Business screen magazine (1957)

SCIENCE & TECHIVOLDGY IIV PICTURES Los Angeles Repm-fs on Water <£ Power as Lifeline Facts for the People Sponsor: Los Angele? Department of Water and Power. Title: I'ouer lor Progress. 24 niin. color, produced bv Raphael G. Woltf Studios. Nerve center of Los Angei(.. -. trical network. This power dispatcher at console controls city power supply. Huge power system diagram ofter^ cJispatcher constant, up-to-minute views of current flow all over city. Ml liun'.iii of WalcT Hurls and ^upplv; Bureau of hmer and ' l.i!;lil Crealtd lo.Sencnh, Imaginative use of camera moves, optlcals, overprints was used to blend b&w historical sequence into picture. -(&■ Manufactured weather: Department ;^ersonnel supplied "rain" for trouble-shooting sequence when nature failed to cooperate. -¥■ Los Angeles, the third largest city in the nation, is situated in semidesert country. k\\ annual average rainfall of 15 inches occurs mostly during the winter months and the summer growing season seldom has a drop of rain. Despite these obstacles, Los Angeles has become a metropolitan area of 5 million, a city with big industries and a phenomenal consumption of water and electric power. Los Angeles can be proud of its city-owned Department of Water & Power, which successfully planned ahead for the region's tremendous growth and has gone far afield to bring water and power to the city and its environs. And power is supplied in Los Angeles at a rate one-third lower than the average power rate in the 15 largest cities in the United States. State and Utility Problem \et the department must defend itself not only against the outcries of Arizona, northern California and other geographical areas, but it must shield itself against the slings and arrows of private utility companies. Power for Progress, while primarily concerned with electric power, does an excellent job of showing how the department heads and engineers have planned for the city's growth in water and power needs. Both water and power come from the Owens River Valley, some 260 miles northeast of Los Angeles, as well as from Hoover Dam and the Colorado River. 200 miles east of the city. Produce 75% of Own Power Though it makes use of the treinendous electrical output of Hoover Dam and the power stations along the Owens Valley aqueduct, Los Angeles produces three-quarters of its power in huge oil-fueled steam generating plants in and around the citv. Reporting on departmental accomplishments. Power for Progress is an instructive film for those inlerested in Los Angeles' water and power development and a meaningful public relations vehicle. It should come in handy just prior to water and power bond issues on the ballot, m "Moon is Born" animation sequence shows 72-foot-long Vanguard rocket. Preview of llie Eartti Satellite -K Visualizing the launching and tracking of the earth satellite Vanguard, a new sponsored motion picture is making impressive headw'ay across the documentary screen spaces provided by television stations and theatres. The film. A Moon Is Born, has been distributed to 225 television stations in 12 countries by the sponsor. International Business Machines Corporation. An edited version for tv newsreels is being distributed by United Press TV. In edited form, the film is also being used bv Movietone News and Universal-International Newsreel. Numerous theatres have requested the complete version which is available in color. Produced bv Transfilm. Inc.. New Right: tracking stations will form overlapping radio fence around earth to pick up faint radio signals from satellite: an animated sequence in "A Moon is Born." York City. A Moon Is Born was released to coincide with the beginning of the International Geophysical Year, during which scientists will study the earth, its atmosphere and the sun. The film's script and storyboard were approved by the Naval Research Laboratory, the Department of Defense, the National Academy of Sciences and four other participating agencies. Animated Preface to Launching The 4 minute animated film charts the many elements involved in the man-made moon operation. It depicts the launching of the 72fool long, three • stage Vanguard rocket and the rocket's 18.000-mileper-hour flight into space. At an altitude of approximately 300 miles. Left: the earth satellite will travel around the earth in a path much like a string wound around a ball. IBM electronic computer will predict each path In advance. 36 BUSINESS SCREEN MAGAZINE