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Jack Welsh, 1897-1965
It was said of Jack Welsh that "there were more photographic chemical in his veins than blood."
Like most movie pioneers he was a jack of all trades. Starting out as a photographer, he became head projectionist and manager of Dunedin's Empire De Luxe Theatre after World War I.
From 1925 he produced a local newsreel and then the national weekly New Zealand Soundscenes in 1933.
Welsh also modified Ted Coubray's sound equipment with James Gault and their first sound film was screened publicly on 2 May 1930. They recorded New Zealand's first talkie feature, Down on the Farm, five years later.
- Welsh Sound System Test (1,400kb)
- Down on the Farm [excerpt] (1,000kb)
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