February 8, 2011May 18th Bridging the Generation and technology gap ( 5pm to 8 pm) Members’ younger generation are invited along to see working demonstrations of Mutoscopes, a replica Kinetoscope, a Praxinoscope, some Zootropes and Phenakistoscopes which were used at the very birth of the moving image era. Some films of the early history of the industry and [...]
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February 8, 2011April 20th Local cinema history Graham Norton has provided a film of the 1941 Reelers’ Fraternity Movie Ball and other film industry social events around that time. Many living and deceased local cinema pioneers can be identified. Other early cinema memorabilia will be on display.
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February 8, 2011March 16th Demo mechanical television system Richard Rennie will repeat the working demonstration of the locally developed Blake Horrocks TV system which he gave last year. Other TV memorabilia will be on display
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February 8, 2011February 16th The Harry Smith collection Vice President Harry Smith will display and talk about some of the treasured items in his private collection. Harry will be moving to New Zealand later this year and this will be possibly the last chance for members to see these unique objects. Robert Kranz background Local film historian [...]
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February 8, 2011Ongoing Please mark in your diary NOW! Unless otherwise noted, these are being held in our new meeting location, the E. Vic Park RSL Hall, Fred Bell Parade, Bentley on the third Wednesday of each month between 7 pm and 10 pm. Selected titles from our 16mm film library will conclude each event
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February 6, 2011Part of Australia’s television heritage is up for auction on Thursday 10th February, 2011. Under the hammer will be rare photographs of the original GTV 9 buildings, a large quantity of photo prints of Channel 9 celebrities from television shows including the Footy Show, Hey Hey Its Saturday, Graham Kennedy Show, popular television drama shows [...]
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