Kinematograph year book (1944)

204 The Kinematograph Year Book. hinted at ; but for the moment Brockliss are largely employed in servicing and making good projectors which are in need of essential repairs for which, fortunately, they are still able to provide spare parts. Cinesales, Ltd. — 1943 has been a record year for the sales and deliveries of the Sturgeon-Acme arc lamp, both to cinemas and the services, and 1944 has every prospect of being an equally busy year. Post-war requirements are constantly being considered, and although it is difficult to anticipate problems of the future, possibilities are being carefully considered, and will be successfully met. The call for alternating-current arc lamps and inductors has been greater than for the direct current models, and experience is proving that the prejudice against using raw A.C. current is rapidly being overcome. We venture to suggest that the majority of low intensity arc lamp users, as well as some D.C. high intensity, will change over to A.C. as a source of illuminant for their projection, especially the low intensity user, who, by installing A.C. arc lamps, will be able to project as well lighted a picture as his biggest competitor at very little extra cost (if any). G.-B.-Kalee, Ltd. — The association of G.-B. Equipment, Ltd., and Kalee, Ltd., places the new organisation in an extremely strong position as regards the supply of all forms of kinema equipment. Hitherto, the individual companies concerned have marketed distinct projector installations — -the Magnus and the Kalee respectively. For the time being the activities of both companies in the commercial kinema sphere are largely restricted to replacements where considered essential and to servicing ; but it is understood work is proceeding for the construction after the war of a projector which will combine the best points of both equipments in addition to many special features now in the blue-print stage. The Magnus projector is entirely British made at the firm's Shepherd's Bush works, and consequently the supply of spares and replacements has not been so severely curtailed as might otherwise have been the case. A massive box type stand and platform combines excellent rigidity with improved appearance, and houses, all ancillary equipment, including arc lamp controls, meters, exciter lamp supply, meter and starting controls. The famous Brenkert arc lamps still continue to hold their eminent position. The range comprises the Enarc H.T. Suprex, fully automatic type, with 13i-in. mirror and the " E " type L.I. automatic with 10-in. mirror. The A.C. high intensity field is covered by the Econarc, a fully automatic lamp with 12-in. mirror, having a proven light output equal to any other A.C. lamp on the market. To owners of large kinemas, and particularly the showman exhibitor, the Brenograph Effects machine must be considered essential in these days of planned national economy as a necessary adjunct in putting over elaborate scenic effects for stage shows and organ interludes. The excellence of the precision mechanism and the sound general craftsmanship always associated with a Kalee product has stood the country in good stead during these war years. Month in and month out one or the other models of Kalee projectors have contributed to the entertainment of the forces, war workers and the civilian public. In thousands of kinemas, in almost as many Service establishments and in scores of mobile units will be found Kalee projection equipment, each serviced by skilled men, whose object it is that the show goes on. Installations generally comprise either the " Twelve " or " Dragon " mechanisms. The most modern features, including drumtype shutter, are, of course, incorporated in the "Dragon," but it is slightly lighter in construction as compared with the Kalee " Twelve," and has group system lubrication. It is, however, a fine piece of precision mechanism and carries with it the Kalee hall-mark of quality. It is suitable for use with all the principal sound systems. Kalee arc lamps, of the Regal and Vulcan types, designed for use with 14-in. and 10-in. mirrors respectively, with automatic feed, continue to be in wide use. They combine the maximum illumination for all purposes with economical current consumption. A typical G.-B.-Kalee combination equipment recommended is: 1 Vulcan arcs lamp, Katee 12 projector, and type G.2. British Acoustic sound-head.