Rewind: Publications

Rewind 188

The Autumn 2025 edition of Rewind, discussing the PPT’s new screening room construction, horizontal VistaVision presentations at TCM, and celebrating the life of David Keighley.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Editor David Ferguson
- Welcome to our new members
- Coming attractions
- Platter follow-up
- Kinoton lamphouse reflectors
- A Scene from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- The PPT Reference Library
- Narrow Gauge Screening Room
- Precious images: Spot the Box 2
- VistaVision presentations at TCM
- Cinema heritage: Circus to Cinema
- The Hanging Gardens of the Chiswick Cinema
- David Keighley (1948 - 2025)
- Equipment on display at the BFI Film on Film festival
- Projectors in the wild
- The PPT committee and officers
- Friends, sponsors and partners
Rewind 187

The Summer 2025 edition of Rewind, including a deep dive into the history of the film platter, some more information about Kalee, and how the PPT have involved with Doctor Who.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Editor David Ferguson
- Welcome to our new members
- Call for “widescreen” films for Widescreen Weekend
- Kalee follow-up
- Willi Burth and the film platter
- Precious images
- Another Boost from the AHF for the Selsey Pavilion!
- Where Eagles Dare
- One curtain falls, another rises
- Mark Trompeteler’s images of cinema
- Farewell Audrey
- The Broadway - a cinema at last!
- Celluloid time machine: Doctor Who meets 35mm
- Projectors in the wild
- The PPT committee and officers
- Friends, sponsors and partners
Rewind 186

The Spring 2025 edition of Rewind, covering the history of Kalee projectors, 9.5mm Geneva movement projectors and a reflection of 25 years of digital cinema.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Welcome to our new members
- Editor David Ferguson
- Christmas quiz answers
- Obituary: Paul Mellor
- A Kalee history: A. Kershaw of Leeds
- Precious images: All change
- Technicolor: 1914 - 2025
- Problem solved
- The Brenkert Light Projection Co.
- 25 years of digital cinema
- A rare discovery: 9.5mm projectors with Geneva movements
- Cinema heritage: Rivoli cinema, Liverpool
- Projectors in the wild
- The PPT committee and officers
- Friends, sponsors and partners
Rewind 185

The Winter 2024 edition of Rewind, including narrow-gauge CinemaScope, some photos of DP 70 projectors, and a repair of a xenon power supply.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Welcome to our new members
- Editor David Ferguson
- Obituary: Phil Bolger
- Christmas Quiz
- Repairing the Strong Xenon PSU
- Out and about with the PPT
- Precious images
- From the IMIS / BKSTS archive
- Narrow-gauge CinemaScope
- 35mm on the BBC, and in Selsey
- Odeon advertising slides
- Cinema heritage
- Projectors in the wild
- The PPT committee and officers
- Friends, sponsors and partners
Rewind 184

The Autumn 2024 edition of Rewind, covering updates from the PPT, a look back at our Enigma Cinema, and a connection to Sir Winston Churchill.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Editor David Ferguson
- Welcome to our new members
- Gone With the Wind, or “I’m forever blowing bubbles"
- Aspect ratios
- The 70mm newsletter
- Selsey Pavilion’s Bright Future
- Precious images - The Enigma Cinema, Bletchley Park
- The PPT and Sandringham House
- The Door of Cinema Badges
- 10 years at Dean Clough
- Remembering Sensurround at 50
- Cinema heritage - Sir Winston Churchill and the cinema
- Projectors in the wild
- The PPT committee and officers
- Friends, sponsors and partners
Rewind 183

The Summer 2024 edition of Rewind, with a rare look at a Dolby DA10, some early 16mm projectors and updates from the trust and friends.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Editor David Ferguson
- Welcome to our new members
- Alan Smart (1927 - 2024)
- Special offer: 4 for the price of 1!
- Coming attractions
- Huddersfield Cinemas
- The Broadway Prestwick is community owned!
- The BBC visits the PPT
- Precious images
- Welcoming Thomas Hauerslev
- Dolby Digital: From the cinema to the home
- A day out by the sea
- 2024 AGM Review
- Cinema heritage
- Projectors in the wild
- The PPT committee and officers
- Friends, sponsors and partners
Rewind 182

