Brief for the United States (1914)

Page scan 00044 from Brief for the United States

Record Details:

Title:
Brief for the United States
Date:
1914
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : United States. Government Printing Office. Office of the Public Printer
Volume:
Brief for the United States
Leaf #:
00044
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
{"Media History Digital Library","Richard Koszarski",Domitor}
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
June 06, 2024
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32 PAET IV. composition of the sensitized, translucent strip of celluloid film used in the camera, known as the negative film ; the perforating of the negative film with mathematical precision before it is placed in the camera and exposed ; the developing of the negative, the developing and printing of the positive film from the negative are all important elements to the perfection of which years of constant experimenting and unremitting research have been devoted. Of all commerce relating to the motion-picture art the commerce in positive motion-picture fihns is by far the most considerable. The testunony is undisputed that the commerce in positive films constitutes 95 to 99 per cent of the total commerce. Millions of feet of positive films are printed every week hy the manufacturers and distributed to thousands of exhil)itors all over the United States. Tlie patrons of these theaters generally demand a daily change of the entire picture program, and therefore it is essential to every exhibitor that the source of supply of pictures be at all times open, constant, and unrestrained, in the whole country there arc^ at least 20,000 picture plays, each 1,000 feet ill length, inoviug cxcvy day from or toward the theaters and back to the exchanges. (Dyer IV, 1G28, 1687.) AVitliiii the last 10 ycai's tlie moving-picture business lias rcnclKMl enormous proportions. Tt is ])i-ol)al)l\' true that a sum greatly in excess of