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technical extracts from foreign contemporary journals, and in every way ensures that the readers are kept informed of all modern developments. The journal is free to members, and obtainable by others at an annual subscription of £2 17s. 6d. post free.
The B.K.S. also arranges courses of instruction, maintains a book library and information centre, and has a large number of specialised committees always in active pursuit of progress. Co-operation is maintained with all other interested societies in Britain, plus the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (U.S A.), La Association Francaise des Ingenieurs et Techniciens du Cinema, and similar organisations throughout the world.
Readers gainfully occupied in any branch of kinematography are invited to apply for membership.
Royal Photographic Society, Kinematograph Section, 16, Princes Gate, London, S.W.7.
The Kinematograph Section of the R.P.S. offers its members frequent lectures on all the many aspects of production and projection, besides arranging demonstrations of new equipment. The meetings are often held in conjunction with other societies when the subject warrants it, and members are thus enabled to meet specialists in many branches of the industry.
The talks and lectures are often illustrated by films and slides, and modern projection equipment is always on hand for suitable occasions. Members who make their own films have the additional advantage of the specialist panel set up by the society, which offers skilled criticism and professional advice on the latest techniques.
The Society holds meetings for nine months out of the year for the various sections. These are the Pictorial Group, Colour Group, Miniature Camera Group, Scientific and Technical Group, the Medical Group, and last but not least, the Kinematograph Section. Membership of the Society is divided into six classes — Ordinary, Fellows, Associates, Honorary Fellows, Honorary Members, and for those under 25 — Junior Members Associates and Fellows are entitled to the use of the initials A.R.P.S. and F.R.P.S.
British Standards Institution, 24, Victoria-st., London, S.W.I.
The B.S.I, is responsible for co-ordinating the work of all bodies concerned with standardisation in technical and scientific developments, with simplification of design, and with all aspects of {safety, size and quality. The Institution was founded in 1901 and quickly became recognised for the value of its contribution to progress, being subsequently Incorporated by Royal Charter Almost all trade organisations are now represented on the various B.S.I, committees, and a dozen or more organisations representing the whole of the film industry are in continual contact through their representatives.
The B.K.S. , for instance, has representatives on the Kinematograph Industry Committee, which deals with such items as Standard release prints, projection equipment, screen brightness, projection lenses, and terminology, etc. Some of the more important Standards for narrowgauge film users are as follows:
B.S. 850:1939 — Definition of Cinematograph 'Safety' Film. B.S 930: 1940 — Method of Carrying out a Field Test for Light Output of Sub-standard Cinematograph Projectors.
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