Amateur Movie Makers (Dec 1926-Dec 1927)

Triax Tripods Strongest and most rigid metal tripod made, opens automatically, weighs but one pound. Made of dur-aluminum, U shaped legs give strength. Supports 100 pounds. Price $5. Ramstein Graduated Sky Filters Equalize the exposure between the sky and foreground as well as correct for color, brings out the clouds and detail in the distance. The only optically perfect graduated filter, contains no gelatine or cement. Send diameter of lens. Write for details on the above and ask your dealer for free trial. Sole Agents BURLEIGH BROOKS 136 Liberty St., New York MAKE CINE PICTURES Successfully with THE INGENTO PORTABLE ARC LAMP The biggest light bargain that has ever been offered you. An 8-ampere, 110-volt, self-feeding arc lamp that can be used on alternating or direct current. Connects to any home or store outlet or hanging socket. Gives the light of two 1000watt nitrogen bulbs. The ideal inexpensive outfit for the cine operator. Use one for close-ups and two for general lighting. Takes stills in one-fifth of a second INDOORS with an ordinary f8 lens, and proportionately faster with faster lenses. The aluminum reflector and handle fold back for compactness. The handle tilts lamp to any angle. Size folded, 6x5x2 inches. Weight 45 ounces. Price each $15 net, complete with 15 feet of extension cord. Folding stand which raises lamp to 6 feet $2.50 net extra. BURKE & JAMES, INC. 223 W. Madison St. Chicago ARROW BEAD SCREENS Made in Hollywood For Movie Makers We manufacture the most beautiful line of Motion Picture Bead Screens for the Home. Some as low as $7.50. Send for illustrated price list. Dealers send for trade quotations. ARROW SCREEN COMPANY 4600 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, California WANTED Subjects of Every Description in Standard or 16 mm. NEGATIVES OR FIRST PRINTS Camera and Projector owners send name and address and register for valuable information. Representatives Wanted Everywhere International Educational and Scientific Film Library 830 North Genesee St. Hollywood, Calif. WE DARE YOU! f^Page five of this number of Amateur Movie Makers explains why. Could ever eager pen find more ready dotted lines? To the Date 1927 AMATEUR CINEMA LEAGUE, INC., 105 West 40th Street, New York City. I accept the invitation of the Amateur Cinema League, Inc., to become an annual League member. My check for FIVE DOLLARS payable to Amateur Cinema League, Inc. is enclosed in payment for the dues, $2.00 of which is for a year's subscription to Amateur Movie Makers. It is understood that immediately upon my election I am to become entitled to all the privileges of the League. It is also understood that there are no duties or obligations connected with this membership other than those which I may voluntarily assume from time to time. N.ame Street City . State. ers who see in the films more than they do in watching him on the links. The viewing of many golf films has shown Mr. Ziebarth that there are four fundamentals to the swing. The first motion which the camera records after the club has been brought to a rest along side the ball is a drag or movement of the hands before the club starts to move away from the ball. This action really starts at the hips, showing that first the body moves, then the hands, and finally the lower end of the club. It doesn't seem to make much difference how the club is carried back of the shoulders. The next motion is the one that starts the club on its downward swing. The pictures show that this action again starts at the hips, just before the club has reached the top of its swing. As the club comes down the right arm straightens out, so that when the ball is hit the elbow is practically straight. The fourth characteristic of a good golfer is noticed in the steadiness of the head throughout the swing. The films show that the best golfer does not raise his head until long after the ball has been hit, or until pulled up by the arms. This is due to the pivotal nature of the swing, and the fact that the head acts as the pivot. The action in golf pictures is so swift that for the best analysis of the swing, pictures should be taken above normal speed, even as high as eight times normal. However, even pictures taken at normal speed will be helpful. Pictures taken from the front and back are most satisfactory. At the artillery school at Fort Sill during the war, superspeed motion pictures made it possible for an American battery to eliminate unnecessary motions in handling a French 75, and so better the time of the crack French instructors in the handling of their own gun. What records in the realm of sports vvill follow after golf and tennis, swimming and other sports have given up their innermost secrets to the movies! Dempsey & Tunney IN TRAINING N. Y. Fire Department N.Y. Police Department 16 mm.— 100 Foot Reels $7-50 NEW RELEASES MONTHLY Dealers Write for Details General Film Library M. J. KANDEL 117 West 46th St., New York Telephone Bryant 4417 Forty-six