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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Projectionists' Memories
Subject
The topic of the resource
Interviews with projectionists
Description
An account of the resource
Interviews with projectionists
Creator
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The Projection Project
Publisher
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University of Warwick
Format
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.mp3
Language
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English
Type
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Sound recordings
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview
Richard Wallace
Rebecca Harrison
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed
Joan Pearson
Bill Pearson
Date of Interview
2016-07-21
Location
The location of the interview
Birmingham
Transcription
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When I left at 14 I was mad on trains so I went to New Street Station for a job. I got one and landed in a booking office and never saw a train at all. So I packed that up, saw a slide at the Orient Astor and I thought, oh, I like this. Yes. I was always fond of reading history and geography. And films. And seeing places so I thought I’ll have a go so I was trainee number two. There was co-fourth, fourth, co-third, third, co-second. And the main one, Chief, I noticed he did nothing. And I thought, that’s worth striving for. He was never there and he never did anything wrong, you did. I thought, oh, thank god one day I’ll be chief. So I stuck it until I was promoted. Oh, because by that time I was chief, but I had to run everything, I had to do everything myself. So that thought of doing nothing didn’t apply.
Original Format
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Group interview
Duration
Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.)
PT00H01M10S
Bit Rate/Frequency
Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio)
320kbps
Cinema
Orient Cinema, Aston, Birmingham
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Title
A name given to the resource
Starting as a projectionist and view of the Chief (Bill Pearson)
Subject
The topic of the resource
starting work
Description
An account of the resource
Projectionist Bill Pearson describes his move from working in New Street Station to becoming a projectionist. He also talks about striving for the job of Chief Projectionist.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The Projection Project
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Interview with Joan and Bill Pearson
Publisher
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University of Warwick
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2017-03-21
Contributor
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Richard Wallace
Rebecca Harrison
Joan Pearson
Bill Pearson
Format
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.mp3
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Sound recording
Coverage
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1950s
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Birmingham
1940s
becoming a projectionist
chief projectionist
Midlands
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Projectionists' Memories
Subject
The topic of the resource
Interviews with projectionists
Description
An account of the resource
Interviews with projectionists
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The Projection Project
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
University of Warwick
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
.mp3
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Sound recordings
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview
Richard Wallace
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed
Mick Corfield
Date of Interview
2015-08-03
Location
The location of the interview
Coventry
Transcription
Any written text transcribed from a sound
I’d wasted my childhood at school and couldn’t be bothered and then ended up working in a factory, and decided that there were two great loves in my life. One was cinema and one was football. So therefore I got a job as a steward at West Bromwich Albion and a job in a cinema. Now, it was really strange, because my Mum had no inclination that I was interested in the cinema at all, and then when I’d got the job at the local cinema as a projectionist I went and told Mum ‘cause I was quite thrilled and Mum burst into tears and I said, “What’s the matter, Mum, it’s a steady job, it’s a...,” you know, “It’s a job, it’s something I was looking forward to doing.” And Mum said, “Well you didn’t know, but your father was a projectionist and that’s how I met him ‘cause I was an usherette.” And I hadn’t had any idea of, of this, you see. So there’s often when you talk to people, people’ll say, “Oh it’s in my blood.” Well clearly it was in my blood but obviously I wasn’t aware of it. So that’s how I got into cinema, just ‘cause I wanted something different, something for a change.
Original Format
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One-to-one interview
Duration
Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.)
PT00H01M01S
Bit Rate/Frequency
Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio)
320kbps
Cinema
Reel Cinema, 12 Hagley Road West, Birmingham
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Title
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Family connections to cinema (Mick Corfield)
Subject
The topic of the resource
career progression
family
Description
An account of the resource
Projectionist and BECTU representative Mick Corfield describes his appointment as a cinema projectionists and finding out that his father used to be a projectionist as well.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The Projection Project
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Interview with Mick Corfield
Publisher
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The University of Warwick
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-12-08
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Richard Wallace
Mick Corfield
Relation
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http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6934
Format
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.mp3
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Sound recording
interview extract
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1989
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Reel Cinema, 12 Hagley Road West, Birmingham
2010s
becoming a projectionist
career progression
Mick Corfield
Midlands