MOTAT oral history interview with Henry Meyer
Maker and role
Henry Meyer, Interviewee
Russell Clarke, Interviewer
Production date
18 Sep 1993
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Object detail
Accession number
08-097
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Description
Oral history interview with Henry Meyer containing biographical information and covering his work as a cinema projectionist beginning in Wellington in the 1920s. Includes information about his service in RAF 70 Squadron during World War, 1939-1945 and different forms of sound equipment used in cinemas.
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Physical description
4 sound cassette (ca. 210 minutes) : analog + 1 booklet; MP3 and WAV files on drive (228 minutes)
Other title
They thought it would never last
Credit line
Henry Meyer et al. 18 Sep 1993. MOTAT oral history interview with Henry Meyer, 08-097. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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Interviews
Meyer, Henry
Anecdotes
New Zealand
Motion picture projection
Anecdotes
New Zealand
Motion picture theatres
Anecdotes
New Zealand
Motion pictures
Anecdotes
Aerial operations
World War, 1939-1945
Anecdotes
Bombers
Anecdotes
Avro Lancaster
Anecdotes
Vickers Wellington
Sound recording and reproducing
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