On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:01:28 -0400 (EDT), Mary Lou <mlou1173@aol.com> wrote: > >-----Original Message----- >From: Charles Ellson <ce11son@yahoo.ca> >To: genbrit <genbrit@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Mon, Jun 10, 2013 3:00 pm >Subject: Re: Royal Artillery 1914 job decription > > >On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:29:23 +0100, MB <MB@nospam.nospam> wrote: > >>On 09/06/2013 21:54, Graeme Wall wrote: >>> I did think of that but I can't for the life of me see why the RA would >>> need specialist projectionists in that era. Would be part of the job >>> for a cameraman. The term Cinematographer is still used in the film >>> industry for the principal cameraman. >> >> >>Film cameraman seems most likely. There would be a need for films for >>training, records of equipment trials and PR purposes. >> >>Much less demand for projectionists, perhaps a large training >>establishment or headquarters (where film of secret trials might be >>viewed) could have one. >> >Looking at various histories for the time it seems quite likely that >(away from the world of entertainment) the projectionist and cameraman >were quite likely to be the same person or part of the same crew. > > >How about a specialist in projectiles......as in rockets and/or bombs?? > That would probably have been a "grenadier" in Big Mistake 1. >Just a thought......mary lou >