Inside the walls of a huge country shed, vintage cinema projectors, harking back to the silent era, whir into life under David McGowan's careful watch.
"It's all vintage — all early film projection technology. There are about 40 projectors, hundreds of reels of film," Mr McGowan said. "I can spend hours here just pottering around like an old man and I thoroughly enjoy it. At 71, it keeps me young."Mr McGowan said some of the 35/70 millimetre projectors had featured in prominent Australian cinemas, including two which were installed in the Ascot Theatre, on Pitt Street in Sydney, for the release of Oklahoma in 1956."In my collection I have serial chapters, with full cliffhangers, of the Captain Marvels, the Batman serials.
Film and TV historian Andrew Mercado, based in the NSW Hunter region, said projectors and old films had recently enjoyed a resurgence.
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