The development of cinema projection as a skill.

What is it about?

How the coming of sound-on-film brought the need for trained projectionists to handle the increasingly complex technical systems installed in cinemas.

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Why is it important?

This article focuses on the changes that the introduction of recorded sound, together with alterations in the business and political environments, brought to operators’ workplace duties and conditions of employment in both the United States of America and the United Kingdom. To the author's knowledge, this topic has not previously b been covered.