(HainanOutlook)CHINA-HAINAN-AEROSPACE INDUSTRY (CN)

(HainanOutlook)CHINA-HAINAN-AEROSPACE INDUSTRY (CN)

(240706) -- HAIKOU, July 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member of Hainan Westar Remote Sensing Technology Application Service Co., Ltd. views remote sensing image data in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, July 5, 2024. In recent years, Hainan has been continuously advancing the layout of the aerospace industry, with Wenchang focusing on the development of space launching and supporting service industry clusters, and Sanya on satellite remote sensing information application industry clusters. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pu Xiaoxu)

(HainanOutlook)CHINA-HAINAN-AEROSPACE INDUSTRY (CN)

(HainanOutlook)CHINA-HAINAN-AEROSPACE INDUSTRY (CN)

(240706) -- HAIKOU, July 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member of Hainan Westar Remote Sensing Technology Application Service Co., Ltd. explains the satellite data reception process in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, July 5, 2024. In recent years, Hainan has been continuously advancing the layout of the aerospace industry, with Wenchang focusing on the development of space launching and supporting service industry clusters, and Sanya on satellite remote sensing information application industry clusters. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pu Xiaoxu)

DAVID GILLESPIE

DAVID GILLESPIE

DAVID GILLESPIE [1921 - 2008] from left - HAROLD FRENCH, actor, producer, theatre and film director, DAVID GILLESPIE film collector, RICHARD BRIERS, actor. Richard Briers drove his 97 year old friend Harold to film collector David's house in Barnes for Harold to see himself as a young actor in a screening of an original 35mm nitrate print of the 1932 film 'When London Sleeps', screened on the Westar projector seen behind through the window

One of the Westar film projectors at the Odeon Cinema, Totte

One of the Westar film projectors at the Odeon Cinema, Totte

One of the Westar film projectors at the Odeon Cinema, Tottenham Court Road, London. To the right the shiny anamorphic lens which is necessary to project films photographed in the CinemaScope process. This process was first demonstrated in Britain at this cinema, which has since been demolished and this photo dates from the time of the first demonstrations

RITZY CINEMA, BRIXTON A view of the back of the Westar pro

RITZY CINEMA, BRIXTON A view of the back of the Westar pro

RITZY CINEMA, BRIXTON A view of the back of the Westar projector, Westrex 2003 soundhead, AEI Zenon lamphouse and Westrex Tower. The large square box to the left of the spools is the metal-plate rectifier supplying DC current to the Zenon bulb. The light coloured panel below the monitor speaker is the main sound amplifier with the circular volume control and the monitor speaker amplifier above. The machine on the far left is the projector for 16mm films, and the object on the far right is one arm of the rewinder, fixed to the bench the camera is resting on for the time exposure 1980s

PROJECTION ROOM - also known as the Operating Box or

PROJECTION ROOM - also known as the Operating Box or

PROJECTION ROOM - also known as the Operating Box or [in the US and in the US owned cinemas in Britain] the Projection Booth. This photo shows the 'box' of the CITY CINEMA, George Street, Aberdeen which had the city's largest cinema seating capacity at 2,700. The photo shows the back of the projectors which are Westar picture heads, and Westrex 2002 model soundheads mounted on Westar pedestals all made by the Western Electric Company and which were on a lease/maintenance contract. At the rear of the projectors are the Peerless Magnarc lamphouses with flexible tubing chimneys to carry away the smoke and fumes of the burning carbon rods which supplied the light to project the film image on to the screen. The nearest machine is running a film, the beam of light visible on the window in front. The area on the wall behind is the dimmer board which controlled all the auditorium and stage lighting. On the extreme right of the picture is the Western Electric sound amplifier rack. The cinema was run by the Donalds, a local independent cinema grouping run by four Donald brothers through one of their companies, Aberdeen Picture Palaces Ltd. Date of picture 1951 -2 PROJECTION ROOM - also known as the Operating Box or