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The Machines as a Film Objective
by Dr. Ing. F. Isermann, Leipzig
Before the film was as extensively used for entertainment as it is now, it was dedicated to the illustration of the movements of people, machines, vehicles and other objects .Only later, after the foundations had been laid for the manufacture of all kinds of different films and various techniques for the taking and reproduction of special activities had been developed, did industry make use of this means in order to film technical objects for various purposes. To-day such factory productions as machines, tools, work and building material are filmed for the most varied ends, the most prominent of which is manufactury advertisement which may be carried out in many different ways.
Other functions served by the machine film are instruction for the prevention of accidents and during the last few years invention and investigation. It must, however, be admitted that the boundaries between these different uses are not clearly defined, but overlap and coincide. The instructive film, when it has to do with technique, often merges into the cultural, advertisement film, and again the film taken for purposes of investigation or invention is used for instruction chiefly in colleges and special training centres. Therefore, when considering « Machines as Film Objective », we will for the moment leave aside the advertising aspects and dedicate ourselves to the two important aspects of instruction and investigation for the exploitation of the film.
When making machine films more attention than usual should be given to the purpose for which they are to be shown and used.
In order to show the construction of machines, a general view will almost always be given first, followed by enlargements of details which are particularly characteristic of the machine. We will quote as an example a bench for the manufacture of crank shafts for heavy vehicles.
The Direction of the Leipzig Fair kindly placed at the disposal of the International Institute for Educational Cinematography a number of its newest films, such as « Pictures from the Technical World », « Past and Present in the Film », « German Machine Tools on the Film », « Cultural Films of Technique », for a special projection.
Details of -these exceedingly interesting films are given in the preceding article by Herm Isermann. We will therefore only add that a large and appreciative public followed the invitation of the Institute and applauded the interesting projections.