International projectionist (Jan 1943-Dec 1944)

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S.M.P.E. ABSTRACTS (Continued from page 9) may find this situation rather unusual. In the post-war world, however, many of them may be called on to set up, production facilities in South America, China, South Africa and other countries where they will run into just these problems. They may have to organize and train production staff in record time. They may have to turn out many films with little equipment. They may have to establish standards in a field where only the most rough-and-ready methods had been used before. The similarity of the Canadian project may therefore give it even more than the friendly attention with which U. S. engineers have helped us time and again up in Canada when unusual technical difficulties arose. The paper will give a short historical summary of the Film Board, describing its setting up in 'the early part of 1939 to coordinate all Government film activities, to produce all Government pictures except where it decided that they could be more effectively made outside, and to supervise the distribution of non-theatrical films throughout Canada. The paper will say something about the distribution machinery which has set up 40 regional film libraries and organized more than 120 mobile projection uni;s in rural and industrial areas. The operators of these units are not merely projectionists; they organize local discussion groups, distribute information about films, and in general arouse' interest in movies as a means of encouraging a keener civic sense in' the community. The Distribution Department, working through Canadian legations and irade outlets abroad, also makes films Available in South America, South Africa, Great Britain and many other parts of the world. The next section will be devoted to tracing brieflv the technical growth of the Film Board from an organization comprising only 40 people' in 1941 to its present staff of 500 running a modern and efficient self-contained producing organization with its own laboratory, optical and special effects department, animation" department, and so on. Main stress will be laid on the fact that there has been a deliberate trend away from specialization. Production staff has been able to get as close an acquaintance as possible wi h the work of all technical departments. Technical personnel, in turn, has been encouraged to learn about problems of production. This has meant an interchange of staff between different departments with i, consequent stress on training and retraining. But.it has resulted in the building up of a group of film craftsmen with a remarkable amount of versatility and the ability to turn their hand to a number of specialized jobs. APPLICATION OF SOUND RECORDING TECHNIQUES TO AIRPLANE VIBRATION ANALYSIS J. C. Davidson and J. G. Frayne Elec' Research Products Division Western Electric Co., Inc. This paper describes methods which have been developed for analysis of the various vibration components present in airplane structures. The complex wave forms are recorded on standard motion picture sound negatives during flight. These films later, after proper development, are analyzed electrically, making possible a complete analysis on the ground and thereby reducing materially the time devoted to flight test and also simplifying the process of analysis of complex wav form=. Tha technique described let's shake We're great believers in cooperation. That is why an Altec engineer is trained to think in terms of the projectionist. That is why our men appreciate the skill which is necessary to project pictures on the screen without mishaps. You can count on an Altec engineer for friendly advice anytime — just as you can count on Altec service all the time, for keeping your booth equipment in ship-shape order. Why not write us if you have a particular problem to solve? JU.TEC SERVICE CORPORATION 250 West 57 th Street -New York 19, N. Y. THE SERVICE ORGANIZATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY OCTOBER 1944 25