American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1963)

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Bottle $1.00 each Case of 12/75c each Write for complete literature. All Prices F.O.B. N. Y. MHR7 1845 BROADWAY (at 60th St.) NEW YORK 23, N Y. • PLaza 7-6977 INDUSTRY NEWS Continued from Page 318 Michigan, it is headed by Fred Schaetzing, formerly company sales manager, Chicago district. New office brings to eight the number of Gevaert branch offices and warehouses located through¬ out the United States. HAL MOHR, ASC Hal Mohr, William Daniels On Academy Board For 1963-64 Hal Mohr, ASC, representing the Cinematographers Branch, was re¬ elected last month for a two-year term to the 1963-64 Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Hollywood. William H. Daniels, ASC, who was elected to the Board last year, also represents the Cinematographers Branch of the Acad¬ emy. Wendell Corey is Academy Pres¬ ident. o Behrend’s, Inc., Opens Office In Cleveland Behrend’s, Inc., Chicago, last month opened its Cleveland, Ohio, office at 4019 Prospect where it will specialize in the sale and rental of motion picture equipment, including cameras, lights and editing equipment. Heading the office is Mac Blair. SPIE Sets Symposium Date The Society of Photographic Instru¬ mentation Engineers will hold its 8th Annual Technical Symposium at the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel, August 5 through 9, 1963. The five-day meeting will offer tech¬ nical papers, seminars and workshop sessions covering the advanced tech¬ niques of photo-optical data acquisi¬ tion, storage, retrieval and assessment and relate this science of precise measurement to the demands of the aerospace age. An extensive exhibit of instruments and materials will be on display. India To Start Raw Film Manufacture The state-owned raw him plant at Ooty, in India, is expected to go into production sometime early in 1964, ac¬ cording to report in Journal of the Film Industry, motion picture trade paper published in Bombay. SMPTE Mulling Expansion Three national photographic engi¬ neering societies are proceeding with merger plans following preliminary ap¬ proval by their governing bodies. They are: Society of Motion Picture and Tele¬ vision Engineers (SMPTE), the So¬ ciety of Photographic Scientists and Engineers (SPSE), and the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engi¬ neers (SPIE). Heading the liaison committees have been Ethan M. Stifle of Eastman Kodak Co., who is execu¬ tive vice-president of SMPTE; George Eaton of Eastman, representing SPSE, and A. J. Carr, executive secretary of SPIE. If the consitution and plans are ap¬ proved by the boards of the three societies, they will be submitted to a referendum of the individual members. • Video Film Labs Moves Video Film Laboratories, specialists in 16mm him developing and printing, has moved to new and larger quarters at 311 West 43rd Street, New Vork City. Victor Duncan Now In Dallas Victor Duncan Company, Detroit, has established a branch office at 9009 Freeport Drive, Dallas, Texas. The company, which has long been estab¬ lished in renting professional motion picture cameras and accessories, will now offer Mitchell, Arriflex and other cameras to him makers from both its Detroit and Dallas offices. Henry Kokojan heads the Dallas branch. Byron Haskin To Head Daystar Special Effects Byron Haskin, veteran cinematogra¬ pher and director who for eight years was head of special effects for Warner Brothers, has been signed by Daystar Productions, Hollywood., to create and supervise special effects for the com¬ pany’s new science-fiction TV him series “The Outer Limits,” now in pro¬ duction at KTTV and MGM studios. • 320 AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, JUNE, 1963