Agfa motion picture topics (Apr 1937-June 1940)

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A special Film Testing Department is the most prominent factor in the system of production control, and though each production department is responsible for inspecting workmanship and testing both the raw and finished materials which it contributes during the film manufacturing process, the Film Testing Department acts as a "bureau of standards" to co-ordinate inspection by the various production departments, and to make sensitometric and practical photographic tests of finished film before it is allowed to leave the factory. Testing the Film Base The first step in the manufacture of photographic film is the production of the flexible transparent base, and this material is examined by inspectors as it Photographed by RAY V. DAVIS Page Fi fteen