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

Page scan 0009 from Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers

Record Details:

Title:
Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Date:
1930-1949
Publisher:
New York, N.Y. : The Society
Volume:
Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Leaf #:
0009
Language:
English
Collection:
Technical Journals
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (SMPE)Êdocuments the technological progress of the film industry, highlighting technical developments in production and exhibition. Of special interest are articles about special effects, theater practices, lighting, and the introduction of the 16mm format. Initially titled "Transactions of the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers."Digitized by the Prelinger Library and the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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Membership of the Society The membership of the Society at the first meeting, held at the Hotel Astor, New York, N. Y., October 2-3, 1916, numbered twentysix persons, as follows : C. FRANCIS JENKINS CARL E. AKELEY M. D. COPPLE DONALD J. BELL H. T. WILKINS F. H. RICHARDSON PAUL H. CROMELIN R. G. HASTINGS H. T. EDWARDS C. A. WILLAT H. B. COLES MAX MAYER FRANCIS B. CANNOCK HARVEY M. WIBLE WM. C. KUNZMANN W. BURTON WESCOTT H. A. CAMPE A. S. VICTOR PAUL BROCKETT R. E. VOM SAAL E. M. PORTER E. KENDALL GILLETT BARTON A. PROCTOR N. I. BROWN HERBERT MILES HERMANN KELLNER From this modest beginning the Society has grown to nearly 1300 members distributed all over the world, a tribute to its success in fulfilling the object stated on the previous page. Every branch of the motion picture industry, including both the artistic and the scientific aspects of photography, processing, distribution and projection is well represented in the Society, not only by those directly engaged in these professions but by chemists, engineers, and research workers interested in perfecting the apparatus and materials involved. Presidents of the Society C. FRANCIS JENKINS 1916-1918 H. A. CAMPE 1919-1921 LAWRENCE C. PORTER 1922-1923 LOYD A. JONES 1924-1925 WILLARD B. COOK 1926-1928 LAWRENCE C. PORTER 1929-1930 JOHN I. CRABTREE 1930-1931 ALFRED N. GOLDSMITH 1932-1934 HOMER G. TASKER 1935-1936 S. K. WOLF 1937-1938 E. ALLAN WILLIFORD 1939-1940 EMERY HUSE 1941