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DP70s in Holland

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Written by: Thomas Hauerslev Date: 04.06.2009
Amersfoort Grand Theatre
  Two DP70 (1641+1643) from February 2005 stored in the basement. Came from the Cinema Palace in Maastricht. Also machines from Metropole, Eindhoven stored
Amsterdam Bellevue Cinerama
  Two DP70 (854+1434) CP200, 46ft flat screen, 640 seats, BOSE speakers. 854 sent to Rotterdam Cinerama #1 and 1434 taken out 1993. DTS. Closed in 2006 and demolished July 2007. #1434 sold to Serge Bosschaerts, Belgium 05.05.2007.
Amsterdam Calypso #1
  One DP70 (1705). DTS. Demolished July 2007.

Image by Thomas Hauerslev, 1994
Amsterdam Desmet #1 (P)
  Two DP70 (1486+1515). Theatre closed in 2000  machines to deFabrik in Zaandam

Image by Thomas Hauerslev, 1994
Amsterdam Desmet #2 (P)
  One DP70 (2399) 35mm only. Theatre closed in 2000 machines to deFabrik in Zaandam
Amsterdam Flora (»)
  Two DP70. Cinema closed and projectors sold to Teccon Enterprises Ltd in San Dimas, USA.
Amsterdam Nederlands Filmmuseum (P)
  Two DP70 (2394+2398) from Philips Division Centre Eindhoven, Holland. Installed 01.10.1991.

Image by Thomas Hauerslev, 1994

 
Amsterdam Rialto
  One DP70
Amsterdam Theatre 'du Midi' (*»)
  Two DP70 from 1962. 700 seats and 13 x 6 m screen. Closed

Image by Philips
Beekse Bergen Safari Park (P)
  One DP70 (1502) from Theater aan de Parade
Delft Lumen #1 (P)
  Two DP70 (1425+1429) bought 26.04.1994 from Cine Quellin, Antverpen, belgium.
Delft Lumen #2 (P)
  Two DP70 (1605+1606) bought 09.04.1996 from Asta, Haag, Holland.
Den Haag Asta #1 (*»)
  Two DP70 (1605+1606). Cinema Closed in 1996. DP70 to Lumen #2, Delft.
Den Haag Eurocinema (»)
  Closed. Projectors in store
Den Haag Filmhuis the Haque (P)
  One DP70 (1705) installed in March 2018 by Rosbeek Cinema.

Machine came from Calypso #1 in Amsterdam

Picture by Rosbeek Cinema

 
Den Haag Metropole (*»)
Eindhoven Chicago (*»)
  Closed late 80s. DP70 to Indonesia
Eindhoven Metropole (»)
  Cinema is closed 1996. DP70s to Grand Amersfoort.

See a picture of the machines

Image from Anton Kotte
Eindhoven Philips Electro Acustive Division
  ELA Studio. One DP70.

All DP70s were made in Eindhoven. Here is Anton P. Kotte with the OSCAR his dad Jan Kotte won in 1962. Image by Ton Beetz.

The Story of the Todd-AO Projector


 
Eindhoven Philips Congress Centre
  Two DP70 (2394+2398). 42 feet wide screen. Projectors removed to Nederlands Filmmuseum, Amsterdam 01.10.1991. Demoilished, now a car park.
Eindhoven Philips Museum
  One DP70 (1656) on loan from Emiel de Jong for the retrospective exhibition "And the Oscar goes to... Philips" in the Philips Museum in Eindhoven, Holland - 2. March - 13. May, 2018. Picture by Christ Clijsen, © Twycer, and used with permission

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55th Anniversary of the DP70 Academy Award
 
Eindhoven Plaza Futura Theatre
  Two DP70 (1820+1821). From Colosseum in Vienna. Installed 2008
Geldrop Ton Beetz (private)
  Several DP70s (1657+1722+2395+ ?)

Image by Ton Beetz

DP70 1657 looking in my garden. Can be seen on youtube.com, type "70mm in Geldrop" and you can see it running with 70mm film "Krakatoa,
East of Java".

Ton Beetz, chief-projectionist at the Plaza Futura

 
  DP70 2395 not yet assembled. Still waiting for assembly.

Image by Ton Beetz

 
  A stranger in my hallway: no number. Seller said it came from Duesseldorf or Essen, Germany. I bought this with 2395 in Lemgo, Germany.

Image by Ton Beetz

Some DP70 machines have moved from their location and again are in the neighbourhood of where they were made: in the village of Geldrop near Eindhoven, Netherlands. DP70's nr. 1820 and 1821 that used to be in the Colosseum in Vienna were bought by the Plaza Futura Theatre in Eindhoven that is planning to move to a new location in Eindhoven and will re-install both machines in a take-over installation.

Momentarily both machines are stored in Heeze near Geldrop in the crematorium (!). Ton Beetz, chief-projectionist at the Plaza Futura, 30 Jun 2008
 
  DP70 (1722) from the Palace Theatre in Haarlem, Netherlands stripped for spare parts and sent to the scrap yard 27.05.2009.

Because of your mail I got stimulated to send you this picture of the final moments of the DP70 #1722 that stood in my garage for parts. It is stripped clean and the Maltese Cross is of course not leaving. Best wishes, Ton Beetz

Geldrop Emiel de Jong (private)
  One DP70 (1656) with a Friedl & Chaloupka projector in the background.
 
Groningen Camera #1 (»)
  Two DP70 (1914+1919) Curved screen. SR, SRD, DTS 35/70, Magn.

Foto a few weeks before closing by Gerard Bierling.

Closed medio June 2006. The numbers 1914 and 1919 are now stored at Wolff Cinema Group Utrecht.
  Camera from ca. 1964.

