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The Cinema Projectionist Archives hold a range of audio-visual resources documenting the working lives of cinema projectionists in Britain from the 1890s to the 2010s. Here you can find extracts from audio interviews with projectionists, videos, documents, magazine articles and possibly the world’s largest online collection of images of projection box. Navigate through the material by decade, theme, or type of material.
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Smallest Show on Earth for real (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams describes a Welsh cinema with unconventional entry policies, comparing it so scenes from the comedy film The Smallest Show on Earth.
Tags: 1950s; 1960s; audiences; Mike Williams; team relations; Wales
Routine as a rewind boy (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams describes his routine as a rewind boy.
Rehearsing films (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams describes the process of rehearsing film to get them ready for screening.
Publicity (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams describes undertaking publicity activities, including borrowing an elephant from a visiting circus.
Tags: 1950s; 1960s; career progression; Mike Williams; outside the box; routine; Wales
Presentation, training and distinction between urban and suburban cinemas (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams provides an overview of presentation and showmanship in cinemas. He outlines how he was trained by the chief to uphold particular aesthetic standards and the impact that this has on the experience of the audience.
Music (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams describes the process of selecting music to be played in the auditorium prior to film screenings.
Mealtimes (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams discusses the impact of working routines on mealtimes.
Making-up and breaking-down film prints (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams describes the process of making-up film prints ready for screening and breaking them down once finished.
Jobs around the cinema (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams describes the other duties carried out by projectionists outside the projection box including an accident where he fell through the ceiling of the cinema auditorium during a film screening.
Invisibility of projectionists (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams describes the importance for projectionists’ work to be invisible.
Hierarchy in the cinema (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams describes the impact of promotion on his relationships with other cinema workers.
Tags: 1950s; 1960s; career progression; Mike Williams; team relations; training; Wales
Feeling like a projectionist (Mike Williams)
Projectionist Mike Williams describes the qualities required of a projectionist and the associated feelings that come with the job.
Early interst in cinema (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams describes his early experiences of cinema-going as a child, his developing fascination with cinemas and the atmosphere and smell of cinemas.
Tags: 1940s; 1950s; light sources; Mike Williams; sensory aspects; Wales
Destroying a film print (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams tells the story of how he accidentally destroyed a print of A Woman in a Dressing Gown.
Chief (Mike Williams)
04/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams describes his relationship with his chief projectionist at the ABC (Olympia) Cardiff, Frank Saunders.
Tags: 1950s; 1960s; chief projectionist; Mike Williams; team relations; training; Wales
Checking the film during screenings (Mike Williams)
03/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams describes the projectionist’s duties when the film was on screen, noting the importance of checking films during screenings.
Change-overs (Mike Williams)
01/12/2015
Projectionist Mike Williams explains the process of changing over from one projector to another between reels.