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A winning combination:
Centre,Top: Harold Wilson, of C&W fame,
described by Everyones as ‘The brilliant
Australian cinemachinery engineer’.
Left: Raymond Allsop, Director and Chief
engineer of Raycophone Ltd. which he
founded in 1929.
Above: C&W model E from 1924, restored
by Harry Barker, Queensland; possibly the
first C&W-Australian Biograph model.
Photo: Ross King

Garvie: David Garvie, manufacturing
at Unley, South Australia in the 1920s,
is another story to be told.
Minerva: A NSW brand from the 1940s.
Standard: The Standard Projector
Company (R.C. Fitton Ltd.) of
Edwardstown South Australia, was in
business from the 1930s to the 60s.
Some experts rate equipment from
Fittons of equal or higher standard than
C&W. The Super Standard and
Standard 75 models, distributed by
R.C.A., were popular for drive-ins in
the 1950s and 60s. They came with an
R.C.A. base and sound system. The
Super Standard had contra-rotating
shutters.(3) (See also Standard
Superlight arcs.)

Ross King Collection

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