The Cine Technician (1953-1956)

THE CINE TECHNICIAN Editor: REG GROVES EDITORIAL OFFICE: 2 Soho Square, W.I Telephone: GERrard 8506 ADVERTISEMENT OFFICE: 5 & 6 Red Lion Square, Telephone: HOLborn 4972 W.C.I Practical Techniques for 3-D and Wide Screen Filming, by Charles G. Clarke, A.S.C. 54, 55, 56 Report on 3-D, by A.C.T: s Technical Committee 57 CinemaScope and How it Works 58, 59, 60 Beware the 3 D-Ts, by Adrian & Chris Brunei . 61, 62 Complete Guide to British Films, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 Overhead Lighting for Overall Set Illumination, by Joseph Rnttenberg, A.S.C. 68, 69 New Books 70, 71 Cartoon, by Pat Holmes . . . .71 Cine Profiles, by Recorder .... 72 Cartoon, by Jimmy Land . . . .73 Annual General Meeting, Report 74, 75 Other A.C.T. News, compiled by 'Middy' 76 THE CINE TECHNICIAN MAY -JUNE, 1953 VOL. 19 No. 102 PRICE ONE SHILLING THE picture in this column was taken during the Pathe Labs' strike, reported fully in our last number. It shows the representative of Technicolor's A.C.T. members (Alf Cooper) presenting Ronnie Spillane (strike committee) the £32 raised by the Technicolor Labs' members in the first week of the strike. Such collections were made among film technicians of all grades — a sign of loyalty one to another in the battle for fair conditions in the industry. In all debates on the film industry, most attention is focused on the makers of the film, on the writers, directors, camera, editors, and sound men in whose hands is the shaping and making of the moving picture. Few, outside the industry, know how much a film depends as well upon the skill and work of the men and women engaged in processing all the films shown in Britain's cinemas. The Association of Cine Technicians speaks for them all, having effected that rarest of combinations in the modern world — the union of specialist and general worker, of creative artist and operator, of low-paid and highly-paid, of front-window and back-room boys. All are learning to stand together for fair treatment for one another, for good working conditions, and for a thriving and respected British film industry. Hard times have failed to break this combination, which is the strength of A.C.T. Nor have attacks from the outside succeeded in creating division among the many and varied people within the association. The recent annual gathering, A.C.T. 's twentieth such meeting, showed, above all else, a determination not to be divided; a determination to nurture the solidarity thus far achieved. Many changes are ahead for the film industry, affecting in a variety of forms the livelihood of its workers. Through all these changes, in good times and in bad, tolerance, mutual aid, and loyalty one to another in the common cause can keep the association strong and respected. Not only that it may guard the welfare of its own members — though this is always its immediate, its most direct charge — but also that it may nourish the British film industry, bring integrity and sincerity to film making in this country, and care for the quality as well as the quantity of British films. R. G.