Business screen magazine (1967)

SIGHT & SOUND Focu!< on Audiovisual Education at SMPTEs 10 1 St Conference ^ Education and its use of motion pictures, television and other audiovisual techniques will be heavily emphasized at the forthcoming technical conference of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers in New York. The conference, the Society's 101st. is set for the New York Hilton Hotel. April 16-21. A full day of papers on educational techniques, divided between a morning and an afternoon session, is scheduled for Tuesday. April 18. Arrangements for the sessions were made by the Topic Chairman. William L. Millard. Asst. Director. Office of Institutional Research. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. Program Chairman of the entire SMPTE conference is K. Blair Benson, of the CBS Television Network in New York. According to Millard, the education sessions will reflect the increasing importance of audio-visual aids to education and the development and use of film and television systems within various educational complexes. • * * * MPO Sales Slightly Higher But Profits Decline in Fiscal Year V MPO \ideotronics. Inc.. producer of television commercials and audio-visual communications, has issued its Annual Report for the fiscal year which ended October 31. 1966. The report shows sales for the 1966 fiscal year at S14.670.383. compared with sales of S 1 4.641. 6 1 1 for the previous year. Earnings after taxes in 1966 were $238, .'i6S which was equal to 51 cents per share. In the preceding fiscal year net income after taxes was $476,098, or SI. 02 per share. MPO is also now involved in the production of full-length feature films for theatrical and T\' release. On February 6. the company announced the signing of an exclusive one-year contract with Czcchoslovakian Filmexport for Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos, Academy .Award-winning directors for Tlw Shoi> on Main Slreel. to direct a feature film this summer. The company also manufactures and markets an Smm sound repeating motion picture projector for sales, training and educational use. • Form Calvin Cinequip Companies in Kansas City and Philadelphia Two new companies ha\c been formed to serve the cine equipment needs of business, industry and education. Inventories and franchises of Calvin Cinequip. Inc.. of Kansas City and Calvin Cinequip. Inc., of Philadelphia, have been selected to offer users a complete range of professional equipment in all phases of film production and sound recording. Equipment of both firms is available on a rental and sale basis; the firms also maintain working relationships for production services, processing and release printing. Gil Davidson, manager of the Kansas City. Mo. facility is headquartered at I 105 Truman Road; Edward P. Maguire, an officer of both companies, is located at the Philadelphia offices — 1909 But tonwood Street. • * * * American International Pictures lo Distribute Films for Modern American International Pictures. Jacksonville, Fla.. has joined the Modern Talking Picture Service network of regional film libraries, raising the total to 32 outlets for this sponsored film distribution company in the U.S. and Canada. At least five new releases will be immediately available through AlP. • musifex inc 45 w. 45 St., n. y. c. COMPLETE MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS SERVICE M ^•€iW7! • BACKGROUND MUSIC EDITING • SOUND EFFECTS EDITING •ORIGINAL SCORES • 17 MUSIC LIBRARIES • MUSIC LIBRARY FOR LEASE . . . • SOUND EFFECTS LIBRARY FOR SALE . . . • "MUSICAL" SOUND EFFECTS • SOUND TRANSFER FACILITIES • COMPETITIVE PRICES Musifex talent proven on over 5,400 productions FLY -PHONE -WIRE -WRITE NOW FOR FULL INFORMATION AND CATALOG TRY US— BOB VELAZCO ci 6-4061 For the best in audiovisual products and services, buyers turn to the pages of Business Screen; read throughout the year by identified users of film; tope media because it's their most complete reference source. \COL £:MAN PR0DUCTION5 /A/C \lil DRINK t6\ r 0A/3y 3 (^'tSmii^^" Ccfzde S fO?Q IVIh PRODLCTION REVIEW 205