate sub-section on 8mm).
From the more detailed listing, a click on any blue 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 each of the other main pages, 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 Babies 1, ie about the Pathé Baby/Home Movie (there is a Babies 2 as well), the
Coq d'Or, Duplex and a General page for random silent machines.
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 9.5 sound from silent machines
Pathé Vox - stuff about this seminal 9.5 machine.
History - a short history of 9.5 by Paul van Someren and Pat Moules, with
additional sections on NovaScope and Pathescope Monthly
Joinville Equipment - pix and catlogs from the last few years of Pathé 9.5
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.
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.
Catlogs -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 Ampro, Danson and Kinox.
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. It divides into:
Specto, Ensign, Siemens, Ditmar
Buckingham Movie Museum - a pictorial tour
Restoration - some thoughts on what is and isn't legitimate, with a link on to -
Back From the Bodge - an example of restoration.
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.
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, known as
the Rex in the UK.
Super Rural Few if any made it to the UK, tho' it was advertised as the Super Talkie.
Pathé Rural - a translation of a French article on 17.5 local cinemas in France.
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 three 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.
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
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
Care and Repair - a beginner's guide to looking after narrow-gauge film
Aunt Em - projector problems or questions? Try Aunt Em
Chateau Nerdistan - a glimpse inside
Links to various people and places you might find helpful, and contact details for me, can be found on the Miscellany page itself.
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