Howdy. I'm not sure if my other message was posted so I'll repeat the info. Larry Harman (A.K.A Bozo the Clown) currently owns US rights to almost all of the Soviet cartoons from 1945's Wedding Under the Coral Sea thru the late 50s. Harman gave new titles to these films (sometimes releasing the same film under two differant titles!) and syndicated this all-color package to TV in the early 60s. Sometimes you can find these 16mm prints floating around the collector's market- almost always beautiful Kodachrome prints. THey all have a strange end title stating the film has been approved by the U.S. military! Guess they wanted to make sure none of that red poison snuck into any kiddie films. Some of the animation in these shorts is amazing. Wedding under the Coral Sea (official films released this in b/w as UNDERSEA WEDDING) even features some rotoscoping from live action. I believe Harman re-issued many of these in a new TV package a few years back- I'll have to check to see. Sterling Films of England also had a handful of Soviet cartoons (again, retitled of course) they distributed in the mid 50s on 16mm- mostly rental prints. RE: films with projections/ projectionists- THE BLOB ('58) Features they slimey critter oosing out of a projection booth. Look close and you'll see a quick shot of a Century projector. I Have a strange cartoon called FINDING HIS VOICE (1929) produced by the Fleischer studio for RCA's phonofilm process. It features two strips of film learning (in great detail!) about how sound on film works. This is a lot of fun- the instuctor seems to have a problem reading his lines! One on the neatest things here (to me, at least) is the Simplex projector and RCA soundhead shown (In drawn form!). I had purchased a late 20's Simplex Standard head with a RCA soundhead a few years before, and it was the same as in the film! I run a small mail order video company called SNAPPY VIDEO (Insert plug\ here) that specializes in rare 1930s cartoons- FINDING HIS VOICE is available on CULTOONS! volume 4 (a collection of educational/promotional and theatrical cartoons). I can lend out my 16mm print of this short if you wish to run it- The sound is slightly off sync, however. That's all for now- bye kids