Business Screen Magazine (1965-1966)

(cont'd from PREVIOLS PAGF ) owes Mr. Nivcr and the Rcnovare methods of restoring these priceless and historical mementos of the earliest da>s of filmniakins;. The second half of the December meeting was devoted to an early viewing — while still in the rough cut stage — of a documentar\ film produced by Raoul Alteresco for the USIA. This was an interesting experiment on the part of Raoul to get audience reaction on a film even while it is in the editing stage. Most of those attending agreed there was still quite a bit of work to be done in polishing this ■"peoplc-to-people" type documentary. A few even offered to help J^aoul do this. Earlier in the month, the Los Angeles Chapter had been invited by Dan McGo\ern of Edwards Air Force Base to make an allday visit at the base on December 4th. Ht>wcver. "because of circumstances beyond his control", Dan had to postpone the meeting until January 15th. Tentatively scheduled for the program are an early morning tour of the base and a look at all the current aircraft under test there. Following this, there will be a lunch at the Officers Club, and then a trip to the Missile Flange area for a spectacular demonstration. For those who wish to stay longer, a dinner will be served in the Officers Club at a minimal charge. * * * Lieut. Colonel Robert Hecker Wins Honors at Two Festivals ^' IFPA member Robert Hecker has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in Air Force Reserves within recent months and to make his days even brighter, Bob's outstanding film. The Homeless Child, won a Chris award at the 1965 Columbus Film Festival and later took a silver medal at Film Mnd TV Festival of New York. Hill) lliihir Hint film Ittiiiors . . . THE INDUSTRY FILM JOURNAL A LISTING OF SUSTAINING MEMBERS OF THE INDUSTRY FILM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION r-ilmscrvice Laboratories Ciencral Film Laboratories Division of DeLuxe Labs. Arriflex Corp. of .America Birns and Sawyer, Inc. Byron Motion Pictures, Inc. Cinema Research Corporation Hollywood Film Company Cinesound (\>rporation Color Reproduction Company Consolidated Film Industries Magnasync Corporation Mole-Richardson Company SOS Fhoto-Cine-Optics Filming the Historic "Sea Lab" Project Roy Georfje Supervis*'*! Film Ret-ord of A(|iiaiiaiit Experimeiil.s Roy George. Treasurer of the Southern California IFPA Chapter and Chief of the Film Branch of the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS). supervised the filmed recording of the recent historic Sea Lab II project. During this project, three teams of aquanauts spent various periods of time living and carrying out experiments in a special deep-sea lab located 205 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific offshore from the Scripps Institute in La Jolla, California. Team two of the aquanauts was headed by Scott Carpenter, one of the world's first astronauts. Made Three Dives in Open Bell Roy George personally made three dives in an open diving bell to photograph the activities in the murky depths of the Scripps submarine canyon. However, accord ing to Roy, conditions for photography were far from ideal at such depths. Water density and color prevented adequate photo coverage of subjects larger than a man, and bottom photography by the first and second teams of aquanauts disclosed little more than an occasional fish or a tantalizing look in through one of the Sea Lab ports. At one time, Lee Hanson — one of the NOTS cameramen — remarked: "We have been using a four-camera crew and have shot 19.()()() feet of film and still not one foot will cut". l.iKlit a Problem in Depths Available light at the 2()()-foot depth was not sufficient to expose film rated at an ASA of 400. The only bottom coverage made required an underwater light on the camera and a great deal of per H MUSIC /3 /" AfllSIC Ml SIC MUSIC for your motion pirlinv (IS you jwiiltl like to hiDv it TI.^NI) lAILOHED" TO FIT YOUR PICTURE \\n TO FIT YOUH lUnCFT m A CHADl AIL OF Till': JULI.IAHI) SCHOOL OK MUSIC Credits ill llic liiindicds . . . Tell me ulial ifnii need! Ml Sl( Ml Sl( MUSIC J^ EDWARD (EDDIE) PAUL J3 tllT hK.\ LOMOND I'l.NCK iioi.LVWoon ( \i IF 'mvr, sistence on the part of ,e . tographer. One interesting sideji. ported by March ! NOTS scriptwriter asM. Sea Lab II project, waby the White House to to the Sea Lab via a I, operator. When Comn Carpenter picked up his voice bore the typk a pressurized helium . of course, and sourt; deal like Donald Duf pitched and squeaky. The operator, no dou fr the pressures and imp. a Presidential call, rciu-v , plete the call, claing connection was not ci Bond, Navy Captain or\ Lab staff who had lx\ ing the conversation, v agonizing minutes at:, explain to the operator t v she was hearing was ili " effect of helium gas man \iiice, and it really ^ii. mandcr Carpenter talking At this point, the opear overheard telling anoi'tor: "Now, they're tr; me that Carpenter is ink chamber!" Eventually, the open con\inced and the cat' pleted, but the feelir' the Sea Lab personnel President didn't undcf>iu penter's strange voice a t« than the operator haii true Johnsonian styk right ahead with his cor message to the aquanai * » • Hughes "Story of SvncoiUI Cited for Space Travel i^ :-■: Hughes Aircraft h.i~ that the company's film. of Syneom III. was awanli ond prize in the space ' " gory at the lirst Work; of the International Co»» tion and Film Festival Se^eral Positions Avail:' Through Our 'Person' Your IFPA "Pers> has several positions the motion picture ficM interested, contact the H ' for information but pK a stamped, self-addriopc to lacilitate our i^ positions arc located ii — both Northern ami ■And for JOURNAI who are seeking qualii nel to fill any motion ; sition available, write u Hb BUSINES