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Roving_assistant commented about Greater Union Russell Cinemas on Dec 9, 2023 at 12:02 am

Looks like cinema 1 bio box. (Due to the 35/70mm Vic 8 machines + shallow rake angle). It originally had Cinemeccanica xenon lamphouses. The Forum cinemas also had Supersol boxes. Did these come from there? There was also originally no platter system installed.

Roving_assistant
Roving_assistant commented about Greater Union Russell Cinemas on Dec 8, 2023 at 11:47 pm

Going by the position of the door and ducting in the background, it looks like projector 1 of cinema 4. The curtain/lighting buttons were different when I worked there in 1982 / 83. There was no platter at that time. Back then they used ~12000ft tower spools. The xenon rectifier also looks different to what was in use in 82/83.

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Roving_assistant commented about Greater Union Russell Cinemas on Dec 8, 2023 at 11:31 pm

Cinema 1