John and I recently took a trip back to our past. We traveled around to all our old movie theaters. The original owner, that we both used to work for took them back over. He wasn't able to come out here from Idaho right away, so he asked John for help setting up their computers and to keep things running as smoothly as possible during "the take-over."  

We started out at the theater closest to us in Eynon, PA, where we loaded up the car with five ancient computers, monitors, printers and assorted cables and spare parts. How John got them all working is a miracle in itself. We were surprised to see that this theater actually looked better than when we had last been there two years ago. They had made a few changes including paint and some airbrushed wall art.      

Most people probably don't realize what is involved in preparing a movie to be shown and that it is not just a video tape that you pop into a machine and show on a large screen.

The film does come on large reels that look exactly like this.

Each movie consists of at least four of these reels that have to be spliced together in the correct order. The reels are transported to the theater in these "cans". Most movies come in two cans containing six to eight reels.

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