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THE DP70 WEB SITE |
 The web site is in three parts: a simple
story about the the
DP70 / Universal 70-35 Projector / Norelco AA11 machine and several lists of
cinemas and serial
numbers.
DP70s collected until now
(to be
updated):
45
countries with DP70
667
Serial Numbers
1073+ Theatres |
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SERIAL NUMBERS |
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DP70 / AAII / The Todd-AO
Projector serial numbers: 0600 - 2532
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Missing DP70 numbers |
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COUNTRY |
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Algeria
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Argentina
| Australia
| Austria
| Belgium
| Brazil
| Canada
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Chile
| China
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Denmark
| England
| Finland
| France
| Germany
| Holland
| Hong
Kong | Iceland |
Iraq |
Ireland
| Israel
| Italy
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Jamaica
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Japan
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Lebanon
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Mexico
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New
Zealand
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Malaya
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Malta
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Morocco
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Northern
Ireland |
Norway
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Philippines
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Portugal
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Rumania
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Russia
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Scotland
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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South Africa
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Thailand
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Tunis
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USA
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Venezuela
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Vietnam
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DP70s in Cinemas All over
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ASSISTANCE NEEDED |
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Please send the
following DP70 information to
the
editor: |
Serial number
Present location (Cinema or private)
City
Country
A picture(s)
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DP70s in Denmark |
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RECENTLY ADDED NUMBERS AND MACHINES |
2085+2158 installed
at Vista, Hollywood
Update on prototype, 1741, 1744, 1932, 1942, 2015,
2312 and 2439
2330 to
KINO,
Rotterdam, Holland
2442 to Gentofte
Kino, Denmark
2159 + 2276 moved to
new location
806
used
as spares
1910+1912 being
prepared with new shutters in Holland
Picture from
Halmstad,
Sweden
885 to Italy
Boston
Light and Sound working on 2085, 2158, 2411,
739, 1377, 627
Rosbeek Cinema
installed 1705 in Filmhuis the Haque,
Holland
Update on 887, 888, 2309, 2329 & 2401
in Australia
Machines
#1384 & #1408 back at work in NY
Machines 1774 & 1875
from
Sweden
are junked
2366 in
Switzerland
1466 + 1469 in
Australia
864 + 869 with
Stephen Rowley, UK
651 + 652 now with
Tim Burke
1920 + 1924 in
Boston,
Massachusetts
1492 + 1493 in
Germany
New images from
Marocco and
Oklahoma
2006 + 2007 added from
Morocco
1984 + 1989 added
New image from
Switzerland and
Africa
New image of
DP70 2125
2304 moved to
Bob Leader
880+881 from Warner
(DC), are
scrapped
2311+2312 moved to the
Academy,
California (CA)
1352 is a now a museum
exhibit in
England
1513 was taken to the scrap dealer in April 2013
1960+1967 added to the
list of
DP70s in Virginia (VA)
2171 moved to new home
in Denmark |
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BUILDING THE
DP70 |
 Construction of the Philips All Purpose projector DP70
By
Philips Cinema, a division of Philips Electro
Acoustics division (ELA), Eindhoven, Holland
The
Cinema Department of the Philips works in Eindhoven (Netherlands)
were asked to develop a special projector which had to be
suitable for running 70mm films with magnetic sound tracks and
which after replacement of some easily removable parts could
be made suitable rapidly for the reproduction of 35mm films
with optical sound track and of CinemaScope films with four
magnetic sound tracks. |
 Jan Jacob Kotte
By Anton P Kotte
Philips
is known all over the world for electrical shavers, food processors,
consumer electronics and a "millon" other things. Little known
today perhaps is that Philips was a leading company in manufacturing a
series of outstanding motion picture projectors. |
 A Brief History of Philips
Cinema
By C.
G. Nijsen
The
Philips Light bulb factory was founded in 1891 by
Gerard Philips and Dr. Anton
Philips.
