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624 J. H. VICKERS [J. S. M. P. E.
performing special film delivery service, commonly known as film carriers. Approximately 90 per cent of all the film shipped between exchanges and theaters are handled by trucks.
To understand better how film carriers vary from ordinary truck operators, let us look in detail at the film carrier's operations. As the film carrier's work is an endless chain, a convenient beginning will be with a truck loaded with film ready to start on its nightly pick-up and delivery journey. The driver has a key for every theater on his route, and, by prearrangement, each theater has a Designated place to leave the film ready for return and a place for the incoming film. On a route making a loop from and back to the exchange center, the first stop will be made after the first theater on the route closes; here the film for the next day's use will be delivered and the film just shown picked up. After working the theaters on this loop route, the truck will be back to the exchange center early the following morning, having delivered all the film for that day's use and returned all that used the previous day. This film is delivered immediately to the various exchanges for inspection and reshipment. Much of this film will probable be booked that day in nearby suburban theaters. Immediate inspection makes the film ready for shipment to these theaters before opening time of that day. Such films will be picked up by the film carrier and delivered to the suburban theater with the print having been inspected and no time lost between play-dates. During the day shipments are made ready for the next day's play-dates and late in the afternoon the film carrier picks up these films from the exchanges and again loads the truck ready for the next day's delivery. This is the complete chain in its simplest form, but there are many more details and much more complicated operation in a complete film delivery service.
In addition to the early morning suburban delivery previously mentioned, there is usually a late pick-up after the suburban theater closes at night. This is especially true in the distributing centers located in large cities where some film carriers maintain a night inspection service as well as some of the distributors. The film picked up from suburban theaters after closing time is rushed to the inspection rooms, and those booked for the next day's showing are inspected and made ready for shipment on trucks leaving around 2:00 A. M. These late routes are usually loop routes.
In order to reach the more distant and off-route points, small towns, and hamlets not on the main line, junction points are neces