International projectionist (Jan 1963-June 1965)

Photokina matic rewind was thought to he undesirable) . The Solo is designed to be operated from the auditorium console on the left of the picture. Everything is remotely controlled: start, stop, light brightness, sound volume, focus, racking, and even the 3-lens turret which operates in conjunction with a 3-way gate aperture. A number of years ago Andre Debrie showed me in Paris a prototype of an attachment for fitting to from page 14 an ordinary 35mm projector, and using the same illuminant, enabling 16mm films to be projected in the cinema. The latest development was shown at Photokina: a simple fitting which hinged to the existing projector, and was driven by either of two motors, for 16 and 24 frames per second respectively. A new range of 16mm projectors was demonstrated by Associated Electrical Industries — formerly British Thomson-Houston, which made the n WHY WASTE CARBONS? Use The "Master Saver Device Reduce your projection carbon cost by adopting the MASTER CARBON SAVER (designed by a pioneer IATSE projectionist.) The only simple and accurate saver on the market with no springs, screws, nuts and bolts and requires no carbon grinding. Each carbon held by "Precision Taper" after stub is easily tapped into saver. There is a "MASTER" saver for every type of Suprex non-rotating or rotating arc lamp. Now being used by hundreds of theatres on STRONG, ASHCRAFT, PEERLESS, etc.; sizes 6-7-8-9-10-llmm, $3.50 each; 13.6mm, $4.50 each. SOLD BY YOUR LOCAL SUPPLY DEALER Manufactured by MASTER SPECIALTY PRODUCTS 200 West 72nd St., New York 23, N. Y. There's Plenty for You At CENTURY! . . and from CENTURY only dramatic, New ALL TRANSISTOR sound systems 'True high-fidelity, distortion free. rLow installation cost, minimum space needs. 'Increased reliability, less maintenance. 'No vacuum tubes, no photoelectric cells. * and the only American-made 70 mm 35 theatre projection systems SEE YOUR CENTURY DEALER for bigger, brighter projection. CENTURY PROJECTOR CORP. New York 19, N. Y. Philips FP20S projectors as installed in the ABC Cinema, Croydon, England. Identical in appearance are the other two Philips projectors recently introduced at the Photokina exposition, FP22S and FP25S. first successful 16mm sound projector in Europe. It uses a relay optical system, which besides making efficient use of the light, enables the shutter to be placed at a cross-over point, so that it also works at maximum efficiency. It is available with optical and optical/magnetic sound. I saw a very attractive Japanese 16mm machine, the Elmo. It is completely self-contained, and uses a 1000-watt xenon lamp. It provides optica] and magnetic sound. A final point of interest, although not in the projection field: a camera running at the rate of 8,000,000 frames per second, and another capable of exposures down to 20 millimicroseconds— one-fiftieth of a microsecond ! The first is made by the British firm of Barr & Stroud, and the second, employing an image intensifier, by the German firm of Impuls-Physik. iP Xenosoi Reports Long Operating Bulb Hours Cine Electronic Systems Inc., has announced the results of a series of in-the-theatre tests to determine the burning life of various Xenon lamps of their Xenosoi System installations. Amherst Theatre in Batavia, New York, now has over 2,877 operatinghours on their 1,600 watt bulbs and still putting out with almost 100% light. Peter Becker reports they are still working fine and it loks like thev are going to get a lot more hours, before they have to make any change. iP Hi International Projectionist October. 1963