Loved old Blue hand cranking his cinematograph in the shed. Wonderful stuff. I remember watching this way back. Probably helped spur my interest in early cinema.
Many thanks for sharing this. I too recorded this excellent documentary on VHS when it was first broadcast but since mislaid it. I actually met Michael Cordel during his ’last search’ when he turned up at the then still operating Whiteway Theatre at Port Kembla where I was projectionist. We got on well, and who wouldn't (Michael was extremely personable) and, although I had nothing to contribute in the way of historical footage, I supplied him with names of a couple of locals who might (and actually did).
Loved old Blue hand cranking his cinematograph in the shed. Wonderful stuff. I remember watching this way back. Probably helped spur my interest in early cinema.
Many thanks for sharing this. I too recorded this excellent documentary on VHS when it was first broadcast but since mislaid it. I actually met Michael Cordel during his ’last search’ when he turned up at the then still operating Whiteway Theatre at Port Kembla where I was projectionist. We got on well, and who wouldn't (Michael was extremely personable) and, although I had nothing to contribute in the way of historical footage, I supplied him with names of a couple of locals who might (and actually did).