Bradford Odeon Cinema Archive

Made:: 1968-1988

maker:: Bradford Odeon; The Gaumont

The materials in this collection relate to former site of the Bradford Odeon/Gaumont on Godwin Street. The collection primarily covers two periods of refurbishment of the building - firstly, the period of refurbishment that occurred after Odeon Cinemas took over ownership of the building (1968-1969), and secondly, the installation of a third screen in the former New Victoria/Gaumont ballroom in 1988.

The collection includes architectural drawings and floor plans, designs for signage and panels in the buidling, technical drawings, installation plans, manuals for cinema equipment (particularly projection and sound equipment), operating logs, and minutes for site meetings during the second period of refurbishment. It is particularly rich in materials relating to sound and lighting and cinema equipment as well as floor plans and layout designs. There is also a large amount of information about the building's ventilation system.

The instruction manuals and operation documents relate to equipment produced by manufacturers including Arri,Thorn Lighting, Shure Microphones, Hants and Dorset Lighting Ltd, Philips, Strand Lighting, Pye Laservision, Ushio Profile, Rank Audio-Visual, Cinemeccanica and Xenon.

Details

Extent:: Six clamshell boxes containing approximately 260 individual components

Identifier:: ODE

Access:: Access is given in accordance with the NMeM access policy. Material from this collection is available to researchers through the museum’s Insight facility.

System of Arrangement:: This collection is currently undergoing cataloguing and a system of arrangement has yet to be established - this field will be updated at a later date.

copyright:: Copies may be supplied of items in the collection, provided that the copying process used does not damage the item or is not detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the NMeM’s terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation.