British Kinematography (1950)

62 BRITISH KINEMATOGRAPHY Vol. 16, No. 2 Trevor James Hawkins (Member), W. Vinten Ltd. Frederick Arthur Geoffrey Knapman (Member), Riverside Studios. Alfred Charles Chapman (Assoc iate), Lanchester Properties Ltd. Robert Verrall (Member), " This Modern Age." Resignations. — The resignations of three Members, fhree Associates and one Student were accepted with regret. Others who had tendered their resignations were asked to reconsider their decisions. COMMITTEE MEETING Library Committee — Dec. 12, 1949. It was agreed that any members of the Society who offered their services would be welcome to assist in the library on Monday evenings. The present system of having a member of the Committee on duty each Monday should continue, together with the associate helpers, Mr. N. Nixon and Mr, C. Bailey, who had already offered their services. New books which had been purchased were noted, as were other accessions, and the increase in postal borrowing was regarded as satisfactory. B.K.S, CONVENTION The Council has decided that the annual general meetings of the Society and of the Divisions, instead of being arranged on different occasions as in the past, shall take place on the same day, together with the Presidential Address and the presentation of certificates to newly elected Fellows. A Convention will therefore be held on Saturday, April 29, next, and in future years on the first Saturday in May. It is proposed to terminate the proceedings with an informal social event. Further particulars will be announced next month. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC FILM ASSOCIATION Two members of the B.K.S. are representatives of their countries on the committee of the International Scientific Film Association. They are R. McVitie Weston, one of Great Britain's four delegates, and Jean Cleinge, of Belgium, who was in this country on a UNESCO Film Scholarship. The work of the committee falls into two categories — research and technique. Aims of the former are : — (1) To publish an annual report on scientific research in the kinema ; (2) To prepare a catalogue of scientific films ; (3) To set up a technical research project for the kinema ; (4) To make a list of kinema specialists in all parts of the world, with a view to the possible exchange of technicians ; (5) To encourage the establishment of courses of study on kinematograph technique; (6) To organise seminars and conferences on specific subjects ; (7) To help by every means the making of research films. STANDARDISATION AND THE KINEMA In last month's issue (page 22) Mr. A. E. Ellis was reported as saying that he did not agree with standards being international. This was, of course, a printer's error. PERSONAL NEWS of MEMBERS Members are urged to keep their fellow members conversant with their activities through the medium of British Kinematography. George Ashton, Keith Hornsby, Philip Jenkins and Gilbert Murray are no longer associated with the Dufaychrome process. H. L. Bohm has been appointed a director of Dugdale Printing Ltd., printers of this ournal. A. A. Cavalcanti has joined the Companha Cinematografia Vera Cruz, of Sao Paulo, Brazil. F. George Gunn, after two weeks' holiday at Adelboden, Switzerland, spent a week in Paris on business for Technicolor. Rudall C. Hayward is camera director of Associated TV Programmes Ltd., of Sydney, Australia, where he has now settled. Anthony Hinds, producer for Exclusive Films, has become a member of the Variety Club of Great Britain, who have acquired premises in Dover Street, W.l. L. R. J. Johnson, who spent nearly three years with Cinema-Television Ltd., has left them to join the English Electric Co. at Stafford. W. S. Kennedy, a student from New Zealand, who has been with the Crown Film Unit as an observer, thanks all those who have offered him assistance. Gwen Parker thanks all those friends who have sent her messages of sympathy in her recent illness and looks forward to joining in Society activities again very soon. J. A. S. Turner has been elected an Associate of the R.P.S. Charles Vinten, accompanied by Eddie Gillard, is for the second time piloting his own aeroplane on a business trip to Spain and the major cities of North Africa bordering the Mediterranean. BRITISH KINEMATOGRAPHY Bound Volumes for po i oc f. i Your own copies 1949 (Vol. 14 & 15) *^ 1^s# oa bound uniformly 17s. 6d.