Kabul theatre scene: Inside the 35 mm film projection room of an Afghan film theater

From the archive record

Afghan theatre worker rolls a cinema reel of a film on a projector. See a Hindi movie 'Gambler' poster on the wall. The worker loads it on the feed platter, he threads the film through the platter's payout assembly and into the top of the projector. A strip of film has small square holes along each side called sprocket holes. These holes fit over the teeth of special gear-like wheels called sprockets. The sprockets, driven by an electric motor, pull the film through the projector. Cambers, small spring-loaded rollers, provide tension to keep the film from bunching up or slipping off the sprockets. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest HD and 4K collection from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high q