American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1963)

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Question: Who In the World Rents from Birns & Sawyer? Example: Producer Sam Spiegel, and Director David Lean, for Academy Award Winning LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. Director David Lean in white hat, pointing, is directing Academy Award winning Lawrence of Arabia in hot sands of Jor¬ dan Desert. Birns & Sawyer equipped the 16-month production with the Academy Motion Picture Research Council Crane and Worrall geared head shown in photo, which aided in a small way achieving the award for excellence in cinematography. Making an Academy Award Winning Picture Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Cinema¬ tography in color, Lawrence of Arabia achieved spectacular chase scenes by building a half-mile long “private railroad”. A Birns & Sawyer “Academy” Crane with geared head, mounted on a flatcar, not only kept pace with galloping riders but enabled the special 70mm Panavision Technicolor camera to make steady, jerk free panning while swinging out for close-ups and down for low level shots. To insure reliability, equipment was chosen in Hollywood and shipped to Jordan, rather than being picked from over¬ seas sources. Birns & Sawyer is honored to have played a small part in the success of the picture. Let Birns & Sawyer dependable equipment and budget prices help your award¬ winning films. Crane was mounted on a flat¬ car which ran on a half-mile track. Bril¬ liant cinematography was by Fred A. Young, BSC. BIRNS & SAWYER Cine Equipment 6424 SANTA MONICA BLVD. • HOLLYWOOD 38, CALIF. • HO 4-5166 • CABLE: BIRNSAW Birns & Sawyer Northwest • 611 East Pine St. • Seattle 22, Wash. *EA 4-4550 AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, APRIL, 1963 205