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Jan., 1944 REPORT ON ENGINEERING 7 or pilot tests that have been made, but will also give specific recom- mendations for design, construction, operation, and procedures. CONCLUSIONS In addition to these specific engineering projects of past and present performance as well as future proposed studies, it should be noted that the Society of Motion Picture Engineers is the only technical and scientific organization in the motion picture industry that has, and is regularly publishing, a monthly Journal which deals with the specific technical and engineering problems of our industry. It is important to note also that all of this work and its publication has been done for the past 27 years by the membership giving generously of its time without receiving any other reward than that of recogni- tion for having done a good job. The members of our Society have a right to be inordinately proud of the accomplishments to date, but our wholehearted application is now needed more than ever before. Within the past 3 weeks the Armed Forces of the United States have requested our Society to assist in the preparation of a group of specifications for general 16-mm motion picture production and equipment. This work has already been initiated through the Committee on Standards of our Society in conjunction with the Armed Forces, and perhaps by the time of the next conference details will be available about it. DISCUSSION MR. HUSE: Are any of the reports cited available in reprint form, or are they published only in various monthly JOURNALS? MR. HYNDMAN: I do not have here a record of Society reprints now avail- able. I believe most of those mentioned are available only in back issues of the JOURNAL. However, some of the reports, such as Projection Room Planning, American Motion Picture Standards, and SMPE Recommended Practices, are in reprint form and may be obtained from the office of the Society. MR. HUSE : In view of the importance of properly handling and storing motion picture film, especially by the Armed Forces who do not always have adequate vaults or instructions for film care, it occurs to me that the Society should con- sider preparing reprints of, or republishing in the JOURNAL, the Report on Storage and Preservation of Film. MR. HYNDMAN: If there is sufficient demand for such reprints, any of these reports can be prepared in booklet form and distributed generally throughout the industry. MR. SPONABLE : What is being done by film manufacturers toward supplying raw stock on acetate safety base? MR. CORBIN: Under war conditions it is improbable that this can be ac-