International projectionist (Jan 1961-Dec 1962)

Modern Movie Theater Opened in Sweden What is probably Scandinavia's most modern motion picture theatre, the Royal, opened on March 16 in Malmo, Sweden, according to Nathan D. Golden, Director, Scientific Instruments, Motion Picture and Photographic Products Division, Business and Defense Services Administration, U. S. Department of Commerce. The projection booth has six projectors, three of which are for special system films, two for 70-mm. films, and one is a standard 35-mm. projector. There are 750 seats in the trumpetshaped auditorium, which has its greatest width at the stage. The total screen surface is 20 meters by 8 meters (a meter is 3.28 feet), and is curved in an arc which gives a third-dimension effect to the picture. Maximum accoustic effect has been achieved by making no part of the walls, floor, or ceiling parallel, and also by using materials that have a certain absorbent character, which gives the sound both life and tone. The air in the auditorium is changed without giving rise to drafts. Fresh air streams in constantly through thousands of small holes in the ceiling. The operation of the Royal is in the hands of the Gota Film Company, Malmo, which also operates five other motion picture theatres in Malmo. iP Ziff-Davis to Publish Photo Research History A history of photographic research written by the late Dr. C. E. Kenneth Mees, a pioneer in the industrial application of research, has been published by Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., New York. Entitled "From Dry Plates to Ektachrome Film — A Story of Photographic Research," the new book is written for the advanced amateur and the photographic scientist. It provides a wealth of material about "the theory behind the photograph." The book has more than 150 illustrations and is documented from Dr. BOOKS ON ELECTRONICS . . . WORLD FAMOUS FOR TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE Learn the "picture-book" way! 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I 3 Name Address City & State Mees' long experience as director of Kodak Research Laboratories in Rochester, N. Y. The laboratories, which he founded in 1912, were responsible for such photographic innovations as amateur motion pictures and new color photography processes. In the new book are chapters on the early history of photography and on first applications of science to photography. Accounts of research on photographic image structure, film sensitivity, developers, sensitizing dyes, and gelatin, illustrate the scientific progress that led to modern photography. The author also tells of the long search that resulted in cellulose acetate for safety-base film. Other sections of the book are devoted to the history of amateur and professional movies, sound recording on film, color photography, and x-ray research. iP Label Idea Helps Identify And Seal Developed Film An idea that eliminated the manual writing of identification and sealing strips for developed 16mm film resulted in Geoffrey H. Botton, manager of machine accounting for General Film Laboratories in Hollywood, being named a winner in a national contest sponsored by the Allen Hollander Company, Inc. With the new system, the firm's Order Department uses a "Request for Labels" form, bearing title, quantity, etc., which is sent to the Machine Accounting Department. Here cards are punched, and pin-feed, pressuresensitive labels are imprinted on the IBM 407. This operation completely eliminates a production bottleneck in which high priced film technicians, of necessity, tediously prepared identification in their own handwriting. Instead, all they do is apply the film reel label to the leader strip. This also solved the problem of sealing the film until ready for projection. In processing up to a million feet of motion picture film daily, it is necessary to identify reels containing from 50 to 1000 feet, especially in the case of many thousands of TV Commercials which are identical. Using pinfeed, pressure -sensitive labels, the technician easily applies fifteen labels in the same space of time it formerly took to laboriously write out one title with India Ink and dry it before sealing. Neatness, legibility and speedup in delivery have improved customer relations and good will. iP 12 International Projectionist April 1961