International projectionist (Jan 1961-Dec 1962)

All Exhibit Space Reserved For SMPTE Convention NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 2 — Three months prior to the opening of the 89th Convention of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, all forty-seven exhibit booths were reserved, according to Exhibit Committee Chairman Kenneth Oakley, and the addition of space was under consideration. The Convention will take place May 7-12 at the King Edward Sheraton Motel in Toronto, Canada. Theme of the Convention is: "International Achievements in Motion Pictures and Television." The equipment exhibit is expected to follow the international pattern of the convention. Many Uni'ed States companies will travel to Toronto to show equipment and many Canadian concerns at the show will display products from Europe. Among the companies which have contracted for exhibit space are the following: Beckman & Whitley, Inc.; Bell & Howell Co.; Behrend Cine Corp.; Berndt>Bach, Inc.; Birns & Sawyer Cine Equipment, Inc.; Braun of Canada Equipment Ltd.; Caldwell A/V Equipment Ltd.; Camera Equipment Co.; Canadian Broadcasting Corp.; Canadian Applied Research Ltd.; Alex L. Clark Ltd.; Eastman Kodak Co.; Ferrania Division, Viditon Corp.; Film Editing Equipment, Inc.; Philip A. Hunt Co.; Lipsner-Smith Corp.; MacKenzie Equipment Ltd.; Florman & Babb, Inc.; Harwald Co.; Magnasync Corp.; McCudy Radio Industries Ltd.; Precision Cine Equipment Div.; Robert Rigby Ltd.; L. B. Russell Chemicals, Inc.; S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp.; Strand Electric Ltd.; and Wollensak Optical Co. iP New Cinerama Lens A new lens which permits the photographing of a 160 degree angle to be used in future production of Cinerama pictures has been developed by Cinerama, Inc. The lens is a modification of one developed by Cinerama with Boeing Airplane Co. and the U. S. Government for use at the coming Century 21 World Fair to be held in Seattle. The system, announced by Nicholas Reisini, Cinerama president, and William M. Allen, president of Boeing, employs a single lens to create an audience viewing area of 360 degrees horizontally and 160 degrees vertically. The audience "is s.id to be" enveloped in a picture surrounding it on all sides and above." iP SMPTE Man Named Member of National Research Council NEW YORK, N. Y., — Dr. Deane R. White, Engineering vice-president of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, has been named a member-at-large in the Division of Engineering and Industrial Research of the National Research Council, SMPTE Headquarters has announced here. Dr. White, a Fellow Member of the Society, is Associate Research Laboratory Director, engaged in pioneering research work at the Photo Products Department of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Parlin, New Jersey. In his capacity as SMPTE Engineering Vice-President, Dr. White is responsible for the direction and administration of twelve engineering committees involved with color, fiim-prcjection practices, instrumen'.;iti->n and high-speed photography, laboratory practices, film dimensions, screen brightness, 16 and 8mm motion pictures, sound, television, television studio lighting, video tape recording and standards. IP CONTRAST IN PROJECTION Kollmorgen lenses rate tops in the motion picture industry. Used exclusively with Cinerama, they are standard equipment in more than 70% of American theaters. Wire sharp contrast of the projected image on the screen — the whole screen — is typical of the outstanding performance of super snaplite® lenses. Other advantages that add up to superior screening with super snaplite s are: Fastest lens speeds Uniform illumination Crystal clarity Wide range of focal lengths Sealed construction Bulletin 222 describes Kollmorgen lenses in detail. See your equipment dealer, or write us direct. CORPORATION NORTHAMPTON. MASSACHUSETTS ■ International Projectionist April 1961 11