GAUMONT-BRITISH ‘N’ 35mm
Designed and built to Admiralty standards these portable projectors were to be found in ships and shore establishments throughout the world. Designed to be able to be passed through the manholes of ship’s hatches they saw sterling service throughout WW2. A very robust machine with a large 1000watt lamp providing good illumination with a selection of lenses for different applications.

This particular projector has been restored to full working order mechanically by the late Eric Mortimer and comes to us from the Museum of Cinema Technology, Bletchley Park. Pictured also is the amplifier which unfortunately is unserviceable but displays Its gorgeous array of thermonic valves. The GB ‘N’ is a good companion to the GB L516 16mm projector, also a Naval projector (exhibit 5) and both could be found working for the entertainment of Royal Navy and Merchant Navy seamen during WW2.

The design enabled the projector to be able to pass through the man hatches of the larger deck hatches found aboard ship when it was dismantled. It was a powerful machine with a 1000watt lamp and could utilise a number of different lenses.

This particular model was ‘saved’ and restored by the late Eric Mortimer, a member of the PPT. It is in full working order and it is intended to eventually take the projector ‘on tour’.

All the lovely valves of the GB’N’ Amplifier are illustrated here.