Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

MOVIE MAKERS 85 News of the Industry Up to the minute reports on new products and services in the movie field Tape Chest Reeves Soundcraft Corporation, 10 East 52nd Street, New York City, pioneers in magnetic film striping, also offers something new to users of its more familiar magnetic tape. This is a five-drawer Tape Chest for the filing and identification of tape recordings. The unit, which is made of durable, lined boxboard, will be available in two sizes — to accommodate 625 and 1250 foot reels of tape. The front of each drawer has a label where its contents may be identified. The Soundcraft Tape Chest is offered free to each purchaser of five reels of tape in either size. PHOTO-LIGHT BAR, Kodak's bid to simplify home movie lighting, mounts your camera and 2 reflector-floods for $8.75 — minus lamps. EK light bar Two sloping uprights, a camera-carrying center bar, two sockets with independent switches and 10 feet of power cord comprise the Kodak Photo-Light Bar, newest entry in the bar-light field. The unit accepts either 375 watt medium beam floods, RFL-2 or RSP-2 lamps. Price: $8.75 without the lamps. Record guide A guide to classical and educational records will be published in May by the Audio-Master Corporation, 341 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. The Guide, it is said, not only will cross-reference all important classical recordings in the three standard rpm's but it will also list recorded material in the fields of ethnography, drama, religion, science and sound effects. Pre-publication price has been set at $2. A TAPE CHEST, filing five reals of magnetic tape, is offered free by Reeves Soundcraft Corporation to each 5-reel tape purchaser. In Panorama Featured in the spring issue of Panorama is Filming Circus Thrills, by Oscar H. Horovitz, ACL, of Newton. Mass., whose Ringling Bros, and Barnum. & Bailey Circus was an ACL Ten Best award winner in 1950. Also prominent is A Voice for Your Home Movies, discussing the new Filmosound 202 magnetic projector. You'll find Panorama at your B&H dealer's. Movinq day Tiffen Manufacturing Corporation, producer of color correction filters, lens shades and adapter rings, is in new quarters at 617 Sackett Street, Brooklyn 17, N. Y. . . . National Cine Equipment, Inc., machinist and specialty manufacturer in the professional 16mm. and 35mm. field, is now at 209 West 48th Street, New York City. Tips on the 202 Basic tricks of good microphone technique and how to create your own homemade sound effects are among the helpful hints on using the Filmosound 202 projector to be found in Tips on Making Your Own Magnetic Sound Movie. The booklet, latest in B&H's "Tips" series, awaits you at your photodealer's. Film data book A new 80-page edition of the Kodak data book, Eastman Motion Picture Films for Professional Use, has been issued by the Eastman Kodak To make good pictures BETTER... MEDIUM BEAM REFLECTOR PHOTOLAMPS Designed especially to provide the ideal light for movie making. The 40° beam spread is matched to your camera coverage. And their 3 7 5watts permit four on a single home circuit, for better balanced, more usable light with less current. and to see them at their best— G-E PROJECTION LAMPS Use 'em in slide or movie projector and be sure to keep a spare handy. A MOTOR DRIVE for the Cine-Kodak Special, operating at 8 to 64 frames per second, has been announced by Par Products Corporation, 926 North Citrus Avenue, Hollywood, Calif. Remember . . . G-E Lamps for every photographic purpose GENERAL ELECTRIC