Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

MOVIE MAKERS 81 by past president Joseph S. Pancoast, ACL, and Arthur Smith rounded out an enjoyable evening, which was attended by well over a hundred members and guests. Wanqanui The Wanganui (New Zealand) Amateur Cine Society has announced the appointment of directors for 1953. They are T. Ruscoe, president; M. Broadhead, vicepresident, and Noel Ruscoe, secretary-treasurer. Serving on the central committee will be Mrs. N. Cameron, A. Silcock, D. Groves, J. Thompson and R. Singleton. L. M. Fairbrother was reappointed editor of the club bulletin, Film Flashes. Wichita A demonstration of magnetic sound on double perforated film at 16 frames per second was the highlight of a recent meeting of the Wichita (Kansas) Amateur Movie Club, ACL. The instructional portion of the program was followed by screening Lend Me Your Ear, 1943 Maxim Award winner by Erma Niedermeyer, ACL, of Milwaukee, Wise. Winnipeg At its regular January meeting, the Winnipeg (Canada) Cine Club presented the TenBest British Films of 1949, winners of the contest sponsored by the English magazine Amateur Cine World. The films, which are limited to entries from the British Empire, included Post Haste (a children's film) ; Meet Me in the Local (educational) ; Nature's Way (nature) ; Eggs for Breakfast (family) ; Nemesis (story), and The Beginning (fantasy). India The Amateur Cine Society of India, ACL, has announced that Derek Jefferies has resigned as editor of their bulletin due to a pressing amount of work, yoga exercises and a recent addition to his family. Taking over his duties temporarily will be A. Q. Jairazbhoy, who was last year's editor. Other news from the club is that they enjoyed a memorable evening during December when they saw Film Festival in Bombay, Glaxo Sports, Thread Ceremony and Agra and Delhi, all by J. Rao Kavi. Mr. Jairazbhoy also was represented on the program with his colorful Trip to Europe, which included scenes of Pope Pius delivering his 1952 Easter message and of the Aga Khan and his Begum in their private gardens at Cannes. Cincinnati Bolex stereo was demonstrated by Jack Spratt, district manager for Paillard Products, before members of the Cincinnati Movie Club, ACL, at a recent meeting. Following this, the board of directors announced the election of officers for 1953. They are Elliott Otte, ACL, president; John Swisher, ACL, first vicepresident; Homer Jones, second vicepresident; Mildred Scherzinger, secretary, and Carl Drischel, ACL, treasurer. Dayton banquet The Dayton (Ohio) Amateur Movie Makers Club, ACL, held its annual banquet on January 13. On the entertainment portion of the evening were Crystal Clear, by Joseph J. Harley, FACL; Circus Time, by George Merz, ACL, and Blinker Lights, by Frank M. Betz. The last named film was made in Dayton with the cooperation of the New York Central Lines. Albany Starting a new policy of encouraging more advanced filming for its members, the Amateur Motion Picture Society of Albany, ACL, presented a group of documentary-type films which included Navy Day in New York, by Frank Mantica; Blood Bank, by John Ronan; Circus, by Esther Cooke, ACL; March of Dimes, by Lou Vella, and How Well Do You Know Albany? by Art O'Keefe. The January 28 meeting was devoted to the relatively difficult subject of snow photography, its problems and rewards, with Telemark, by William WITH GRATITUDE . . . The Amateur Cinema League takes pleasure in acknowledging, with sincere gratitude, the following donations of pictures to the ACL Club Film Library, since our report of a year ago: MOVIE NEWS SCOOPS, 1951 Honorable Mention winner, 16mm. optical sound on Kodachrome, produced and donated by George Merz, ACL. LITTLE INTRUDER, 16mm. optical sound on Kodachrome, produced by Joseph J. Harley, FACL, and donated by the American Humane Society and the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. IT'S UP TO YOU, 16mm. optical sound on black and white, produced by the Aetna Casualty Company and donated by Roy C. Wilcox, ACL. SNOW ON THE MOUNTAINS, 1944 Ten Best winner, a new print in 16mm. magnetic sound on Kodachrome, produced by the late Robert P. Kehoe, FACL, and donated by Jacob Wirth. RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS, 1950 Ten Best winner, 16mm. magnetic sound on Kodachrome, produced by Oscar H. Horovitz, FACL, and donated by Vincent Castagna, ACL. BELLEZAS DEL GRAN ALTIPLANO, 16mm. optical sound on Kodachrome, produced and donated by Eduardo Di Fiore, ACL. LIFE ALONG THE WATERWAYS, first award winner, 1952 Venice Film Festival, 16mm. optical sound on Kodachrome, produced and donated by Roy C. Wilcox, ACL. MY TRIP TO SOUTH AMERICA, 16mm. magnetic sound on Kodachrome, produced and donated bv Harry Groedel, ACL. McKelvy, ACL, a Ten Best Film of 1933, and Design in White, by Joseph J. Harley, FACL, as the examples of how snow pictures should look. Philadelphia Members of the Philadelphia Cinema Club saw screenings of Colorado, by Earl Gard; Cruising the Chesapeake Bay, by Frank Hirst, and Surprise, by Len Bauer, ACL, at their January meeting at the Franklin Institute Little Theatre. Later in the month, members visited the WCAU-TV studios, where they were guided through the premises and saw television in action. Hartford On the agenda for the January meeting of the Hartford (Conn.) Cinema Club were Hopscotching the Continent, by H. A. Williams; Trout Fishing with Rod and Camera in Northern Maine, by H. Randall Pease, and Carolina Holiday, by Henry K. Burns, ACL, winner of an ACL Honorable Mention in 1950. Sydney By special invitation, three films made by members of the Queensland Amateur Cine Society, of Brisbane, were presented before the Royal New South Wales Pho'ographic Society in Sydney, Australia. They were The Old House and Quiet Afternoon, by Keith Hall, and Give Vs This Day, by A. T. Bartlett, ACL, awarded a Ten Best by ACL in 1952. Arrangements for this program were made through the help of the Federation of Australian Amateur Cine Societies, of which Mr. Bartlett is president. Bergen, N. J. The Amateur Movie Society of Bergen County, ACL, in New Jersey, started the year off with two informative lectures. On January 5, members were treated to a lecture by Colonel Ranger on magnetic recording and synchronization of tape as film accompaniment, and they also saw an instructional film on polarization. Then, on January 19, Larry Neidenberg demonstrated the equipment and techniques of making ultra high speed films (5000-8000 frames per second). Bulk film in a box [Continued from page 69] Now to the rewind. Fig. 2 shows it in position on the right; but before it is installed, a shaft extender should be fitted to it so that it can accept the core unit of a film magazine — as well as the conventional film spool. The extender shown here should be yours at around 15 cents at any radio parts house, such as Allied Radio, in Chicago, where I found it. The size must be a/4 by ^ inches, which means that the hole on the one side measures ^4 inch and that