British Kinematography (1950)

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Jan., 1950 standardisation and the kinema 17 STANDARDISATION AND THE KINEMA Discussion Meeting arranged by the 8.K.S. Theatre Division, on October 9, 1949 INTRODUCTION S. B. Harrison-Swingler, M.B.K.S. * SOME time ago the Theatre Division Papers Sub-Committee received a request from a projectionist who posed the following question : " What is all this business about standardisation and exactly how will it affect my job ? " In order to understand exactly the effect of standardisation on the work of the projectionist, it is necessary first of all that the projectionist should be aware of the fundamental aims of standardisation, of the way the British Standards Institution works, and the reason why manufacturers, distributors and users, as well as other interested bodies, such for instance, as Local Authorities, get together round the committee tables to solve amicably the many problems of standardisation, Therefore the Theatre Division has brought to this meeting several members who represent the Society on B.S.I. Committees. They are going to explain in a few words their particular relationship to this question of standardisation. Their contributions will provide coverage of the varied aspects of standardisation. In point of fact the work carried out under the auspices of the British Standards Institution in this country will eventually have a far-reaching effect on the work of the projectionists in this and other countries, as well as having other important aspects from both the national and international point of view. Technical Committees The Kinematograph Industry Committee has been or is engaged on standardisation covering the following items : — CME/ 2 — Motion Picture Films. CME/ 3— Standard Release Print Reels. CME/ 4 — Electrical Equipment. CME/ 5 — Projection Equipment. CME/ 6 — Inflammability of Films. CME/ 7 — Terminology. CME/11 — Screen Brightness. CME/ 13 — 16mm. Sound Projectors. CME/ 14 — 35mm. Sound Projectors. CME/ .15— Seating. CME/ 16 — Projection Lenses. CME/ 17— Standard Forms. CME/18 — Sub-Standard Projection Lenses. ACM/6 — Electro Magnetic Sound Recording. Each of these main committees appoints sub-committees dealing with widely varied items such as transit cases, spools, rectifiers, safety lighting, stage electrical equipment, electric meters, transformers and chokes, exit-boxes, rewinders, splicing machines, film storage cabinets, test films. B.S.I, committees afford a very convenient means of getting together the various trade organisations under an impartial chairman, with the backing of an efficient secretariat and organising body. In various committees representatives are to be found of the British Kinematograph Society, the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association, the Kinematograph Renters' Society, the Kinema Manufacturers' Association, the Home Office, the London County Council, Provincial Licensing Authorities, Kinema Projectionists' and Engineers' Association, British Film Producers' Association, the Royal Air . * Circuits Management Association Ltd.