Gee - now I want some to play with!
C-Ya
Ron
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From: shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Pat Horne
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 3:38 AM
To: Bob Kegel
Cc: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Gophers
Bob,
Yup, I worked in one of those booths in the mid to late 60s at Thule AFB
Greenland. At the door was a pull handle that you pulled on the way out
if there was a fire that released the shutters on all windows and cut
power to the whole room. We were told that this was one of only a few
booths where nitrate film could be shown still left in Air Force
theaters. I never showed any nitrate film, but if some came in, we were
ready for it!
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake Bob Kegel, On 3/19/2010 2:21 AM:
>> I doubt you can find celluloid film any more.
>>
>
> And that's good. Nitrate film is really nasty stuff. I found some in an
> abandoned theater and, having heard the stories, touched a match to a
> piece. It burned in a flash, like gunpowder.
>
> The stuff was responsible for numerous theater fires. The projection
> room where I found my sample was lined with sheet metal. The windows for
> the projectors had guillotine shutters with fusible links.
>
> Bob K
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