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[…] back to UK and joined Q Studios Marylebone as trainee. Gaumont British Instructional films as asst Director Documentaries Cleveland Street […]

[…] His stories about the rivalries between the newsreel companies – Gaumont, Movietone, Paramount, Pathé, Universal – are a treat. For […]

[…];So what was the equipment they used then in those early days, Chris Strachan  7:07   I think the first projector was a Gaumont Chrono projector. And, of course, there was only one projector, and at the end of every 10 minute reel, there would be a break, and this was a[…]

[…]abs; transfers to technical side; George Barker boss; Sensitometric Dept; uses a densitometer00:14:08 Grading. Handling newsreel rushes for Pathe and Gaumont; D-Day footage. Working during air raids.00:18:22 ACT film I Know Where I’m Going. Denham lab described;00:26:05 lab hierarchy00:27:35 women i[…]

[…]ou said things began to change.Speaker 2  8:12  Yes 64 I was at Surbiton then i i was asked if I would go to the Odeon. Chelsea was the old Gaumont Palace but it was still it was renamed the Odeon. And six months later, I closed that cinema. And then I went back out on relief again for a w[…]

[…]; as a child he used to play 9.5mm films borrowed from a local film library; his interest started when he was twelve; the local cinemas were the ABC, Gaumont and Odeon and BN would see every programme each week; he recalls seeing Metropolis on 9.5mm from the library at Burnt Oak (three 100ft reels o[…]

[…]And it has a sequel later on, which we'll be talking about. But, during that period, there was the big strike which brought out all the theatres, the Gaumonts, the Granadas, everything. All shut down because projectionists were pulled out on strike by the ETU, which was the organiser for projectioni[…]