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28 BRITISH KINEMATOGRAPHY Vol. 17, No. 1
ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES IN MOTION PICTURES AND TELEVISION MOTION PICTURE LABORATORY PRACTICE FOR TELEVISION TELEVISION FILM REQUIREMENTS WILL FILM TAKE OVER THE TELEVISION COMMERCIAL?
/. Soc. Mot. Pic. Eng., August, 1949. These four articles are concerned with the special requirements of films, both 35 mm. and 16 mm., made for use in television transmitting stations. It has been pointed out that film picture and sound should exceed in general quality the capabilities of the television system : in other words, the bottleneck in presenting a film programme should lie in the television transmission and reception and not in the film recording. Following this general instruction the parameters of all the various film processes and dimensions are given.
T. M. C. L.
FROM THE OVERSEAS PRESS
Publications quoted may be seen in the Society's Library
PERMANENT CONTROL OF SCREEN BRIGHTNESS
The Controle Technique du Cinema has prescribed a method of control of screen brightness, consisting of a photo-cell mounted at the edge of the screen, reading on a meter in the projection room. Tech. Cine., May, 1950.
U.S. NAVY 16 mm. PROJECTION SPECS.
The U.S. Navy has laid down requirements for 16 mm. projection, which include a picture brightness of 5 foot-lamberts on an 8 ft. screen, and a maximum permissible sound distortion of 3 per cent, on a 400 c/s test film. Inter. Proj., June, 1950.
THE COUNCIL
Summary of meeting held on Wednesday, June 7, 1950 Present : Mr. A. W. Watkins (President), in the Chair, and Messrs. L. Knopp (VicePresident), H. *S. Hind (Hon. Treasurer), Rex B. Hartley (Hon. Secretary), B. Honri, N. Leevers, R. E. Pulman, S. A. Stevens and I. D. Wratten.
In Attendance : Mr. R. H. Cricks (Technical Consultant) and Miss J. Poynton (Secretary).
Apologies for Absence. — Apologies for absence were received from Messrs. F. G. Gunn and W. M. Harcourt.
New Members. — The President extended a warm welcome to Mr. N. Leevers and Mr. S. A. Stevens on their first attendance.
Deputy Vice-President. — Mr. E. Oram was appointed to this office for the current year.
Sections. — Your Branches Committee was asked to give full consideration to the problems which exist in the provinces and to make recommendations to the Council.
Film Production Division Committee. — Your Committee reported that it had planned a series of papers for the 1950/51 session entitled " Production Economics and the Studio Technician." Five joint meetings with the A.C.T. had been arranged. — Report received and adopted.
The following resolution was moved :
" The Film Production Division Committee consider it a matter of prime importance and are resolved to take all possible steps to assist the recovery of the British Film Production Industry through its lecture programme, by encouraging the free exchange of technical ideas and by any other means which may be agreed upon/' — Resolution put and carried.
Theatre Division Committee. — Your Committee reported that its main consideration had been the 1950/51 lecture programme. A demonstration of large screen television and a paper on " Developments in Theatre Rear Projection " were planned for the first half of the session, An innovation would be the introduction of evening meetings as~\vell as