Business screen magazine (1938)

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Free access to the rest of your exhibit space should be a feature of your movie theatre layout to gain best results. EXIT As to expenses — once the original negative is completed, additional prints on 35mm. film cost about $60 each, the same film in 16mm. width costs about $20. Anywhere from ten to thirty prints are used up during five months' operations, depending on the length of the film and other factors. As to fire hazard — only slow-burning (acetate cellulose) film can be bought in 16mm. width, therefore you KNOW you are safe. Municipal ordinances and electrical codes specifically exempt 16mm. projectors from license and other regulations. A quarter million such outfits are used with complete safety in homes, schools, hospitals, etc. As to bulk — The over-all dimensions of a typical silent projector, set up ready to run manually, with 400' reels in place, are 13 '/2" long, 7 'A" wide, 18" high. With the 600' continuous attachment in place, 19'/2" long, 16" wide, 16 '/2" high. The projector aperture, from which all close measurements should be computed, is IVz" from back of projector, 9'/2" from bottom, 6" from motor side, 2'/2" from lamp side. The dimensions of a typical sound projector are only slightly greater — the machine itself in its carrying case measures 17" x 9V'2" x 15". With reels in place the over-all HOW TO USE FILMS IN EXHIBITS