International projectionist (Jan 1963-June 1965)

Reports also will be received on new progress in the closed circuit TV field, on gains made in nationwide contract negotiations, on the start of a pension plan available to all locals, on a coordinated approach to common problems of entertainment unions throughout the Western Hemisphere, and on numerous other matters affecting the welfare of the Alliance and its members. iP Ampex Develops Moving Movies \mpex Corporation has announced the development of what it calls Travelvision: a self-contained svstem providing motion pictures to passengers in airliners, trains and other media of public transport. Vlso a part of the svstem is optional high-fidelity music for individual passenger-. In the \mpex system, first-run motion pictures, recorded on high < in il i t \ video tape, can be played back through TV receivers located at various parts of the vehicle. Aboard ship, or in train compartments, receivers can be installed t<> provide priv ate \ icu ing. In announcing the development. C. Gus Grant, vice president of operations at Ampex added that onboard iLimeras could be used to transmit scenic views while enroute. iP Replacement for Memphis1 Strand Is Scheduled The first four-walled theatre to go up in the Memphis area in eight years is due to go up soon in the Eastgate Shopping Center. It is being built for Paramount Gulf Theatres. a New Orleans chain which is losing its lease to the downtown Memphis location of their Strand Theatre. The new house will seat around 1.(11)0. and will be equipped to handle all current popular projection techniques, plus a few not yet on the market, according to Paramount Gulf President Kermit Carr. Single lens Cinerama. 35 70mm conversions. 1)150 are a few of the processes that will be displayed in the new first-run polic) house. Stereophonic sound will also be installed. Carr said. Strand Theatre manager Lloyd Bailej i scheduled to take over the as yel un-named theatre when the compam's lease expires at his presenl location Oct. 1. The new house will occupy a building 80x165 feet, of which over 2,500 square feet will be devoted to a carpeted lounge; concession stand and rest rooms. New York architect Henry George Greene is in charge of the project, on which construction iLiettiiiL; underwav . iP IATSE Continues Work for Consent Decree Modernization lie I \ I SI, is continuing its efforts to win a reopening and modernization of the industry consent decrees in the Paramount anti-trust case, despite a rebuff bv the anti-trust division of the Department of Justice. A report on the steps taken "to overcome the continuing depressive effect of the anti-trust decrees" is scheduled to be made to the IA's 17th convention to be held in Louisville. Ky., beginning July 20. I \ made representations to the Justice Department last year in an eforf to obtain the government's support for modification of some of the Paramount decree restrictions which she union regards as hampering industry progress and expansion and thus curtailing employment opportunities. It has been especially anxious to cbtain relaxation of decree restrictions on the expansion of divorced theatre companies, contending that the circuits, discouraged from adding theatres, are investing in diversified interests outside the industrv. to the International Projectionist detriment of those cmploved in it. as well as those who might be attracted to il bv increased employment opportunities. I he Justice Department displavcd no interest at the time in sponsoring or agreeing to the suggested decree changes. Without its cooperation, decree changes are unlikelv to be approved by the Federal court. Other subjects scheduled to come before the I V convention include the international union's cooperation in endeavoring to obtain repeal of the remaining 10', Federal tax on theatre admissions over $1, and the Hollywood unions" efforts to curb runaway film production. The I A has requested the House Ways and Means Committee, which is scheduled to start hearings July 20 in Washington on a new excise tax bill, for permission to be heard on repeal for the admission tax. Lester Isaac. IA international representative. will present the union's case against the tax when the hearing is granted. iP July, 1964 Get all the facts! Ask your equipment dealer for the new 1964 Kollmorgen Projection Lens Catalog or write us direct. k KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS