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THE MODERN NEWS REEL HARRY W. JONES*
Nineteen years ago the first news reel was issued. This granddaddy's children have kept pace with the balance of the motion picture industry through its many stages of progress; never behind and usually a few jumps ahead, finally becoming a national, even an international, institution. It has. been and still is an important part of every well presented theater program. But little credit is allotted to it as an attraction, and yet it has a personal appeal to every theater patron young or old. Primarily, because it covers every major event in all activities and allows the eye to see those things of interest of which one reads. It also brings to those not fortunate enough to have traveled extensively, places and personages of international fame, and to those who have traveled and seen for themselves it revives many memories. To borrow the slogan of one of the oldest, it "sees all, knows all."
The original news reel was issued weekly as compared to present day activities of a reel a day. Subject matter differs but little, if any. The real comparison is in the equipment used in its making. Contrast the news cameraman of a few years ago with his camera case draped over one shoulder and his tripod across his back, with the ultra-modern equipment of the modern news reel forces. When something happened under the old system, if a cameraman was close at hand he got his story, or perhaps the free lance saved the day or else everyone lost sleep and temper trying to get someone on the spot. Today fast mobile units are scattered throughout the country, always ready for whatever may occur.
Many types of equipment have been developed for news gathering, each having its special place and usage. May I ask your indulgence at this point if I seem a little partial in my descriptions, but being a member of RCA Photophone and having devoted the major portion of the past year to its field recording equipment, I prefer to speak of that with which I am most familiar.
* RCA Photophone News Service, New York City. 204