The film daily year book of motion pictures (1951)

$24,844,203. Small gains were registered in some classes of equipment, such as sound-recording gear. More Cameras, Projectors Shipped Abroad Last Year Last year 15,3 27 motion picture cameras valued at $1,338,938 were sent out of the country. The total was broken down into 90 3 5mm cameras, 5,324 16mm and 9,913 8mm. The year before 11,016 cameras valued at $1,170,115 were exported. Foreign markets in 19 50 absorbed 21,881 projectors valued at $3,61 1,53 3. Here's the breakdown: 1,900 35mm projectors, 3,796 silent 16mm PROIECTION New Production Record Is Set by DeVry Corp. BANNER YEAR was celebrated by the DeVry Corp. in 1950. The number of equipments produced for commercial use, both for domestic and foreign markets, soared to a new record-breaking level. In addition, the professional 16mm sound projectors the firm developed for the armed services were delivered at an accelerated rate with each passing month. DeVry's "Koolite," an adjunctive air blast cooling unit for attachment to DeVry "12000 Series" theater projectors proved a boon to drive-in operators, permitting safe suprex high-intensity arc operation without loss in image quality or damage to the film. Backlog orders on hand at the close of 19 50 assured peak production of DeVry projectors and amplifiers throughout 1951. A good deal of DeVry's efforts in 1951 will be devoted to the production of sound projectors for the armed forces under contracts in excess of $5,000,000 awarded the company early this year. The projectors will be used in conjunction with the long-range armed-forces unification program started in 1945 as a peacetime project. Known as JAN (JointArmy-Navy), they will be built to the rigid standards and specifications of the armed services. They will supplant all other sound equipment now in use by the Army and Navy. Int'l Projector Pushes Simplex X-L Production y^CTIVlTIES of the International Projector Corp. of Bloomfield, N. J., were concentrated largely on production of its new 3 5mm projector, the Simplex X-L, which was introduced early in 19 50 after five years of designing and tooling up, plus an exhaustive series of field tests in ace circuit houses over a period of 16 months. The projector is held to incorporate several radical departures in design and operation and is credited with top-flight efiSciency, complete reliability, economy of operation and long life. On the operating side of the projector head there is a large glass panel which, together with the illuminated film compartment, enables the operator to see the entire mechanism while it is projectors, 8,609 16mm sound projectors and 7,575 8mm projectors. A total of 21,375 projectors valued at $3,829,544 went abroad in 1949. Exports of other motion picture equipment, including sound equipment, arc lamps, screens and projector parts, accounted for $4,649,595 of the 1950 total. In 1949 they amounted to $4,754,012. The following reports on the activities of representative companies in the business, among which are listed the nation's outstanding equipment producers, will convey some idea of the accomplishments of the equipment industry in 1950, with indications in some instances of what might be expected for 1951. EQUIPMENT running. The vital aperture area also is exposed to view by means of an enlarged sightbox. The Simplex X-L possesses a lens mount which can accommodate any projection lens up to and including four inches in diameter and with a speed of f 1.6. Quick, precise focusing of the lens is simplified greatly by means of a micromatic "Screenscope," a built-in unit utilizing an eight-power lens with prism. The machine has a simplified lubrication system, called the "Spray-O-Matic," assertedly one of the most efficient ever devised for a projector. Its conical shutter is said to effect the maximum transmission and the sharpest defined cut-off of light yet achieved in any projector, with fewer parts, less gearing and quieter operation. Sprockets contain 24 teeth, eight more than the conventional type, and they operate at only 240 r.p.m. Reduced mechanical load, frame lock indicator, extra-long tension shoes and film magazines a quarter inch deeper on each side of the reel are some of the other advantages claimed for the projector. Projector of Advanced Design Offered by RCA I^HE THEATER EQUIPMENT section of the RCA engineering products department made available the new 3 5mm RCA 100 projector of advanced design characterized by Karl Brenkert, president of the Brenkert Light Projection Co., as the "finest" ever produced by the RCA subsidiary. The new projector, superseding the BX80 in the RCA line, embodies all the main features of the BX80, plus many additional features designed to improve performance and facilitate operation. The machine, which, according to Brenkert, retains the established Brenkert features of rocksteady projection, highly efficient delivery of light to the screen and low cost of maintenance, is credited with presenting many innovations. Century Projector Corp. Claims Many Improvements ^ENTURY PROJECTOR CORP. in 1950 was credited with the development of a new Wy-200 exciter lamp power supply for greater