On 09/06/2013 18:17, 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. > This reference suggests that in 1905 a "Cinematograph operator" was a motion picture camera operator... http://archive.org/stream/opticallanternci01lond/opticallanternci01lond_djvu.txt Full text of "The Optical Lantern and Cinematograph Journal (Volume 1) Nov 1904-Oct 1905" Quote: No one will deny, but that after watching a long series of animated pictures, the projection of an ordinary slide, comes as a welcomed pause, and as a source of restfulness to the eye. We are inclined to think that a more frequent use of some of the higher class coloured photographic slides, interspersed with animated projections, would tend to the ensurance of a successful show. We may even go so far as to say, that a film subject could be rendered more complete by the addition of ordinary slides made from negatives bearing on the film subject. It sometimes happens that the cinematograph operator, at the time of taking his pictures, will fail to include in the series just those phases of the subject that are of highest interest ; hence it is that the use of an ordinary camera proves of great value in securing the missing points.