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

Page scan 000420 from Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers

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 #:
000420
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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PROGRESS MEDAL AWARD AT THE BANQUET held on October 12, 1949, during the 66th Semiannual Convention of the Society, Dr. Harvey Fletcher was presented with the 1948 Progress Medal Award, given for outstanding achievement in motion picture technology. Dr. Fletcher was born September 11, 1884, at Provo, Utah. He received a B.S. degree from the Brigham Young University in 1907, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1911, and numerous honorary degrees from other institutions of higher learning in the United States. Dr. Fletcher was Professor of Physics at Brigham Young University from 1911 to 1916, when he left the university to join the Research Department of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. In 1933 he was appointed Director of Physical Research at the Bell Telephone Laboratories, a position which he still holds. For a period of over thirty years, he has contributed immeasurably toward an understanding of the fundamental nature of speech and hearing. The results of his work appear in the design of microphones , equipment for electrical recording of speed and other sounds, and the development of loudspeakers which reproduce sound with high fidelity. His studies on hearing and the effect of sound intensity on aural frequency response were a substantial contribution to the motion picture art which led to recording techniques now used in the production of motion pictures. His development of facilities for transmitting music played by the Philadelphia Orchestra in the city of Philadelphia to Washington, D. C., by wire were a substantial early contribution to the somewhat later development of stereophonic recording. His work has done much to advance the art of transmission and recording of speech. The Progress Medal was awarded to Dr. Fletcher "in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the art of motion picture sound recording and reproduction." HARVEY FLETCHER