When the "Philips" brand
became so successful, they decided to enlarge their scope
from lamps only to everything electrical or electronic. |
 PHILIPS EQUIPMENT for
picture projection and sound reproduction of TODDA.O. 70mm FILM
By W. J. M. Jansen
The purpose of this paper is to explain the design of the Philips projector
for the Todd-AO system. Change-over from 35mm. to 70mm. projection, and vice
versa, should only take a few minutes to allow of both types of film being
shown in the same performance.
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DP70 ADVERTISING |
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DP70 Advertising & Promotion |
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DP70 BROCHURE AND
PRICE |
 PDF:
The Philips Multi-Purpose Todd-AO Projector (DP70)
PDF:
Der Projector DP70
PDF:
Philips Cinema Equipment News
Three DP70
Brochures
PDF:
North American DP70 brochure
PDF:
Norelco AAII Universal 70-35 Projector
PDF:
European DP70 Brochure
PDF:
British
Kinematograph - Philips DP70 (PDF)
Theatre Lists
Norelco AAII /
DP70 Theatre List (PDF)
Original 1957 DP70 invoice:
Haus
Savoy, Hamburg 1957
Haus Savoy, Hamburg, Rechnung April 1957
Haus Savoy, Hamburg, Rechnung December 1957
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OSCAR FOR DP70 |
 On
Monday April 8, 1963 Fred J Pfeiff, technical manager of the motion picture
equipment department of Norelco (North American Philips),
received the 1962 Class 2 Oscar plaque for:
"The design and engineering of the Norelco Universal 70/35mm
motion picture projector".
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You are in the Show
with Todd-AO
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Todd-AO: Films and
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DP70: The
Story of the Todd-AO Projector |
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 DP70:
A Story of the Todd-AO Projector
By Thomas Hauerslev
Today, when most cinemas have converted to digital presentations, there is
less need for the DP70 or any other film projector and most of the
machines are now redundant, with notable exceptions such as the Schauburg,
and other 70mm venues. |
 DP70:
Die Geschichte des Todd-AO Projektors
Von Thomas Hauerslev
Heute haben die meisten Kinos auf digitale Vorfόhrverfahren umgestellt und
der DP70 wird - wie auch alle anderen Filmprojektoren - nur noch selten
benφtigt. In den meisten Kinos haben sie nun ausgedient, es gibt jedoch ein
paar rόhmliche Ausnahmen wie etwa die Schauburg oder andere 70mm-Kinos. |
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DP70 PROJECTION |
 70mm
film projection lenses for the DP70
The Todd-AO system requires a very large optical system. The size of this
system determines that of the lens holder. The lens is focused by means of
the knob underneath the carriage over which the entire lens holder
slides during focusing; this adjustment is free of any play.
Special attention has been paid to the precision of this adjustment, since
either a too fine or a too coarse adjustment may render focusing difficult. |
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TESTIMONIALS |
Wonderful stuff on the DP70s site where do you
find the time?!!
Jim Slater, Cinema Technology, England
It's a great job you'v done! My compliments. Keep on!
Best regards, Volker Hannemann, Germany
Very interesting website as I just have been looking it over.
Bill Dubiel,
USA
Hi, Enjoyed your wide-screen site very much.
Charles Slater, Australia
Congratulations for all what you do in favour of DP70. I am a
fan of these machines.
Best Regards, Gerard Cortιs,
Spain.
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Your web site? YEAHHH, STILL GREAT!!!!
Best regards, Luc, France
Just a quick note to congratulate you on your excellent website
in respect of the Philips DP70, projector a machine I worked
with for a few years at the
Queens Theatre in Newcastle On Tyne. U.K.
Neil Thomson,
Odeon Cinemas, Newcastle, England
Us here at WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute in
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA) really appreciate your
passion for the DP70 and commitment to keeping records on
it!
Regards, Joe Murray
DP70 - A
MASTERPIECE
I think DP70s are a sight to behold in their own right and were the most visionary piece of engineering imaginable.
Trevor Wilson, Australia
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