American cinematographer. (1953)

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BUY — SELL — TRADE 16-35mm EQUIPMENT THE CAMERA MART, INC. 1845 Broadway, near 60th Street New York 23, N.Y. Circle 6-0930 Cable Address: Cameramart World’s Largest 16mm Laboratory Consolidated Film Industries builds modern plant in Hollywood exclusively for 16mm. CFI's new, modern laboratory designed for efficient handling of 16mm film. TWO SIGNIFICANT TRENDS in motion picture production — expanding use of color film, and the increasing use of 16mm film for TV shows — are respons¬ ible for the recent expansion of facilities of the Consolidated Film Industries, Hollywood. Ready for occu¬ pancy the latter part of this month will be Consolidated’s new 16mm film lab¬ oratory, which has been especially de¬ signed for the pro¬ cessing and handl¬ ing of the compa¬ ny’s growing 16mm film business. Erected on com¬ pany property adjacent to its present quarters on north Seward Street in Hollywood, the modern 3-story concrete and steel edifice becomes the largest 16mm film laboratory in the world, both in size and in film handling capacity. The increasing demands made on Consolidated by major film producers for processing 35mm color film has made it necessary for the company to take over more and more floor space formally devoted to 16mm film process¬ ing, according to Sidney P. Solow, gen¬ eral manager of the company’s Holly¬ wood laboratories. Ironically, this need for added facilities reached its peak just as the television industry began making increased demands on the company for 16mm film developing and printing. Plans for the new 16mm laboratory were subsequently rushed into prepara¬ tion, and construction of the plant began early last summer. A preview of the new plant reveals the intelligent thought that went into the planning, which will make this the most efficient film handling plant any¬ where. Says Solow, “We have distilled all the best ideas in laboratory construc¬ tion and practice that have been de¬ veloped over the years, have shaken out all the frills, to make this the most effi¬ cient plant of them all.” The plant, 55 by 156 feet in extent and having a total floor area of 25,000 feet, has two stories and a basement. The whole structure was designed on the principal of straight-line flow of film from its acceptance to delivery after processing — with all major operations conducted on the first floor. Here are two modern fire-proof film vaults for raw stock, having scientific humidity and temperature control. Three separate printing rooms have the latest type in¬ direct-type safelights, with different lights for each particular kind of film stock used. The film developing room on the same floor has two of the latest type 32mm (double-width 16mm) automatic developing machines. All tanks and moving parts are made of stainless steel. All plumbing used in the transmission of developing solutions is stainless steel tubing. A feature is the stainless steel quick-demountable couplings for the tubing, which permit taking out complete sections of the plumbing for cleaning and inspection. The film is washed in the final stage SIDNEY P. SOLOW 74 American Cinematographer February, 1953