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Gaumont Kalee GK21 35mm Projector.
Manufactured in Leeds between 1948 and 1958
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Gaumont Kalee GK21 35mm projector, c.1952
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Gaumont-Kalee GK21 35mm cinema film projector with President lamphouse, made in Leeds, 1948-1958. Type 83. Manufactured by BAF Ltd London Ser No 653.
This Kalee GK21 35mm cinema projector was manufactured by the Leeds based company A Kershaw and Sons Ltd. and has been on display in Pictureville Cinema since 1992. At their height, Kershaws employed 3000 people and claimed that 75% of British cinemas used their projectors. In the 1950s, a priority for the firm, now named Gaumont British Kalee and a part of the Rank Organisation was the provision of equipment to convert 1000 Rank cinemas for the new widescreen system, Cinemascope.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 2021-459
- Materials:
- electronic components, glass and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
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overall: 2400 mm x 560 mm x 1720 mm,
- type:
- cine projector
- taxonomy:
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- tools and equipment
- equipment by process
- image viewing equipment
- image projecting equipment (unit)
