Those snapshots were indeed very interesting, thanks again Mike. They leave me wondering however, if the particular projector ones local cinema used, was a major factor in how you literally saw each movie.

Also, those pictures that you posted were from your I.B. print, which are from a Technicolor presentation, if I understand it correctly? If that is the case, it is no wonder the colors are more vibrant than the non-technicolor presentation that I personally saw at my local cinema in the day, but still none-the-less very interesting!

Here is a video that might be of interest to you all. A fellow describes how projectionists did their work about 35 years ago using a carbon arc projector:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iScIfqfCGk

After viewing this video (and others that are related), I can easily understand how these films got so beat up, feeding the film into the projector alone seemed to be somewhat rough at times, not by this fellow in particular however, but in general handling of the celluloid film seemed, well...rough at best. It was though, a very interesting video to see, and worth watching.