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August, 1936 • American Cinematographer 325 orneiAL photograph JOmM CRTLCR ftCPU^LICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION C^ivclamo. 0^«o I the Political Conventions i by W. P. Montague Assignmsnt Editor, Paramount News In reserve were ten portable lamps of 1,000 candlepower each which were used in working for close-ups around the hall or for spotting individual personages. Some 5,000 feet of feeder and stage cable with the necessary switch- boards and spider-boxes were used. All of which comprises a lot of illumination in any party. Four camera platforms were erected. The main stand jutted out about thirty feet on an angle from the balcony and was nearly 120 feet from the speakers' stand. At Philadelphia, this main stand was somewhat closer. It held seven sound cameras and complete crews including contact men. Lights were controlled from this point. At the very top of the hall at the rear, some 280 feet from the rostrum, a second camera platform was put up giving full vision of the entire hall and particularly of the activities on the floor. On each side of the rostrum, level with the speaker and affording head-on view of the hall, were smaller camera platforms on top of the broadcasting booths. Each newsreel was also allowed roving permits allow- ing their silent cameras, hand and tripod models, to roam the vast auditoriums, but not the speakers' stage, seeking natural unposed close-ups of delegates and important per sonalities. These "Silent" crews scurried to excitement spots whenever new demonstrations or other colorful inci- dents were forthcoming. Outside the halls, other camera-and-sound crews captur- At Top: Lighting of Philadelphia Convention Hall. Bottom: News men in balcony. Next Page: Lighting of Cleveland Hall. 1