Business screen magazine (1946)

Now the Facts about Automatic Film Inspection Are Told by Film Library Managers Who Know ACTUAL USERS OF INSPECT-O-FILM ALL OVER THE U.S. TELL US THEIR EXPERIENCES IN FRANK TESTIMONIALS LIKE THESE: Buys 2nd Inspect-o-Film B are certainly enjoying our second INSPECT-O.M machine. One girl operating both machines ia ' able to check al! our incoming film everyday. ore using the second machine, we had one girl on machine and another on the electric rewinds hand eking, to get the same amount of work done. lese machines have certainly been a worthwhile ^stment for us. and we wouldn't go back to hand :king for anything in the world." PRAH SOUND FILMS. INC. 720 Third Ave. Southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa "Saves Labor" "For your information we have been using our equipment now some seven or eight months and we are well pleased with it. The machines are averaging between 107 to 140,000 ft. of film each per day. "When we first started using the film inspectors we did not average anywhere near that because of the many undetected defects which the machines picked up, and which took time to correct. However now that we have had our library through the machines at least once for all features and many times for the very popular ones, we find that interruptions are not frequent and that considerable footage can be run." CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE 3558 South Jefferson Avenue St. Louis 16. Missouri "Does Thorough Inspection Job" "It does a more thorough job of finding defects in films than hand inspection can usually do. "It enables us to inspect more films in the same time as hand inspection requires. This is especially true after films have been through the inspection machine once. "It gives us confidence that customers will have no trouble in projecting those films that have been through the inspection machine." ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA FILMS. INC. Wilmette, Illinois "Inspects 143,000 ft. in 7 Hours" lb kept the INSPECT-O-FILM machine running light through for about seven hours and at the end the day he figured he had run approximately ,000 ft. of film through the machine. the evening he came in and worked for about four rs and during that time he ran through nearly )00 ft, of film. Again the films were mostly jnted on 1600 ft reels. im simply giving you the above information since now it makes you feel good to know that your )y' is producing so much work." J. P. LILLEY & SON 928 N. Third Street Harrishurs, Pennsylvania ffere is What the Inspect-o-film Does orn or enlarged sprocket holes are detected, and inspect-o-Film stops. Sprocket punch caused by gear running out of sprocket holes, is detected, and Inspect-o-Film stops. Good splices are counted, weak splices are detected, and Inspecto-Film stops. Broken film is delected while inspecting or rewinding, and Inspecto-Film stops. Scotch tape splices, pins. etc.. are detected, and Inspect-o-Film stops, ALL TYPES Of film defects that would cause a poor showing are instantly detected by the INSPECT-O-FILM. Arkansas State Dept. of Education Proctor & Gamble Distributing Compai Los Angeles City Board of Education Ford Motor Company Film Library "Unbelievable Falling Off in Damage" "This machine, property adjusted, definitely catches all of the damages to a film and does a much better job than can be done by hand inspection. We are convinced hand inspection does not catch all of the bad broken-out sprocket holes, etc. "We have had an almost unbelievable falling off in film damage, so unquestionably some of it is due to the better condition in which the films go out. "We are now doing with one operator what it took two operators to do with hand inspection. "I can say that if the machine continues to measure up as it seems to be doing now during our heavy season, we will be in the market for a second machine next year." FROM A STATE UNIVERSITY (name on request) ,RWALD COMPANY /ENUE • EVANSTON. ILLINOIS SOME TYPICAL INSPECT-O-FILM INSTALLATIONS Union Pacific Railroad Co. Guild Films Company, Inc. Loew's International Corp. Syracuse University Louisville Council of Churches Louisville Free Public Library Photoart Visual Service General Motors Corporation Sunray Films. Inc. Five Star Pictures General Films Limited Veterans Adminislratir "Is Using 28 Inspect-o-Fiims" "At the present time the Modern Talking Pictures organization is using 28 of the INSPECT-O-FILM automatic film inspecting machines. We have found these machines extremely satisfactory and a tremendous aid to us in our film library operations. "The INSPECT-O-FILM machine enables our inspectors to substantially increase their production output. I believe that it is entirely within the realm of reasonableness to stale that these machines have increased the effectiveness and productivity of our labor by approximately fifty percent. "Customer satisfaction resulting from perfect projections resulting from the more effective inspection provided by these machines has been extremely noticeable." MODERN TALKING PICTURE SERVICE, INC. Chicago, Illinois you Can Rent or Own an Inspect-o-film You can try automatic film inspection for just $75 00 a month! This money can be applied on the purchase price of the machine. So why not have the advantages of improved film inspection, of savings in labor, and of savings in film? You will be able to assure your customers a perfect show every time. For full details, wrile: Mr. John L. Remke. Sales Manager THE HARWALO COMPANY Naval Supply Center Geo. W. Colburn Laboratory Ideal Pictures Corp. Santa Fe Railroad