The Cine Technician (1939)

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|imc i<).: I 11 E C INE-TECHNICIAN 63 production offices, property rooms and many of the necessary accessory departments. In a separate block are contained twenty cutting rooms and three theatres. Standard sound equipment for these studios are the R.( A. ultra-violet and the Visatone sound systems. A powerhouse generating 17,000 amps, provides power for the stages. It is understood that during 1936 Sound City Studios serviced over twenty per cent, of the total number ^of feature films produced in this country. At the end of 1936 the Rock Studios at Boreham Wood, Elstree, had completed two new stages, part of a development scheme which will eventually total seven completely equipped sound stages. The new stage No. 1, with dimensions of 117 feet long by 80 feet wide, is typical of the constructional methods which have and will be used throughout. It is of steel frame design with brickwork panels, the roof and walls being treated with slag-wool. The floors are of concrete, laced with boarding nailed to fillets in the sub-floor. R.C.A. ultra-violet and Visatone .recording systems are used, the arrangement of these installations having been prepared in such a way that each sound unit can be quickly patched through to any recording or re-recording stage, tints reducing the time of changeover from one stage to another to an absolute minimum. A large power-house is provided, containing three generators, two of 750 kws. and one of 500 kws. The Warner Bros. First National Studios at Teddington, .Middlesex, made extensive additions and alterations during the past year. The old studio, which has been in use for five years, has been modernised, and an entirely new sound stage has been built. This new stage measures 133 feet long by 100 feet wide, and is of brick construction, the inside walls being covered with rock-woo] lor sound absorption. The Western Electric sound system is used. A new power-house provides current lor the stages. These studios do not possess a very large acreage, and a considerable amount of ingenuity has been expended in making use of every inch of available space. In the ease oi the new sound stage, for instance, one entrance has been lifted with revolving doors and hall so that it cm easily be made to resemble an hotel. Another example is a set of windows looking on to a pavement, which can readily be turned into a big store. Constructed at the same time as the new stage was a block of executive offices of excellent appearance. Studios in Course of Erection Under construction during 193b. the Amalgamated Studios at Elstree will consist of four large stages, three of which can each be split into two stages. Dimensions oi the large stages are 200 feet by 100 feet by 35 feet high. Two large and four small projection theatres will be provided, as well as all the other accessory departments. Western Electric sound-recording equipment will be installed. Of pleasing appearance and of efficient design, Amalgamated Sttidios will be a notable addition to the growing number of line Motion Picture Studios in this country. At the end of 1936 there were about twenty-five studios, totalling in all over seventy stages, available for production in this country, all situated in or near the London area. Some of these studios possess excellent technical facilities, and although others are not so completely equipped it would certainly seem that the number of studios is ample for the present requirements of British production. EXPRESSING % THANKS * TO ALL THE CAMERAMEN AND SOUND TECHNICIANS FOR THEIR SPLENDID WORK AND CO-OPERATION IN OBTAINING FOR US A MARVELLOUS RECORD OF THE CORONATION OF H.M. KING GEORGE VI. TELEPHONES: GERRARD 7481, 6413 NORMANS gWmaaaxxaxam FILM LIBRARY fllMD£SPAT» EDITING BAYS 86-88 Wardour St.. London. W 1