Business screen magazine (1958)

arms, single-switch control, loop former, spring-loaded lower sprocket, fidelity control. Super 40 Shutter and permanent pre-lubrication. Measuring 14' 1." x 13" X 10' 4", the AV-085 weighs approximately 33 pounds. Eastman Kodak also has announced the 1958, 15-watt Pageant Sound Projector, Model AV154-S, Type II. This model features the new tungsten carbide pull-down tooth and a three-wire cord with twoprong adapter plug and has a 1200-watt lamp capacity. Type II Model Pageants accept 1000 and 750-watt lamps, enabling the user to match desired illumination levels. The Model AV-154-S is available with a Kodak Deluxe Speaker in separate case. 9 * * * Pushbutton Tape Splicer Shown by Camera Equipment ■m Ace "Clear-Vision" Tape Splicer, Model II, a new pushbutton unit announced by Camera Equipment Co., Inc., New York City, is said to make possible clean, even splices for all types of film. The Ace Splicer has a recessed blade. Its method of flat cutting prevents tearing or bending of the film, it is said. Depressed by pushbuttons, the blade springs back into its recessed position. Center bars in the base push the film back up after it has been spliced. The splicer's nonmagnetic construction precludes harm to magnetic coatings and stripes on film and the splicer makes strong butt or lap. straight or diagonal splices without use of cement or heat, the company notes. The film is spliced with IVi; mil Mylar R perforated transparent tape. Film width pins are adjustable for 70mm — and down to 8mm and are retractible into the base. 9 NEW FILM TYPES DuPont Type 936 "Superior" 2 All-Purpose, Fine Grain Film A An all-purpose, medium speed film for exterior and interior motion picture production. Type 936 Fine Grain "Superior" 2, has been announced by the Du Pont Photo Products Department, Wilmington, Delaware. Type 936 is described as having a finer grain than its predecessor in the "Superior" series and as being super-hardened to withstand processing temperatures as high as 125 degrees F. The film develops to normal density and contrast two to three minutes faster than the previous "Superior" 2, now discontinued, the manufacturer states. Type 936 Fine Grain "Superior" 2 is available in 16mm and 35mm daylight-loading and lab-pack rolls, footage numbered. Its exposure indexes, for use with ASA-calibrated exposure meters, are 80 Daylight and 64 Incandescent. 9 * * * Super Anscochrome Tungsten Available in 16, 35, 70mm w Super Anscochrome Tungsten film, a fast indoor color film, now is available in 16mm, 35mm (long length) and 70mm sizes. The new film, a product of Ansco, Binghamton, New York, has an official tungsten film speed of 100 with normal processing. Super Anscochrome's high-speed and its color characteristics make possible satisfactory results under a wide range of light sources, the manufacturer says. According to Ansco, tests of the film show no appreciable change in color balance in exposures as short as 1 5000 second or as long as 4 seconds. Because of these characteristics the film is wellsuited to high-speed photography, it is pointed out. 9 PROFESSIONAL MATTES • INSERTS • FADES • DISSOLVES WIPES • SUPERIMPOSURES MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION OPTICAL EFFECTS ^ CINEMASCOPE 35mm & 16mm B & W or Color SPECIALIZED TITLES Ray MERCER & CO. ESTABLISHED 1928 PHONE OR WRITE FOR SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL EFFECTS CHART & INFORMATION 4241 NORMAL AVE., HOLLYWOOD NOrmandy 3-9331-^ 29, CALIF. INDUSTRIAL FILMS TELEVISION COMMERCIALS 245 W, 55 ST., N.Y, C. / JUDSON 6-1922 Our Specialty... SALESMANSHIP on film As scores of top firms can tell you, there's no faster, more forceful way to put your message across than with a Holland-Wegman film. For Holland-Wegman is a 5,000 square foot studio fully equipped and manned to plan, write and produce top calibre films in any category. ..product sales, public relations, training, documentary, television commercials. What job do you have for Holland -Wegnuin salesmanship-on-film? Phone or write us about it today! HOLLAND-WEGMAN PRODUCTIONS 197 Delaware • Buffalo 2, N.Y. • Telephone: MAdison 7411 NUMBER VOLUME 19 59