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June, 1937 • American Cinematographer 229 Officers of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. Standing, left to right. Sylvan Harris, editor journal of the society; Gordon A. Cham- bers, secretary-treasurer Pacific Coast section; John A. Aalberg, manager P. C. S.; Gerald F. Rackett, executive vice president; Hollis W. Moyse, P. C. S. manager; Kenneth F. Morgan, chairman P. C. S.; Glenn E. Matthews, chairman papers committee. Seated, H. G. Tasker, past president; J. Frank Jr., secretary; H. Griffin, governor; S. K. W olf, president; W. C. Kunzmann, convention vice president; M. C. Bastel, governor. TELEVISION, UGHTING, SOUND, COLOR STAND OUT AT ENGINEER CONVENTION T elevision, lighting, and stan- dardization of the industry’s “push-pull” sound systems high- lighted the 1937 Spring Convention of the Society of Motion Picture En- gineers held in Hollywood, May 24 to 28. Directors of production and special effects photography outlined their achievements and problems, and the research experts visiting from Eastern laboratories were treated to remarkable demonstrations of the actual technical workings of produc- tion in the most successful gathering in the society’s history. Perhaps the first genuinely authori- tative discussion of television ever presented in this country was given by Ralph R. Beal, research supervisor for the Radio Corporation of America. Beal described RCA’s present experi- mental television installation in Radio City, from the “Iconscope” cameras in the studio to the “Kinescope” receiv- ers in the home. He stated that at present television broadcasts are faced with the difficulty that the ultra-short waves used have a range of approximately 35 miles. Fred W. Jackman, A.S.C., reviewed special effects photography from its inception, culminating with a discus- sion of problems of present-day pro- jection background process cinema- tography. Gaetano Gaudio, A.S.C., left the set where he was directing the photog- raphy of an important production to attend the session and describe the lighting technique which won him the Academy award. O. O. Ceccarini pi’esented an ex- haustive paper discussing the various color-print processes, accompanied by an exhibit of color prints by the nation’s leading color specialists. The new Agfacolor process was dis- cussed by John Forrest, and experts from Dufaycolor, Inc., discussed prob- lems of lighting color, illustrating with motion pictui’e origpnals and prints filmed by the Dufay process. Technicolor lighting was discussed by C. W. Handley of the National Car- bon Company. Outstanding advances in photo- graphic materials were shown in the