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

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June, 1930] MlNUTES OF LONDON SECTION 711 LONDON SECTION During the month of March the London Section of the Society held two executive meetings and two general members' meetings. At the executive meeting held on March 7th the Chairman announced that Sir Oliver Lodge had accepted the invitation to become the principal guest at the Society's first annual dinner on April 10th. Mr. Newman, Vice-Chairman, was elected to be the London representative on the new Historical Committee of the Society. The London Section agreed to cooperate with the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain in their meeting to which they had invited Herr Kossovsky, a sound expert from Germany, to address them on the sound situation in Germany. At the executive meeting held on March 28th the progress of the dinner committee was reported and discussed. Responding to the request from the Parent Society it was decided to ask Mr. Rowson, Mr. Newman, and Mr. John Maxwell to make talkie records and have them sent to Mr. Hickman. The first general members' meeting was held at the E. L. M. A. Lighting Service Bureau, Savoy Street Strand, on March 10th, with Mr. S. Rowson in the chair. There were 17 members and 10 visitors present and before the paper of the evening was read, the Chairman called upon Mr. Carl Gregory of the Parent Society to address the meeting. Mr. Gregory repeated a message of greeting from the President and Council and spoke of the pleasure experienced by the Parent Society by the extreme activity of the London Section. The paper read was "Incandescent Lighting in the Studios," by Mr. Villiers of G. E. C. England, followed by demonstrations of lighting units. At the second meeting of the month, held at the Royal Photographic vSociety on March 24th, with Mr. Arthur S. Newman, Vice-Chairman, in the chair, 20 members and 6 visitors were present. A paper was read on "Lenses with Special Reference to Colour Correction," by Mr. Warmishan of Taylor, Taylor, & Hobson, which was notable for the interesting and simple language in which the paper was couched. The chairman announced that the meeting on April 14th would be the last of this session. MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS The Eighth International Congress of Photography will be held