At the AMMPT meeting on Wednesday 17th August, 2011, Ian Stimson gave a presentation on the history of almost forgotten film gauges, of which 17.5 mm was one. As I started out to research this subject I had not realised how long this film format had been in use. It started in 1890′s and used [...]

Posted in Tech Talk No Comments »

Posted in Tech Talk No Comments »

Cumming and Wilson Projectors Written by Richard Ashton   The first C&W projectors were first made just after the First World War. A company partnership was formed to manufacture cinema projectors under the heading Australian Biograph designed and manufactured by Cummings and Wilson. The company was headed by James Cummings and Harold Wilson who together [...]

Posted in Archives, Tech Talk No Comments »