They started in 1962 with SPP. The first film was "Lawrence of Arabia". Gerard Bierling, Roden, The Netherlands, 30.12.2006

 
Groningen Luxor (»)
Haarlem Cinema Palace (»P)
  Four DP70 (1714+1720+1721+1722) DP70 1721 and 1722 are in reserve. Came from De Kroon in Zwolle. 1722 sent to metal scrap yard 27.05.2009. #1720 sold to J Branbergen, Oldekerk, January 2015
Haarlem Lido (»)
Closed and demolished in 1985. Two DP70 stored at Wolff Cinema Groep Utrecht.
Heerlen Royal (»P)
  Two DP70 (1712+1713). DTS. 1712 with SR*D on top, and DTS on place of 10 track mag. reader

DP70 1713 moved and used for spares.

Image by Darren Briggs

 
Henglo Palace (»)
  Image from Anton Kotte
Heeze City crematorium
  Two DP70 (1820+1821). Temporarely stored for checking. Machines from Colosseum in Vienna, and later sent to Plaza Futura Theatre in Eindhoven 2008.

Ton Beetz next to DP70s in the crematorium. Image by Ton Beetz
 
s-Hertogenbosch Casino (*»)
  Three DP70 (1482+1487+____) installed 1960, 850 seats, 14 x 7 m screen. Also one spare projector. Number unknown. DP70 to Theater Aan de Parade. Casino theatre demolished.
s-Hertogenbosch Theater Aan de Parade (P)
  Three DP70 (1482+1487+1502). 1502 removed and sold to Safari Park, Beekse Bergen

Image by Darren Briggs
 
  Five DP70 (1654+) in storage. Free to a good home who will use them!

Image by Darren Briggs
 
s-Hertogenbosch Parade Bioscoop (*)
Keuring Keuring Cinema
  Mr. V D Mortel, Philips Cinema 22.12.1964

Image from Anton Kotte


 
Maastricht Cinema Palace (»P)
  Two DP70 (1641+1643). DTS. 1641 with SR*D on top and 1643 as spare, but still in use. Closed  30-01-2005. Projectors removed to Amsterdam. Last 70mm was "Brainstorm" in 1983 with change-over (by hand). Machines removed February 2005, probably stored in the basement of Grand Theatre, in Amersfoort
Nijmegen Cinemarienburg
  One DP70 (1800) Only 35mm. No sound or screen for 70mm. Machine moved to Lux cinema, Nijmegen
Nijmegen Lux cinema
  One DP70 (1800) from Cinemarienburg. Machine moved/sold to Rembrandt Boswijk, Utrecht, April 2012.
Nijmegen Luxor (»)
  Closed
Nijmegen Scala (»)
Oldekerk Jan Branbergen (p)
  One DP70 (1720) from Cinema Palace, Harleem
Rijswijk Rosbeek Techniek
  December 2018

Two DP70 (1910+1912) from Utrecht Bioscoop Catharijne

On this picture you see two EL4000 I took from “Hoog Catharijne” in Utrecht. # 1912 and 1910. For the moment I am restoring them for the Swedish Film Institute. I have developed a three blade shutter system all mechanical with new gears and this machines are first with this system. Besides the shutter they get servo motors and accelerated dowsers and servo motors like the once in Oslo.

Ronald Rosbeek
rosbeektechniek.nl
 
Rotterdam Cinerama #1 (P)
  One DP70 (854) from Bellevue Cinerama in Amsterdam. 3-strip Cinerama. Former Scala Cinerama. Opened 14.07.1960 as 34th Cinerama theatre. 5 screens from 1979 and later two more screens added. DTS

Image from 1992 by Thomas Hauerslev
Rotterdam Corso (*»)
  DP70 to Eurocinema Hertogenbosch (1975). Sold to Desmet Amsterdam in 1983

Corso cinema. Image by Hans van der Vlist.
Rotterdam Kino
  One DP70 (2339) from collector in Geldrop (Holland). Machine baptized Mathilda

Installed June 2020

KINO Rotterdam to launch exclusive 70mm presentations
 
Tilburg Tilburg Midi Theater
  Two DP70 (1657+1656) from Vreeburg, Utrecht 1974.

Image by Erik Mentink, Tilburg, The Netherlands

SR-SRD-DTS 35/70-Mag. Closed December 2007. Machines to Ton Beetz & Emiel de Jong, Geldrop.
 
Utrecht Utrecht Bioscoop Catharijne #1 (P)
Two DP70 (1910+1912) from City 2, Utrecht. One DP70 in use for 70mm only. One DP70 stored. Cinema opened 1973. DP70 used as standby for an FP30 with non-rewind system projector with DOLBY-SR-SRD-DTS sound.

Machines to Rosbeek Techniek,
Rijswijk
 
Utrecht City (»)
  Two DP70 (1657+1656)
Utrecht City 2 (P)
DP70 to Bioscoop Catharijne #1 , Utrecht
Utrecht Rembrandt Boswijk (p)
  One DP70 (1800) from Lux cinema April 2012.
Utrecht Vreeburg (»)
  Two DP70 (1657+1656) from City, Utrecht. Opened 1936, closed 26-05-1974 and machines now at Tilburg Midi Theater, Tilburg.
Utrecht Wolff Cinema Group
Two DP70 from Lido, Haarlem. Two DP70 (1914+1919) in storage from Camera, Groningen 2007
Zaandam de-fabriek
  Three DP70 (1486+1515+2399) from Desmet in Amsterdam
Zwolle De Kroon (»)
  Two DP70 (1721+1722). Cinema closed. DP70 to Cinema Palace in Haarlem.

Image from Anton Kotte
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