Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

252 SEPTEMBER 1952 Siegert placed third with Filmsalat. Munz was in fourth position with 16 PS Auf Abwegen (16 HPs on the Wrong Way). Cincinnati Word from John Swisher, newly elected president of the Cincinnati Movie Club, ACL, indicates a fine time was had by all at the club's annual picnic, held this year at John Cowell's farm, near Moscow, Ohio. The host provided all the refreshments, asking his fellow club members to bring along only their cameras to record the happy event. Classified ad vertis i ng 10 Cents a Word Minimum Charge $2 ■ Cash required with order. The closing date for the receipt of copy is the tenth of the month preceding issue. Remittance to cover goods offered for sale in this department should be made to the advertiser and not to Movie Makers. New classified advertisers are requested to furnish references. EQUIPMENT FOR SALE ■ BOLEX Standard 8mm., //1.5 Switar, $225.00; B&H Companion 8mm. camera, //2.8, S56.0O; EK Model #60, 8mm., //1.9 lens, $49.50; Keystone 8mm., //1.9 lens, $29.50; Natco sound projector, L.N., $195.00; Revere SOF projector, guaranteed, 8195.00; Movie Mite SOF projector, L.N., $150.00. Equipment and film bargain lists free, state MM. FRANK LANE, 5 Little Bldg., Boston, Mass. ■ B&H FILMO 70 H with Super-Comat f/1.9 & 4" //4.5 WolL, turret finders, 200' & 400' magazines, 12 volt B&H motor, carrying case, total list $1217.00; equal to new for $825. B&H Slide Master 35mm. projector, 5" //4.5 lens & case, equal new, $150.00. Items sold complete only as equipped. LOADS OF OTHER BARGAINS— SPECIFY WANTS. COLUMBUS PHOTO SUPPLY CORP., 1949 Broadway, New York 23, N. Y. ■ PROJECTORS SLASHED! ILLUSTRAVOX SR. 35mm. strip and record, complete, $49.50; Bausch & Lomb 2V4x2i4, 3x4, 500 w. slide, $39.50; Spencer 2x2, $22.95; Kodak 300 w., $24.50, SVE 300 w., $29.50; Ampro 300 w. 2x2 & strip, $39.50; Keystone 300 w. 16mm., $27.50; Kodak 500 w., $39.50, 750 w., $69.50. Movie-Mite sound, $99.50; Victor 40B, $129.00; Natco 2 case, $139.00; Revere tape recorder, $109.00. 10% down, balance C.O.D., FOB, N.Y.C We buy, sell, trade, repair; sound rental library; free catalog. NATIONAL CINEMA SERVICE, 71 Dey Street, New York 7, N. Y. FILMS FOR RENTAL OR SALE B NATURAL COLOR SLIDES, Scenic, National Parks, Cities, Animals, Flowers, etc. Sets of eight, $1.95; Sample & list, 25£. SLIDES, Box 206, La Habra, Calif. ■ EDENART has all subjects. Send 25<S for complete listing and sample. State subject preferred. EDENART, Box 608, Woodmere, L. I., N. Y. | FREE Movies: Hundreds of subjects. Interesting, Entertaining. Fascinating. Latest Directory — only 50£. NATIONAL CINE SOCIETY, Box 247, Toms River, N. J. | FREE Giant catalog of 8mm. & 16mm. films for home movie enthusiasts. Films for every occasion. LEE STANN, Dept. MM9, 11 Willard Ave., Mt. Vernon. N. Y. MISCELLANEOUS ■ KODACHROME DUPLICATES: 8mm. or 16mm., 11£ per foot. Immediate service on mail orders. HOLLYWOOD 16MM INDUSTRIES, Inc., 6060 Hollyood Blvd., Hollywood 28, Calif. ■ SOUND RECORDING at a reasonable cost. High fidelity 16 or 35. Quality guaranteed. Complete studio and laboratory services. Color printing and lacquer coating. ESCAR MOTION PICTURE SERVICE, Inc., 7315 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland 3, Ohio. Phone: Endicott 1-2707. ■ 8mm. HOLLYWOOD TITLE STUDIO 16mm. Complete titling service. Color and black and white. SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO AMATEUR CINEMA LEAGUE MEMBERS. Send 10< for Price List and Sample. Address: 1060 North Vista Street, Hollywood «, Calif. Australia The Western Australia Amateur Cine Society, ACL, awarded first prize in its recent open competition to R. H. Sandercock, of the Adelaide Filmo Club, for his 8mm. production, // These Cliffs Could Speak. R. G. Button, ACL, and E. W. Smithers, of WAACS, placed second with Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Max Knobel, of the Victorian Amateur Cine Society, ACL, placed third with A Tale of Two Cities. All three films were in color, with sound on disc. I. H. Badger, of the Adelaide Filmo Club, received honorable mention for A Gift For Loriel, silent 16mm. color. The king of canyons [Continued from page 240] served and filmed for the first time at Lookout Point, claimed by world travelers to surpass any scene in the Alps. Andes or Himalayas. Below flows crystalline Kings River, while in the distance are the skyscraping peaks of the High Sierras. Downward the road curves — 3000 feet in three miles — until the river is reached at Boyden Caves. Film part of the descent through the front windshield at 24 or 32 frames per second. Here the road crosses and follows the stream to Cedar Grove, where a picturesque campground, with cabins, picnic facilities, a general store and a gas station, awaits the tourist. Remain here overnight and plan the following day's filming schedule. Pack trips into the high country can be made from this spot. Pick your vantage points carefully and wait until the late afternoon sun produces a scene mystic with long shadows across the towering gorges. Or shoot the sinking sun as it melts beneath the snow-capped peaks, back lighting the trees and rocks along the river. During the day, use your camera to hunt squirrels, chipmunks, bear and California mule deer which frequent the campgrounds. Although feeding these animals is strictly forbidden, there is no law which prohibits the cameraman from slipping on his telephoto and filming their antics. And, if you want to study nature, there are guided field trips and campfire lectures by the ranger-naturalist. If you really want to see and film Kings Canyon, spend your time along its easy-to-traverse trails on the canyon floor. Some 300 miles of foot and horse trails await the visiting movie maker. The famous John Muir Trail, which crosses five mountain passes, follows the Sierra Ridge for almost 80 miles. A popular family hike to Roaring River requires very little exertion. This is one vacation movie you will talk about and project long after the camping gear and fishing tackle are put away. WANT TO JOIN A MOVIE CLUB? Write to the ACL for the address of the club nearest you. If there is no club active in your community, we'll send you free a detailed bulletin on how to get one going. Address: Clubs, Amateur Cinema League, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. ft. S. V. P. WITH A WINNER! The Amateur Cinema League invites you once again, as it has done each year since 1930, to submit your movie making efforts in the oldest, most honored contest in the world of personal filming — the ACL selections of the Ten Best Amateur Films of the Year and the Hiram Percy Maxim Award. The contest is open to amateurs everywhere in the world, using 8mm. or 16mm. film, black and white or color, silent or sound, in short or long reels and on any subject. HOW SELECTIONS ARE MADE The Ten Best selections are made by the trained staff of the Amateur Cinema League, men who see and evaluate more than a quarter million feet of film each year. The selections are not limited to League members — any amateur filmer, anywhere in the world, may compete. The judges seek for sincerity— sincerity of camera work, film planning, editing, titling and, above all, creative movie imagination. Any fine film can win. This year, it may be your film! SEND YOUR FILM NOW An entry blank and the rules governing the ACL Ten Best contest will be found on the inside front cover of this issue. Plan to answer the ACL's Ten Best invitation WITH A WINNER! Tips on tape recording [Continued from page 239] — synchrony-wise — in the entire film. In it, on the tape, the boy plays through an entire chorus of a popular song while, on the screen, we pictured his hands actually playing the notes heard. We approached this challenging problem as follows . . . Setting up the microphone and recorder beside the piano, we recorded the piece straight through as the boy really played it on the piano. There were no pictures taken at this run-through. The tape was then wound back, the recorder put on playback, the camera positioned for the first take and the recorder started. As the music came from the tape as a guide, the boy again ran through the piece on the keyboard and we pictured his movements on film. But ... by design we pictured his playing only in sections : say, eight bars of music at one camera angle, then