Business Screen Magazine (1963-1964)

t C iiic-C.lohc Cruiser scene shoics a .Vdii/ fiiiliter on a "strike" mission, lieucil from the pilot's (intile; audience figures arc in ioresiroiiud. NAVY CINE-GLOBE CRUISER iittra-rt'utisin of n suju'rh (rtiiiiiii;/ (l<'i-ic<> siirroiiiKf.s' vivtcers iril/i <ii-lioii «»ii the xvrt'vn nPnt "\\ kap-Arol NU" projecliim -■ system developed by The Jam Handy Organization is bringiriL' Fair visitors a bigger-than-lile look at the Navy and Marine Corps in action. The system iv used in a Cine-Globe Cruiser theater within the Travel & Transportation Pavilion. Landing a fast jet on an aircraft carrier, plunging beneath the sea in a nuclear submarine, hittinu the beach with the Marines . . , all these are typical scenes as the Cine-Globe presentation gives amazing realism on its hemispheric screen. The system uses a Handydesigned lens of a unique type that completely fills the spectator's field of vision. The screen curves around and above the viewer to give the "you are there"" effect. TME UHITEO STATES t^Mt kw^ MAN ON THE MOOH The V . S. .\r\n\j has this small walk-in theater in the Travel & Transportation P a v i I i o n. It offers a movie, transparencies ami ilioranias of modern Arimj. H. Y. WORLD'S FAIR REPORT Small continuous repeater projectors like these offer films on Navy and Marine Corps .^tdyjects in the Transportation Pavilion. Standard-gauge .^."imm film is used and the "taking"' lens for production of the sequences is similar to that of the projection lens so that the simulated 3-D effect of the system is without image distortion. The Cine-Globe system was originally devised by J HO with the cooperation of the U. S. Navy to provide a realistic training device for Naval Aviation and in Marine Corps tank training. It simulates combat conditions, especially those involving fast motion (such as a jet plane attack). The lens covers an extremely wide angle ( 142 degrees) to almost match the field of vision of the human eye. Ten Minutes of Keal .\ctian The lO-minutc presentation takes place in a theater with room C/iciii/ii; scetw in iIk ( iih (Julie Cruiser shon lins jet trails rcvolviniS iniiicarii until llnif Jill llie entire area of hcmis]thcric screen. im its upper tiers (above the projector) for about 75 standees; a dozen or so children are permitted to sit on the floor "within" the screen area, practically "inside" the picture. The Cine-Globe Cruiser's physical setup, utilizing a single very wide-angle lens for both production and projection, standard 3-'>nuii motion picture films and a f o 1 d-up-and-c a r r y hemispheric screen has already been utilized by The Jam Handy Organization in some stunning comnu-rcial presentations. It is this kind of "carry-out" idea which business users of the lilm will be seeking at the Fair. I he cost and complexity of larger. "permanent-type"' exhibits discourages their use outside of the exposition grounds. The .\riny's Little Theater Typical of dozens of such installations around the Fair is the small (10 persons) "walk-in" theater in the T&T Pavilion now showing a Man on the Moon film under U. S. Army auspices. •Also featured in the Navy and Marine Corps exhibit area at the Fair are six 1 6mm rear-projection (continuous) motion picture setups enclosed in round balls set on poles. Films shown are concerned with life in the services and the advantages they offer to young men and women. • Below: youiifi viewers arc encouraged to sit on the floor, "inside" llic Cine-Glohe (.ruiser screen area which surrcnnuls them. Their par I )//v shiiid ill /ins up anil hciioiul the projector shown at Ion riijit .