The Film Renter and Moving Picture News (Nov-Dec 1922)

84 THE FILM RENTER & MOVING PICTURE NEWS. (Technical Supplement). Nov. 4, 1922. Fach of the members of the When the editor needs a picture from Holland, Egypt, or. any staff of Pathé’s attached to other place he expects the cameraman told off to the duty to ‘he Pathé Gazette is a speciallose no time and depart at a moment's notice. His life is one ist in his own particular long series of rushes. In addition to the staff men. the services nel ‘The editor, Mre He A. of local men in every area in Great Britain are at the call of 4 ; the editor, as well as the connections abroad—The Pathé Sanders, inoue. of the ‘Fes Joirnale of Italy and Spain, the Pathé News of America, few men in the trade who and the Pathé Journal of Paris, ete., etc. The editor has had actual experience of and his staff have also to keep their fingers onthe pulse of the circulation so that should a decline occur in any particular district, local topics of interest can be taken and. included in the Pathé Gazette. It is impossible fo give details of the out-. standing successes, the standard aimed at is so high. We can mehtion, however, some of the mest recent, such as the Grand National, the Great Fight Films, the excellent pictures of the Dublin fighting, the Princess Mary's wedding film, the wedding presents film, and the great Smyrna fire’ The first illustrated poster emanated from Pathé for the Gazette. Innumerable other special leads have come from the samie Mr.T. (Tommy) ; . direction. As’ an ‘instance, the SCALES in an . auc public will remember the Eclipse eerie position . : stunt, when all ‘vere supplied with film to watch the eclipse, and then every side of saw the occurrence in the Gazette the business of at the kinema. news getting. One thing must be remembered. He knows wry (Jock Many thousand feet of film are bier ara used, but never shown to the exactly what GEMMELL ; + ys : : kinema-goer. Pathé’s, to ensure difficulties with the Aeroscoy complete. success, always take Aeroscope. 's mera: the ca more than would man has _ to ordinarily be the overcome, and can gauge case, to ensure the duties of anymember the best, and only of his staff to a nicety. the best being His staff realise this fact, shown to the blic. and know that although public they are expected to do things that are seemingly Mr. J. (Jack) Correr with che c impossible to accomplish, long focus ‘* gun. the editor is fully aware of what they are up against. The staff cameramen, Messrs. T. Scales, F. Bassill, J. Cotter, J. Gemmell, H. Starmer, and F. Lewis (Irish representative) are experts of the first order and can manipulate all the special apparatus provided, whether it be the Akeley camera for panoramic views of racing, motoring, or aeroplane stunts, etc., Mr. F. (FRANK) the Aeroscope for taking films that the ordinary camera cannot Bassi. with get, the Detective camera for securing pictures ‘‘ on the quiet,’’ the Akeley the. long Focus. camera which brings. objects from 10 yards cr ay to ten yards, the tall Tripodcamera, or other of the special apparatus used by the up-to-date cameramen. It is estimated that Pathé’s cameramen. on .an average travel a. thousand miles every week of their lives gathering ‘‘ News’’ films. Every part of the globe has been touched by them in their journeyings. Ee fas a aa ee Original from Digitized by Goc gle NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY