Kinematograph Weekly / Ideal Kinema · Cinema Projectionist

Kinematograph Weekly / Ideal Kinema

Items relating to projectionists from the trade papers Kinematograph Weekly and its supplement The Ideal Kinema. All items used with permission from Screen International.

Cartoon: Replacement Labour in World War 1

This cartoon published in Kinematograph Weekly on June 24 1915 addressed the impact of the shortage of male labour on the cinema experience. Used with permission from Screen International.

Cartoon: Exceeding the Speed Limit (1922)

This cartoon, from December 1922, highlights a number of topical issues relating to film projection and good presentation. In the cartoon the projectionist can be seen running a film at a speed far greater than that intended. Before the arrival of…

Advert: "Hahn" Zeiss Ikon Projector (1928)

An advert for the "Hahn" Zeiss Ikon projector including an itemised diagram of the various aspects of the projection mechanism.

Used with permission from Screen International

Advert: Projectomatic (1956)

An advert for a Projectomatic automated projection machine.

Used with permission from Screen International.