Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1930-1949)

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BOOK REVIEWS 263 These faults are minor, however, compared to the wealth of material contained iji the work. Motion Picture Work on Substandard Film. (Die Schmalfilm-Kinematographie.) O. P. HERRNKIND. A. Hartleben, Vienna, 1929, $2.00. 175 p. A general review of the whole subject. The various substandard films on the market, and the apparatus used for exposure and projection are described. A considerable amount of attention is paid to the methods by which an amateur can finish his own pictures. There is a chapter on trick film work. The whole book is a compilation, and does not contain much original material derived from personal experience.