The Spring 2024 edition of Rewind, containing the history of VisaVision, and news about the IMIS.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Editor David Ferguson
- Welcome to our new members
- PPT Scrapbook: The Eidophor projector
- The Broadway Prestwick, continued
- Coming attractions
- Elstree move to Halifax: Part Two
- The PPT at Blackpool 2023
- Rewind: the final leg
- Anyone able to help?
- IMIS/BKSTS visit to BBC Earth Experience
- 70 years of VistaVision
- My projector is too big!
- Precious images
- Cinema heritage
- Projectors in the wild
- The PPT committee and officers
- Friends, sponsors and partners
Rewind 181

The Winter 2023 edition of Rewind, with review of various anamorphic processes, and images of the trust’s move from Elstree to Halifax.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Editor David Ferguson
- David Ferguson’s Christmas quiz
- Morcambe screenings by the PPT
- Elstree move to Halifax
- Gems from the IMIS (BKSTS) archive
- “Look at my life”: Nigel Wolland reflects on his career
- End of an era
- ‘Scope by any other name: SuperScope
- Projectors in the wild
- Can you help?
- The Cinemation automation
- Wiring up a projector
- Precious images: Moving
- Cinema heritage: Greaves Hall Special Hospital
- Christmas quiz answers
- The PPT committee and officers
- Friends, sponsors and partners
Rewind 180

The Autumn 2023 edition of Rewind, covering the recent release of Oppenheimer on film, the history of 16mm, and the trust’s move from Duxford to Halifax.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Welcome to our new members
- Editor David Ferguson
- The second revolution
- Coming attractions
- Photos from the Duxford move
- The Broadway cinema, Prestwick
- PPT clear out
- Meat custard at Sale
- A tribute to Victor Gallucci
- Oppenheimer - a celluloid success
- Precious images
- Cinema heritage
- Projectors in the wild
- The PPT committee and officers
- Friends, sponsors and partners
Rewind 179

The Summer 2023 edition of Rewind, including the history of CinemaScope, and the story of a Strand lighting board at Blackpool.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Welcome to our new members
- Editor David Ferguson
- The Strand Electric Lighting Board at the ABC Blackpool
- Coming attractions
- Photos from the 2023 AGM
- A glossary of projection terms for wives, girlfriends and significant others
- Celebrating 70 years of CinemaScope
- Trials and tribulations with Westar projectors
- Precious images: London, 1958
- Cinema heritage: The legacy of CinemaScope
- Projectors in the wild
- The PPT committee and officers
- Friends, sponsors and partners
Rewind 178

The Spring 2023 edition of Rewind, honoring the life and legacy of Sir Sydney Samuelson, exploring how the 1953 Coronation reached millions of viewers, and showcasing rare projection equipment.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Welcome to our new members
- Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE Hon FBKS
- Introducing David Ferguson
- How millions looked-in at the 1953 Coronation
- The longest run of Brief Encounter or the projector widow!
- Can you help?
- Coal iron and cinema
- Some unusual projectors
- Cinema heritage
- Display at Elstree Screen Arts
- Picture scrapbook
- The PPT committee and officers
- Friends, sponsors and partners
- Rob Younger - Cinema Heroes winner
Rewind 177

The Winter 2022 edition of Rewind, celebrating Keith Swadkins’ contributions to Cinerama preservation, exploring amateur widescreen formats, and documenting historic sound equipment from the Regal Saltcoats.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Phil Bolger’s Christmas quiz
- A trip down memory lane, Christmas 1953 as seen in “Amateur Cine World”
- Westrex 5000 from the Regal Saltcoats, Ayrshire
- This is Zimmerama
- Precious images
- Circuits and their equipment
- Welcome to our new members
- The things we do!
- Cinema heritage
- Keith Swadkins - Mr Cinerama
- Phil Bolger’s Christmas quiz answers
- A new amazing product - just what the cinema industry has been waiting nearly 100 years for
Rewind 176

The Autumn 2022 edition of Rewind, documenting a modern recreation of the legendary Philips DP70 projector, exploring compact cinema technologies, and featuring historic Power’s projection equipment.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Welcome to our new members
- Rewind XL on the website
- 70 years after the Philips DP70 was introduced a new model is unveiled
- The best of both worlds Cinema in a box or Baby reborn?
- Precious images: the Power’s projector
- Help us if you can
- Cinema heritage: Argyle Theatre of Varieties
Rewind 175

