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seen by all, including those at the rear of the in Canada. A wide range of subjects appeared
hall". A letter in similar vein from a Mr H I D on 28mm but most of those that have turned up
Fraser, Purser of the TSS "Karooia" claimed in the UK are educational / documentary but
that the Pathe Home Cinema carried on board with a modicum of entertainment / comedy
for the last few trips has proved a great success shorts. These all seem to be of either 20Oft or
in every way. "Almost every night the Pictures 400ft in length.
are screened before a large and appreciative
In the Library of Congress in Washington DC,
audience and even in the large lounge of this
USA, is a large catalogue of 28mm films, which
steamer can be seen clearly and distinctly by
is available for inspection on request. (They
everyone". (And all with a projector lamp of 6
also have the only other Victor Safety Cinema
volts, 0.75 amps = 4.5 watts!).
Projector I have seen mounted on a pedestal
under a glass case in one of their reception
The brochure concludes with a list of 207 titles
areas, Serial No. 1597).
available for hire.
Ref 16 states, "Fortunately for future historians
and archivists, Rev. Joseph E Gravelle, a
Roman Catholic Priest with a French-Canadian
congregation near North Bay, Ontario, managed
to store about 2,500 28mm prints in an old barn.
These prints were acquired from Father
Gravelle by Greg Hoy of Graphic Consultants,
Ontario in 1965. The entire collection including
a 28mm to 35mm optical step printer was
acquired by the National Film Archives (now
the National Film, Television and Sound
Archives) in 1972. This printer has since been
extensively modified by the NFTSA. An
improved optical system, light source, transport
and drive mechanism, including an Oxberry
28mm wet-gate, have all greatly improved the
quality of the 35mm dupe-negatives produced
by this printer. The addition of a Depue light-
change resistance
board allows scene-
Fig 8. New Pathescope 28mm camera sold to-scene
in USA by Willard Beach Cook Ref 12.
timing corrections
28mm Film Catalogues. to be made from the
When one considers the number of countries in notched 28mm film.
which 28rnm was used both for home and Prior to printing the
professional purposes one can assume with a 28mm prints are
reasonable degree of certainty that there is no timed, cleaned and
such thing as a complete catalogue of all of the re-dimensioned (the
28rnm films ever made. Most were printed latter a process
down from existing 35mrn negatives but quite a
lot were made using 28mm cameras, especially Above: 28mm negative. Note perforations