The film industry (1921)

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ILLUSTRATIONS FIG. PAGE FILMING A SET .... Frontispiece 1. FILM BOX WITH SPOOL OF NEGATIVE FILM . 5 2. MECHANISM OF " TOPICAL " CINE-CAMERA . 5 3. A WILLIAMSON "TOPICAL" CINE-CAMERA . . 8 4. LENS IN FOCUSING MOUNT .... 10 1 5. INDICATOR REGISTERING LENGTH OF FILM EXPOSED 1 1 6. A MODERN CINE-CAMERA .... 14 7. TRIPOD WITH REVOLVING HEAD AND TILTING TABLE . . . . . . .21 8. MECHANISM OF TILTING HEAD .... 21 9. A FILM PERFORATING MACHINE ... 25 10. PIN FRAME FOR DEVELOPING FILM ... 26 11. FLAT WOOD DEVELOPING FRAME ... 27 12. WINDING STAND FOR DEVELOPING FRAMES . 27 13. DEVELOPING TRAY WITH CARGO OF FILM . . 29 14. DEVELOPING TANK ...... 29 15. WASHING TANK 30 16. FILM DRYING DRUM IN HOT-AIR CHAMBER . .31 17. MECHANISM OF A STEP-BY-STEP PRINTING MACHINE 35 18. A SMALL STEP-BY-STEP FILM PRINTER . . 37 19. A SIMPLE CONTINUOUS PRINTER ... 38 20. FILM MEASURER ATTACHED TO PRINTING MACHINE 38 21. "DETECTOR" FITTED TO PRINTING MACHINE . 39 22. A FILM CLEANER ...... 40 23. A FILM MENDER . . . . . .41 ' MOTOR GENERATOR ROOM IN MODERN STUDIO . 47 24. A MODERN PROJECTOR ..... 89 25. AN ARC-LAMP FOR PROJECTORS . . .91 26. THE "SILENT EMPIRE" PROJECTOR . . 93 A WELL-LIGHTED CINEMA . . . .100 27. HAND OPERATED DISINFECTANT SPRAY . .102 28. SUPERIOR TYPE OF AUTOMATIC SPRAY . .102 xi