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Dec, 1936-Jan., 1937 The Journal of the Association of Cine-Technicians
85
Greetings from the British Press Photographers' Association.
Greetings to the Association of Cine-Technicians from the newly-formed British Press Photographers' Association. The Press cameramen send all Best Wishes to their colleagues on the newsreels and in the studios. The relationship between the Cine and Press cameraman has always been a happy one and the B.P.P.A. aims to cement that friendship. In many ways your difficulties correspond with ours, both "on the road" and in the studios. Press photographers ha\-e long suffered from a lack of organisation, but a determined effort was made by a few pioneers last July and at a large and enthusiastic meeting of newspaper and newsagency photographers, the British Press Photographers' Association was formed. Since then rapid progress has been made, and we are proud of our quicklygrowing membership. The B.P.P.A. aims to defend and promote the professional interests of its members ; to improve the social status of the Press photographer ; and to provide benevolent aids. Press photographers,
notoriously difficult to organise at any time, are really getting down to it and the success of our Association is {Continued on preceding page).
New Studies at Iver Heath.
The illustration on this page is an aerial view of Pinewood Studios, occupying 100 acres of ground.
There are eight stages placed in pairs on the unit basis of two stages, one large and one small. The large stages are 165 ft." by 100 ft. and the lesser stages are 110 ft. by 82 ft., all being 36 ft. high to the underside of the grid. The total flow area is 988,000 square feet.
The stages are the first in Europe in which the entire electrical equipment is concentrated overhead at the grid level. On each stage there is a portable remote control switchboard which electrically operates the camera motors, recording cameras, ventilation controls, warning lights and telephones.
Western electric recording equipment is installed and is on the all-mains principle — the first of its kind in Europe. There are two permanent channels and each stage has a channel for portable apparatus.
There are 25 Cutting Rooms, of special design, and containing the latest all-steel cutting equipment.
The exterior lot comprises 48 acres in which there are concealed electric points at strategic spots which can be used for day or night shooting, giving up to 10,000 amps.
PINEWOOD STUDIOS FROM THE AIR.