That or fixing the cameras on the planes. I believe they were just starting to be used about that time frame / WWI era. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_photography for better information. Mike in Ohio On 6/9/2013 1:17 PM, Mick wrote: > Hi all, > On a marriage certificate of 1914 the groom is described as a > Cinematograph operator in Royal Artillery (as far as I can make out) > > I have tried Goggle but I get a box to search for people and get > nothing for his name! > > Could it be a camera operator of sorts? > Mick. IOW. >

In message <51B4E51D.9030306@coper.com>, mungedaddress <kenefi@coper.com> writes: >That or fixing the cameras on the planes. I believe they were just >starting to be used about that time frame / WWI era. See >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_photography for better information. I don't think _movie_ cameras were likely to have been used on planes - at least not that early in WWI. > >Mike in Ohio > >On 6/9/2013 1:17 PM, Mick wrote: >> Hi all, >> On a marriage certificate of 1914 the groom is described as a >> Cinematograph operator in Royal Artillery (as far as I can make out) >> >> I have tried Goggle but I get a box to search for people and get >> nothing for his name! >> >> Could it be a camera operator of sorts? >> Mick. IOW. >> That seems the most likely. (I can't see the RA having use for a projector operator. [I know that in the very early days of cinematography the same instrument was often used as both camera and projector, but I don't think that would have been the case in 1914.]) Newsreel-type pictures were certainly taken, as we keep being shown them, and I would imagine they'd be mostly taken by military personnel rather than independents or newspaper (etc.) employees. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Can you open your mind without it falling out?