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Curzon Collection: 35 mm Gaumont Chrono silent


 




Gaumont Chrono 35mm Projector Head

Unfortunately the most of this projector has long since been lost but what remains is around 90 years old, possibly more.

The Gaumont Chrono developed in the Leo Gaumont factory in Paris dates back to the first days of cinema. They were a popular projector with Bioscope shows and in the early cinemas. It is known that a Gaumont Chrono was used sometime between 1912 and 1916 in the first Picture House in Clevedon which was the first cinema on the present site where pictures have been continuously shown since 1912.

The search still goes on to complete this artefact.