Here are some of the finer theatres in North & South Dakota. Some are still going, some are not! Most are faithful NTE customers! 12-01-05 I had to close the guestbook due to spammers, sorry!
Date(s): January 8, 2002. Album by Northwest Theatre Equipment Co. Photos by John Eickhof / Phil Housh. 1 - 79 of 79 Total. 17499 Visits.
1 Belfield Theatre, Belfield, ND. First theatre in state equipped for Cinemascope & magnetic stereo sound! Upgraded by NTE to Xelamp 2KW xenon, Ultra Stereo sound. Still operating original Century projectors!
2 Bijou Theatre, Beach, ND.
3 Bijou projection room, BX-80 with RCA 9030, and ORC 1.6KW lamps.
4 The RCA sound system on the wall has been replaced with a Dolby CP-50 Stereo sound system by NTE.
5 The #1 projector with old 'Hi-lux' anamorphic lens!
6 The Bijou snack bar! Vintage right down to the old Manley popper and the 'Buttercup' popcorn butter dispenser!
7 The Cinema Twin, Hazen, ND. Owners: Steve & Donna Knudsen
8 Cinema Twin projection room
9 Recently installed 1.6KW lamps, with the existing Century C, and R-2 soundheads.
10 Potts alpha platters are in use.
11 The #2 machine is identical to #1
12 The #1 booth
13 Looking at the #2 booth
14 NTE Custom sound system, one CP-50 four channel, and the existing Smart system
15 Dakota Theatre, Crosby, ND.
16 Booth at the Dakota Theatre
17 Dakota auditorium before installation of wallcoverings by NTE.
18 Grand Theatre, Williston, ND. An early vaudville house built in the early 1900s. Note on the bottom of the sign that 'OUR SCREEN TALKS'!!!
19 Grand Theatre #1, Williston, ND. Main floor of original balcony house.
20 Grand #1 booth with DTS digital, Ultra Stereo analog sound.
21 Grand #2 Booth. (Originally the only booth befor the balcony was converted to two side by side theatres)
22 Grand #3 projector
23 Grand theatre booth #4 (Formerly a shoe store!)
24 Grand #4 added in 1999. Sound rack with DTS digital, Ultra Stereo analog sound, QSC Amps
25 Grand #2 & #3 projectors in original booth!
26 Hettinger Theatre, Hettinger, ND. Opened Friday August 16th, 2002. Seating, screen, sound and prijection furnished and installed by NTE Co., Inc. Theatre is operated by a local group of businessmen!
27 Another view of the snack bar.
28 Screen is 11'6 by 27'6!!
29 Looking up at the booth from the snack bar door
30 Hettinger Booth
31 Hettinger Theatre projector.
32 Century SA & Monee R3 Soundhead
33 Hettinger sound rack, USL processor, QSC amps.
34 New Seating Concepts BW-220 chairs at Hettinger.
35 Back row with handicapped and wheelchair seating
36 Speakers installed, Cerwin Vega 15" two ways with an 18" sub-bass!
37 Screen frame and speakers ready to hang the screen!
38 Banjo 'Boxer' fabric on walls.
39 Hettinger Theatre Auditorium
40 Hettinger Theatre screen
41 Opening nite! at the Hettinger Theatre! Lots of help for the full house!
42 A break in the rush!!
43 Full house! Opening nite!
44 Fun was had by all! They have not had a theatre since the early 1980s!
45 Lake Park Drive-in Booth and snack bar building.
46 Lake park booth.
47 Close up of booth equipment, has Smart stereo processor feeding stereo FM & mono AM sound!
48 Lake Park screen tower
49 Lake Park Drive0in, Williston, ND. Only operating drive-in in the state!! Operated by T&J Agnes Theatres.
50 Auditorium #2 at the Main, (Original proscenium)
51 Mac Theatre (formerly the Mascot) Mobridge, SD. A very old vaudville house!
52 Original name 'Mascot' now the Mac Theatre! Built in early 1900s
53 Tight booth at the Mac!
54 Box office located inside lobby!
55 Mac projection room, upgraded to LP-270 platter, Strong Super Lume-X 2KW lamp, using existing Century C & R-3.
56 Main theatre booth #1 This is the original booth from the single screen when it was known as the 'Snyder' named after the builders of the theatre!
57 Main Theatre booth #2
58 Looking at the platter
59 Main theatre typical sound system, Ultra Stereo with Peavey Amps
60 Mystic Theatre, Marmarth ND.
61 Projection equipment at the Pheasant Drive-in,Mobridge, SD. Wenzel 'BW' projector with Ballantyne model 6 soundhead! 4KW Xetron lamp, LP-270 platter. One of only three operating drive-ins in SD!
62 Pheasant Drive-in snack bar
63 Inside the Wenzel 'BW' projector
64 Wenzel 'BW' (Made for Ballantyne) and the Model 6 soundhead
65 A better view of the equipment
66 The screen at the Pheasant overlooks the Burlington Northern Railroad and the Missouri River!
67 Snack bar
68 Playhouse Theatre, Mott, ND.
69 Lobby and snack bar
70 Interior of the auditorium
71 Equipment is Century H, Century R-3 soundhead, Xetron 2KW lamp, LP-270 platter.
72 Projection room
73 New screen installed by NTE
74 Right end view of mural on inner lobby wall celebrating farming in the midwest.
75 Left end view
76 Detail of the mural
77 Detail of the mural
78 Phil Housh of NTE installing the Dolby stereo system at the Playhouse theatre.
79 Whats left of the right projector at a drive-in near Ray, ND. It appears to have been a Simplex Standard, home-made soundhead, and early Brenkert lamp! The light spots are holes in the wall and the roof is completely gone!!!
