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55th Anniversary of
the DP70 Academy Award |
 DP70s
back at work at the
Paramount Theatre in
Peekskill, NY
By Helge Bernhardt
I've been working
over the last months
with the current
operators of the
Paramount Theatre in
Peekskill (NY, US),
on getting the
projection booth up
and running again!
The theater hasn't
run film in over 15
years and are ready
to give it another
try. |
 The
Restoration of DP70 #1820
By Emiel de Jong
DP70 no. 1820 is back almost where it was born: it's now on permanent
display in the lobby of "Centrum Hofdael", arthouse cinema / general
art-centre in Geldrop, close to Eindhoven, The Netherlands. |
  DP70,
Victoria 8 and Prevost P70 in Argentina
By Eduardo Cesar
Gómez
Actualmente hay dos cabinas de proyeccion instalada con 3
victoria8, una y la otra 2 PREVOST 35/70 las salas ya no funcionan como
cines comercial. le voy a adjuntar unas fotos de lasmismas. En nuestro pais
hubo dos salas con instalacion de CINERAMA, una ya desaparecida y la otra
funciona con tres salas digitales actualmente y se hubica en la Pca de
Cordoba. Muchos saludos y lo felicito por su hermosa pagina. |
 DP70 information from Spain. #850 #1708
#1717
By Gerardo Cortes
New DP70s have been found here in
Barcelona, Spain. Including one of the DPs installed in Cine Kursaal
(Barcelona). After many years projectors were move to Cine Femina
(Barcelona) and both worked until 1991 once the cinema burned. #850 was
restored and has been installed in a private cinema room in La Vall de
Bianya - Barcelona. |
 What
is the correct
colour of a DP70?
By
Clive Woodward
We are puzzled by
trying to work out
the correct colour
to repaint them.
Ours are a brownish
'hammertone' / 'hammertex'
colour. I note from
photos on your
website many appear
to be grey. Even the
brown on our units
varies from part to
part. Do you know of
the 'official'
original colour for
DP70 projectors? |
 June
1990, Restored "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres in Copenhagen, Denmark
By Thomas Hauerslev
The restored
"Lawrence of Arabia"
opened in 70mm and
six-track Dolby
Stereo SR at the
prestigious Imperial
Bio, 31. May. Much
to the surprise of
everyone - not least
the distribution
company, "Lawrence"
played extremely
well for 4 weeks.
There were two shows
a day, for a price
of DKK 40/45 pr.
ticket. The gross
was DKK 853.000 in
29 days and 58
performances.
• Go to the gallery: "Lawrence of Arabia" on DP70 #1644 |
 DP70
Update from
Australia, 2013
By
Phillip Grace
Corrections to your page DP70s in Australia. The 70mm projectors at
Horsham, Victoria are not DP70. They are Cinemeccanica Victoria X. They were
originally installed new in the Chelsea Theatre, Melbourne, then moved a
little way down the street to the Forum Twin Cinemas (Cinema One) also in
Melbourne, and screened a lot of 70mm on both sites. When the Forum Twin
closed in 1982 or 1983 the Victoria X machines were sold to Horsham. |
 Magnificent
70mm Cinemas of Casablanca
By Dr HASSAN BELKADY
I was happy to hear that you are interested by the DP70s exposed at the hall of
my cinema RIF. They have been renewed and they have been running since 2000
until 2013. I created a museum of 35mm and 70mm at the entrance of cinema
RIF with Victoria 8 Cinemecanica, Westrex and DP70 projectors from my 3 cinemas ABC, RITZ & RIF in
Casablanca. |
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 Retired
DP70s in Casablanca
By
Thomas David
Boehm
Some months ago
Rainer and friend
from Norway
travelled to
Morocco, where he
discovered old 70mm
projectors on
display in the lobby
of the CINEMA RIF in
Casablanca. He made
the attached photos
and asked me to send
them to you. |
 A
refrigerator and a
DP70, please
By Gerhard Witte
The Saturn
electronics store on
Tauentzienstraße 9
in Berlin's Europa
Center has exhibited
an authentic Todd-AO
DP70 70mm projector
in their department
of Hi-Fi and
electronics. The
machine can be seen
on the third floor
in the Megastore's
HiFi department. |
 DP70s
of the Empire
By Robin Dakin
We arrived at
Leicester Square
early on a Saturday
morning to join a
Cinema Theatre
Association visit to
the Odeons and
Empire. The Empire
was the third visit,
its vast auditorium
was amazing with the
constant colour
changing lighting
scheme. |
 DP70
at the Casino in
London
By Peter Philips
The pictures are taken of the left hand DP70 projector and two show it laced
up with one of the reels of "Zulu". I used to know the Chief
Engineer for
Cinerama at the time
and I made several
visits to the Casino
and got shown
around. |
 Imperial
Bio Scraps 70mm projector DP70 #1640
By Thomas Hauerslev
Copenhagen: DP70 serial number
#1640, installed for the 70mm opening of Imperial Bio in Copenhagen in 1961
has been taken out and scrapped.
Sister machine #1644 will continue 70mm and 35mm operation is needed. |
 A new film gate for the DP70 projector
By Emmy Rosbeek
We have some news about the DP70 projector: We made a new film gate for
this projector.
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