International photographer (Jan-Dec 1935)

Four The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER May, 1935 Hollywood Cameraman in the Land of a Billion Faces OHN L. HERRMANN, chief cinematographer of the Byrd (Second) Antarctic Expedition and photographic representative of Paramount, at Little America, departed recently for Galveston, Texas, to visit his mother, after an absence of more than two years. Since his return to the United States Mr. Herrmann has been sojourning at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, where he was engaged in editing the him shot on the Byrd Expedition. Film There was 135,000 feet of it exposed out of a total supply of 150,000, divided as follows: Eastman — Background Panchromatic, Super Sensitive; Dupont — Infra D, Super Panchromatic. Out of this footage of raw stock not a foot of that exposed was spoiled and those who have seen the film were enthusiastic in their praise of Mr. Herrmann's great work. Equipment Mr. Herrmann* schedules his photographic equipment as composed of the following units: Two 35 mm. Akeleys ; three 35 mm. De Vrys; one Eyemo ; one "Sterescopic" (a French still camera) ; one Bell & Howell standard camera, motor drive; this latter used only three days, it having arrived at Little America on the ship that came to take the Expedition home. The two Akeleys had already made history with the first Byrd Expedition. They were No. 202, used by Joseph Rucker and No. 241, used by Willard Van der Veer, the two cinematographers of that expedition. Akeley No. 241 was first used by Ray Fernstrom in the newsreels. Later it was overhauled for polo work and, in 1928 turned over to Mr. Van der Veer for the trip to Antarctica, while No. 202 enjoyed a like training for the unknown continent. Upon the return to the United States, in 1930, No. 241 was given to Mr. Herrmann who used it until 1933. Both of these Akeleys are due to go to the museums for their parts in the photographic history of the world. No. 241, the camera habitually used by Mr. Herrmann, was with him at Kansas City, Missouri, when he was photographing the action of a battery of machine guns under demonstration by the police of that city. The guns were being fired point blank at the camera while Mr. Herrmann was cranking it and one of the bullets ricocheted from the barricade of iron and unbreakahle glass and badly wounded his cranking arm. Newsreel Ace John Herrmann was an ace of the Paramount News reel forces on duty at Omaha, Nebraska, when he was drafted to accompany Admiral Byrd on his second expedition to the Antarctic. Mr. Herrman did not take long to make up his mind and, after a busy season of preparation he was aboard when the first ship of the Admiral's expedition sailed from New Zealand and, with him, was another Paramount ace in the person of Carl O. Peterson, radio operator, whose job was to act as associate of Mr. Herrmann and to do the radio and aerial work on long flights. At Little America Mr. Herrmann took possession of the shop and quarters left behind by Joe Rucker and Willard Van der Veer. Everything was in good shape and it didn't take long for Herrmann to get into the harness and that means also to get used to cold weather and methods of photography under the Antarctic Circle. FUR CACHE FOOD CACHE The Metropolitan District of Little America. All tunnels in Little America were made of packing cases covered with snow. pR°* n FOOD CACHE /•AAIN STREET COAL CACHE LITTLE. AMERICA science: building Please mention The International Photographer when corresponding with advertisers.