Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1930-1949)

Record Details:

Title:
Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Date:
1930-1949
Publisher:
New York, N.Y. : The Society
Volume:
Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Leaf #:
000379
Language:
English
Collection:
Technical Journals
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (SMPE)Êdocuments the technological progress of the film industry, highlighting technical developments in production and exhibition. Of special interest are articles about special effects, theater practices, lighting, and the introduction of the 16mm format. Initially titled "Transactions of the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers."Digitized by the Prelinger Library and the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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362 WM. H. BRISTOL [J. S. M. P. B. By a specially designed printing machine, we are able to make prints from the original theatrical negatives, either of the standard width or the 16 mm. width, with every third frame eliminated. Such prints can then be used in either 35 mm. projectors or 16 mm. projectors at the reduced speed of 16 frames per second, still producing results equally as good as though the pictures had been originally taken at 16 frames per second. When projecting these shortened films, it is FIG. 1. Bell and Howell projector with synchronizing motor attached. necessary to use a shutter designed for the projection of 16 pictures per second in order to reduce flicker to a minimum. The complete outfit for reproducing these special synchronized 16 mm. or any other 16 mm. films, consists of a turntable unit connected electrically by a small cable of any convenient length to the 16 mm. projector, using the special synchronizers described in a paper presented at the meeting of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, September, 1928. We have developed a method of using the same type of synchronizing motors which were previously described, but now made up into smaller models, especially for non-theatrical, industrial, and educa