The Summer 2022 edition of Rewind, marking the centenary of the influential Pathé Baby 9.5mm home projector, exploring private cinema installations, and documenting the restoration of classic 70mm equipment.
- Chair Nigel Wolland
- Putting faces to names
- Welcome to our new members
- Happy Birthday Baby! The first 100 years of the Pathé Baby 9.5 mm projector 70mm installation at the Regal Leamington Spa
- Fred Fullerton’s Spoolbox cinema
- DP70 restoration
- Precious images: B-boxes
- Cinema heritage
Rewind 174

The Spring 2022 edition of Rewind, examining the evolution of Dolby Digital sound technology, exploring the history of Bell and Howell 8mm equipment, and covering recovery efforts after flooding at a PPT location.
- Vice-chair Nigel Wolland
- The PPT AGM
- Membership renewals
- Welcome to our new member
- Adrian Payne (1934-2022)
- Mark Wooffindin
- Additions to the collection
- Dolby Digital, how does it work?
- Precious images
- Meet the family, or how Bell and Howell grew their standard 8mm range
- Cinema heritage
- Return to Birkenhead Town Hall
- System noise and interference
- After the flood
Rewind 173

The Winter 2021 edition of Rewind, exploring the iconic music of James Bond films, presenting early historical images of Duxford, and showcasing the PPT’s Dean Clough exhibition space.
- Vice-chair Nigel Wolland
- Dr Christopher Woollard 1953 – 2021
- Peter Hollingham 1929-2021
- An (ex)Star at Christmas
- You’re Bond to like Phil Bolger’s cracker of a Christmas quiz
- Meet the new membership secretary
- The Bond score - 25 not out
- Precious images: early photos of Duxford
- Cinema heritage: Rivoli Cinema, Aigburth, Liverpool
- The Dorchester Hull
- A photographic tour of the PPT’s base at Dean Clough
Rewind 172

The Autumn 2021 edition of Rewind, documenting magnetic sound reproduction for 35/70mm film, exploring early video technologies using film media, and featuring historic sound reproduction equipment.
- Vice-chair Nigel Wolland
- A new 35/70 magnetic sound system
- The PPT welcomes new members
- Precious images
- EVR: a video machine using film
- Optical sound on film part 3: RCA pulls it off
- The first Westrex 5000s
- The PPT website
- Cinema heritage: Paramount/Odeon Liverpool part 2
- Regal Northwich
- Omnimax in Copenhagen Tycho Brahe Planetarium, 70mm 1989–2020
Rewind 171

The Summer 2021 edition of Rewind, exploring optical sound technology development, documenting a historic Danish cinema, and tracing the history of Liverpool’s Paramount/Odeon theater.
- Vice-chair Nigel Wolland
- Peter Tipping - an appreciation
- Feedback from members
- The PPT AGM
- Optical sound on film part 2: battle of the giants
- How to use two weeks of lockdown
- The PPT welcomes new members
- Precious image
- Mayfair, Aigburth Liverpool
- Cinema heritage: Paramount/Odeon Liverpool
- 3 Falke Bio, Copenhagen Denmark
- Odeon, Anglia Square Norwich
Rewind 170

The Spring 2021 edition of Rewind, sharing Brian Megson’s long career in cinema operations, continuing the exploration of sound reproduction technology, and examining the experiences of student projectionists.
- Vice-chair Nigel Wolland
- Feedback
- Membership renewals
- Brian Megson - an old school cinema man
- Cinema heritage - twenty-eight years at Birkenhead
- Precious images - Kalee Kavalcade
- Optical sound on film
- The PPT welcomes new members
- Odeon Chester
- The student projectionist
Rewind 169

The Winter 2020 edition of Rewind, documenting the vital role of women projectionists during WWII, exploring modern film automation systems, and highlighting an extremely rare Baltic-made projector.
- Vice-chair Nigel Wolland
- Phil Bolger’s famous Christmas quiz
- Female projectionists in WW2
- The PPT welcomes new members
- Odeon Nottingham Part 2
- Cinema heritage
- A modern film automation system
- Aga–Baltic projector
- Precious images
- Golden age of cinema still very much alive at the Plaza Stockport
- A 1930 view of the effect of the talkies and what would come next