[Shop-talk] Gophers

[Ron Schmittou]

Gee - now I want some to play with!


C-Ya

Ron


-----Original Message-----
From: shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Pat Horne
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 3:38 AM
To: Bob Kegel
Cc: shop-talk at 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