May 10, 2011June 1st An Evening with Dianna Hammond AMMPT members have been invited to attend an entertaining evening featuring Dianna Hammond. Dianna began her extensive and varied professional career as Weather Presenter and children’s host on the Super Flying Fun Show during her six years with STW Channel Nine in Perth . Since then she went [...]
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April 3, 2011May 22nd Early History of the Moving Image Public presentation with demonstrations, shadow puppet theatre, Magic Lantern show and all the early carnival and sideshow moving image attractions which captivated young children and parents during the early 1900′s. Baby boomers may remember these coin operated machines still existing in the 1940′s and 1950′s.
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March 13, 2011March 20th Classics of the Silver Screen Our regular monthly screening of “Classics of the Silver Screen” at the Cygnet. The film The Third Man was shot by Perth boy Robert Krasker who became the first Australian to win an Oscar for this outstanding cinematography. John Fuhrmann will precede the film with 30 minutes on AMMPT’s [...]
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March 13, 2011March 19th Silent Movie Classics at Wireless Hill A free open air movie show of some of the silent movie comedy classics. This is being held at Wireless Hill in Ardross, starting at 7.00 pm. BYO seating! Partner in this event is the local Senior’s radio station, Capital Community Radio 101.7FM
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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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November 22, 2009This event will be held at Wireless Hill Park in Ardross, starting at 12.30 pm, just after our monthly film screening at the Cygnet on Sunday December 6th. A licence has been obtained to enable members to bring their own alcoholic and other beverages to be consumed in the Park. Barbecue facilities are available, as [...]
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