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Originally Posted by maxhifi
Have you ever seen the inner workings of a 35mm based theatre? It's quite a big collection of equipment. First of all, you need two projectors, because a 2000 foot reel gets you only about 20 minutes of run time. Movies usually come on 5 or more such reels, and you need to have a projectionist seamlessly switch between projectors as the movie plays.
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The theaters I worked in in the early 1970's had already done away with that primitive technology, just as we did with the carbon arc light source. By 1973 all our theaters had switched to single projector automated systems with the 5 or 6 reels all spliced together on a single platter. They were operated by the ushers and doorman, no dedicated "projectionist" was needed.
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