The Cine Technician (1953-1956)

106 THE CINE-TECHNICIAN August, 1953 A.C.T. NOTES & NEWS LAB TOPICS by Alf Cooper — Continued Studio Publicity Director for Warwick Films Columbia Pictures release, " Hell Below Zero." The Margaret Marshall Award is to be made annually for the best job of Publicity performed by an A.C.T. Publicist on a British film. " It's from A.T.C. Records — they want my new address." (With acknowledgments to C.I.O. Rubber Workers' Journal, U.S.A.) ROUND THE FILM WORLD— Continued Our cover still shows Sherpa Tensing, G.M., George Lowe, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tom Stobart at Group 3 Studios, Beaconsfield. They are viewing the first rushes of Countryman Films' colour production Conquest of Eiwest. The film was shot in 16mm. colour. It reached England on 3rd .Inly, in care of Tom Stobart, and is now being edited. Arthur Benjamin will ((impose music for the film and Louis MacNiece is to write the commentary. Producers are John Taylor, Leon Clore and Graham Thorp. Back in London, on leave. Gold Coast Film Unit cameraman and veteran of documentary, George Noble. Welcome home, George ! Leslie Cardew. Data, is to film an operation in Colour 3-D for showing to surgeons and doctors. The film is to be shown to the Royal College of Surgeons. Hundreds of students will be able to study the operation on Mm, instead of the small number that 'an see it in the operating theatre. THE sales of the last issue indicate that at least the lab boys are going to give the new-style journal a fair try-out. I sincerely hope that the following issues justify a continued support. Send the information in from your shops on time and we will put it in and thus keep each issue up to standard. I was asked to state what was going on in the labs with regard to the new agreement. Jack Cook has sent in a cartoon which he included with these notes which more or less shows the state of things at the Tech Labs, if not at all labs. Many of you may know that the new agreement has almost been formalised and by the time you read this the F.L.A." will probably have been informed officially of our intentions. Whatever may be the outcome of the negotiations I would like to tell you that the sub-committee which created the new draft agreement have put in a lot of hard work at many meetings, also the whole of the Negotiating Committee will do their utmost to achieve your requirements. Jim Ritchie, at the Kay Labs, sends the following news, some of which is not at all good, I am sure all lab boys will want me to offer the condolences of us all to Bros. A. t'lampitt and A. Maskell in their very sad losses. Recently two of our members have met with domestic tragedy by the loss of their children. A. Clampitt, of the printing room, lost his daughter, age 4i years, after a serious operation, and A. Maskell, of Sensimetric Control, returned from holiday and his little girl aged 6 years was taken suddenly ill and died after an operation for appendix. The boys at the labs expressed their deepest sympathy to the parents and made a small practical gesture by sending to each family a wreath. H. Newton, who has been sick for a very long time, we believe is progressing and we hope that he will be back amongst us very soon. Now to more cheerful topics — Ted Barnes won the two-mile handicap at Parliament Hill and was the recipient of a silver cup and plaque. Cood link to him for the future. Among people who have recently joined us are Messrs. Meier and Phillips, from Martins, Merton Park, also Mr. D. Moss, who many will remember worked at Pathe, and we have three of the boys who worked at Shepherds Bush Labs — Messrs. L,. Smithson, C. Bidwell and Charlie Watkins. We are pleased to say they are settling down very well. \ AM happy to report, writes Stan * Warbey, that sales of the first issue of the new 6d. journal at Pathe (Elstree) Laboratories was very good and far exceeded earlier issues. As the Labs have been in the forefront of attempts to improve the " Cine Technician " it is gratifying to see these same members supporting A.C.T.'s efforts to meet their members' demands. Congratulations to Miss Gloria Turner, who became Mrs. Wilf Faley on 25th July. Both Gloria and her husband are locals of Boreham Wood and have returned there after their honeymoon. Before she left to be wed, Miss Turner was presented with a canteen of cutlery, a gift from all her friends at Pathe's Elstree and Wardour Street Labs. The presentation was made by Mr. Macgregor Ash, Laboratory Supervisor. Brian Baylis, chargehand pos. developer, is expecting to be presented with an addition to his family of three any day now. (Your Editor is standing by for news.) Visiting a local cinema the other day. my wife and I both noticed not only the same sofa in both films, but the canopy at the entrance to an hotel was exactly the same with the same name embroidered on it in both cases. I know that Americans, like us, must economise, but if this goes on it could become confusing. Fancy leaving a cinema too soon because you think " this is where I came in " and it isn't at all. The Government's cost of living index seems to get crazier every month. In June it goes down, in July up again. It certainly fails to reflect the real increase in prices as we know it and I am sure that our Laboratory Committee will bear this in mind when considering proposals for revision of our agreement with the F.L.A. Tutsi: 3 Dlll'.SIfN FllMS AM »r-N CmuSTIC // — •