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

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 #:
000136
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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1949 THEATER TELEVISION 133 this method, a kinescope television picture is photographed on motion picture film, rapidly developed, and, if desired, fed continuously into a regular motion picture projector. Diagrammatically, this system functions as shown in Fig. 3. Systems of this type, shown in Fig. 4, have been supplied to Twentieth Century-Fox and Warner Brothers for evaluation of this method. A number of such systems have been sold to television broadcasters, not for theater projection use but for Fig. 5 — TLS-86 projector for use in theater lobbies and lounges, approximately 7 X 9-foot picture. * 'storage" of television programs for later repetition or for syndication purposes over other television broadcast stations. These kinescopephotography systems are in daily use; very likely many members have witnessed film from them on television programs. At the NAB Convention early in April, 1949, in Chicago, just such a system adapted for broadcast use was demonstrated. Theater television programming appears to fall into two broad classes: (1) Use of regular television broadcast material; and (2)