All slides were hand loaded some projectors had room for two with a little tin swipe that you pulled across very much like a changeover bar. the ones in the photo were put into a small tin frame you then put that into the projector at the top pulled a bar across at the same time you pulled another bar across because you did not want to see the slide moving on the screen..we used to have a slide that we could write things on like.. morris minor a234 you have left your lights on...
Yes. The amazing part is that you can still buy a projector that shows the U.S. ones (I don't know if it also works for Aussie ones, because they are a different size, but it might).
Most people think these stopped when film trailers came in, in the 1930s. Actually, there were a bunch of cheapo theaters that kept using these all the way until the mid-1950s in the U.S. and much later in Australia.
After the movie ended, while the crowd was leaving and the new one coming in, the projectionist would put one of these on for a minute or so and then take it out and put on a new one. They would mix in ads for local businesses (we sold a lot of these and some are wonderful). There were also ones telling you to not talk, take off your hat, not to spit tobacco, etc.!
Slides were still used in the U.K. up to a year or so back, I have some of the slide projectors that were used, they were only removed when the Theatre went Digital..
This is the Projection Box at The Murray Bridge Drive-in , My parents owned it from 1998 to 2005 .. projector is a Phillips DP70 ( 35 mm/75mm ) Xebex Super sol Lamp House with a 4 k bulb and a Speco Plater ( I Think)
A few years ago I purchased some items from the estate of a deceased projectionist. Among the lot were 3 large photo albums dating from the 1970s - 1990s. The fellow travelled all round Australia on his holidays visiting cinemas and taking pics inside and out. A lot of the places have either closed or been demolished. Was a great record including images from the projection rooms. I passed them on to CATHS for their archive.
A couple of the members had a trip planned from Vic to Sydney and the Blue Mountains. I held onto the albums until they came through and we met up at the local cinema.
They were going to contact the daughter so that all the material would be properly attributed to her father, who was a projectionist his whole life. He even had a little cinema set up in his garage at home.
There were a lot of brochures on projectors and other cinema-related paperwork as well. I was glad to see it all kept for future reference.
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This is the Projection Box at The Murray Bridge Drive-in , My parents owned it from 1998 to 2005 .. projector is a Phillips DP70 ( 35 mm/75mm ) Xebex Super sol Lamp House with a 4 k bulb and a Speco Plater ( I Think)