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

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276 E. D. COOK [J. S. M. P. E. which shows the time cycle of events in the standard motion picture sound-film and the same film as used in television. It will be essential that the drive shaft to the intermittent movement in question rotate at the same speed that an otherwise standard motion picture device would be forced to use to project two NUMBER OF FILM FRAME STANDARD SOUND FILM CYCLE ELAPSED] NUMBER TIME | OF IN .TELEVlSIOn SECONDS FRAME TELEVISION CYCLE FOR STANDARD FILM WITH 7.570 ILLUMINATION TIME ELAPSED TIME IN SECONDS ILLUM. .OOOO ILLUM. .01 04 DARK a DARK 1 SCAN 0 1 67 1 .0208 ILLUM. O 1 79 ILLUM. .0313 XDARK a SCAN// ^ a // MOVE 1 FILM FRAME ///n ' L* /. / /s 0333 // ft V/ ILLUM. 0346 /^MOVE.//^ ..0417 DARK ILLUM. .0521 2 a SCAN .05OO 0 DARK .0625 DARK a .05 1 3 SCAN 0667 ILLUM. ILLUM. .0729 •///r\/o ' a? e^ ' ' '' / ^0*a^ J0833 , // a x^ MOVE 1 FILM FRAME 3 ILLUM. ILLUM. .0938 DARK DARK SCAN 1 GOO .1042 ILLUM. 1 O 1 3 ILLUM. .1 146 /'DARK V SCAN^ MOVE 1 FILM FRAME .1167 /, OL // ILLUM. 1179 •%MOVE/// .1250 DARK ILLUM. a SCAN .1 333 ILLUM 1 346 DARK . 1458 DARK a 5 SCAN 1 5OO ILLUM. ILLUM. 1513 !«?£! . 1667 /DARK a S'CAN"/^/ MOVE 1 FILM FRAME IP67 FIG. 2. Time cycle comparison for motion picture film in television and theater projectors. film frames per revolution of the equivalent shaft. In the usual projector (and this applies to the standard model E-7 used here) only one frame is projected per revolution. Hence, this drive shaft normally revolves at 1440 rpm. In the design of the modified machine, this would call for the inter