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Dec., 1941] SPECIALIZATION OF FILM DELIVERY 627
come this the film carriers in the northern part of the country use insulated trucks.
In order to render the industry better service and to standardize the film delivery service by truck, a number of the leading film carriers met in New York early in 1933 and formed an Association known as National Film Carriers, Inc. The only requirement for membership is that a member be a truck carrier specializing in the handling and the delivering of film and doing the job in a reliable and dependable manner. The Association has attracted the leading firms engaged in the transportation of film and includes some thirty members. The distributors and exhibitors have met with the members of the Association from time to time and great progress has been made through this cooperative effort. Uniform rules and regulations for carrying the proper insurance and bonds, and other standards of practice have been devised. Standardization of equipment and regulations as to fire prevention and safety have been promoted. Through its representatives the Association has met with the representatives of the government in order to formulate plans and regulations that will benefit and not hinder this type of service. The Association has set up a fire-prevention bureau which issues rules and regulations to reduce the danger of fire to a minimum at the terminal as well as on the road. The Association maintains membership in the Bureau of Explosives' and thereby keeps abreast of all the latest rules and regulations which promote safety of operation. The American Trucking Association has recognized that the film delivery service is a highly specialized business and has set up a division in its organization known as the Film Carriers Division.
As stated before film carriers handle approximately 90 per cent of all film shipments between exchanges and theaters, but no exact statistics have been compiled on the number of miles required to do this tremendous job. To get some idea of the magnitude of film-carrier operations the analysis of one exchange center will throw some light on the subject. Charlotte, North Carolina, is a 2 per cent distributing center serving the States of North and South Carolina. The film carriers in this territory handle slightly more than 95 per cent of the film between exchanges and theaters, and the miles involved to do this job weekly would encircle the world twice. This illustration is probably a low average for the miles traveled out of the thirty film distributing centers in the United States.
To summarize the outstanding requirements of an efficient film