Business screen magazine (1946)

"Is This Trip Necessary?" Humble Cuts Executive Travel ;:OME EXECUTIVES al llunihk Oil s Rcfiniiii; Co. in Houstim iiaxi.' experimented with giving up interemiipany eonference trips for watching television. The reason is the use of videotape recording used with the telephone for intercompany conferences. An example: A group of men sits around a conference table in New York City watching two TV screens. When the pictures fade, the group begins conferring with four men from Mumble's supply department and Humble Pipe Line Co. whom they had just been watching on TV. These men are in Housion. Texas. They are the first in Humble to use the VTR/telephone system introduced by the company by the Telecommunications function of Humble's General Services Dept. The men in Houston were to make twci presentations to a special advisory committee of Humble's parent company. Standard Oil of New Jersey in New York. Rather than travel to New York, the men spent an hour and 15 minutes recording the two presentations on videotape at Humble headquarters. This included making the tapes (one was 18 minutes, the other 7) and then reviewing them. The tapes were sent to New York for playback. The men making the presentation along with some of their associates, assembled in a Houston conference room. Committee members convened in a conference room at Rockefeller Plaza in New York. The two groups were placed in direct and continuous communications through a telephone conference call a company tieline hookup which uses table top speakers and microphones to relay conversations. After watching the tapes, Jersey executives asked questions and discussed the proposed projects with the men in Houston. The conference lasted less than an hour, and both parties were enthusiastic about the effectiveness of the videotape/conference call system. Humble is finding many new ways to use its videotape recording equipment in train ing, communications and public relations. The company encourages videotape recording use by all of its companies and divisions. The man responsible for involving Humble with \ideotapc recording is E. P. Fitzgerald. Humble's corporate network coordinator. Fitzgerald says that one of his rc>ponsihilitics is to generate new ideas and applications for using videotape equipment within the corporate family. An example of this is in Humble's Exploration School in Houston. Recorders are used to record classes in ESSO Production Research Company's Geophysical Exploration Schools. Geophysical exploration is the scientific search for ore deposits on the Earth's crusts and the mapping of rock structures that may contain oil or natural gas, "Students can get the expertise of EPRC's Houston lecturers and eliminate travelling and housing expenses," Fitgerald said. "EPRC's students are professional people working in a scientific field getting a refresher course and learning new techniques. EPRC's operations require a state-of-the-art type knowledge of all forms of oil production, exploration and all other fields involved in the petroleum industry. Previously, these professionals have been brought to Houston from all over the world to be updated and learn new techniques. Now we have the capability to record this information on videotape and send the tapes to them." a color novie from a lilm strip? * Z003VXg| 1^^' art, Silm clips €f products sYiitiii'oiiiKCil to voice, iiiiisitv soiiiiil effects Classes on geophysical exploration being conducted and simultaneously recorded for viewing by Humbe employees around the world. them." The p^. system that shows pictures. Bauer's P6 automatic is a compact 16mm auto-threading sound pro jector, of course. You can see that. What you can't see is its remarkable 15-watt transistorized amplifier. But you can hear its effect. Clearly, cleanly, and (with optional 20W speaker) in most large size auditoriums, whether you use films with optical or magnetic tracks. Because this rugged, handsome projector takes either and transforms them into high-fidelity sound. The P6 automatic also has magnetic recording capability (including sound on sound, so you can add your own comments over music you record on the track); mike, record player and tape recorder inputs: built-in 3W speaker; and separate volume, " bass and treble controls. Of course, this "p. a. system" is also a brilliant projector, with optional 4000' capacity and 2-speed film drive, forward or reverse. Bauer also makes the P6 automatic with a Ivlarc-300* metal-arc lamp that puts out more than tour times the light of conventional projector lamps. That you must see to believe. See your dealer or write to: Allied Impex Corp., »...,„.. 168 Glen Cove Rd.. Carle Place, L.I.. [°]|[§| N.Y. 11514. Chicago; Dallas and Glen[p»oto,m: dale, Calif. Bauer P6 automatic-M151 16mm portable sound projector BAUER® ROBERT BOSCH ElEKTRONIK AND PMOTOKINO GMBH 't. M. GENERAL ELECTRIC JANUARY, 1970 35