Home Movies (1943)

Record Details:

Title:
Home Movies
Date:
1943
Author:
Ver Halen Publications
Publisher:
Los Angeles, Ver Halen Publications
Volume:
Home Movies (1943)
Leaf #:
000362
Language:
English
Collection:
Non-Theatrical Film
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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HOME MOVIES FOR NOVEMBER • Fig. I — Author Gray seated before his synchronized sound-on-disc equipment in which the combination recorder-turntable is coupled with projector by means of flexible cable. mICHRONIZED SOMD-OIDISC B y I 0 E GRAY • Fig. 2 — Another view of the equipment. Note auxiliary motor mounted on side of projector. This furnishes necessary power to drive both units simultaneously and in syne. • Fig. 3 — Closeup view of turntable showing overhead lead screw for cutting arm and the tachometer in foreground. ITH all the promises of post-war sound for home movies, disc recordings are certain to furnish much of the sound for the average amateur for some time to come. An important development will be the means for synchronizing discs with th; projected film. Realizing that home movies must have something more than just titles and pictures to capture the interest of persons outside one's family, I began in 1939 to make a practice of showing my films only when they could be accompanied by appropriate music and recorded disc narration — the "spoken title" method. This sufficed for a time; • Fig. 4 — Sketch showing method of mounting auxiliary motor to projector to furnish added power to drive the coupled recorder turntable. ///noe /nehr movn/ :yH_ fare 356