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 #:
000424
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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tory development into commercial "trade tests" that were designed to provide comparative performance data between the new safety film and conventional nitrate release positive film. Mr. John A. Maurer received Honorable Mention for his paper, "Optical Sound-Track Printing/' published in the May, 1948, issue of the JOURNAL. Mr. Maurer reviews current commercial practices in the printing of motion picture sound track, explaining the nature of the more serious defects produced in the printed film, together with a study of contributing causes. By way of solution, he presents in remarkably understandable language, the detailed history of the development of a printer differing markedly from conventional types. JOHN A. MAURER Fellow Awards — 1949 AT THE BANQUET held on October 12, 1949, President Sponable presented the Fellow Award to the fourteen members of the Society whose names are listed below: JOSEPH E. AIKEN Naval Photographic Center GERALD M. BEST Warner Brothers Pictures • DANIEL J. BLOOMBERG Republic Studios i HERMAN H. DUERR Ansco Corporation ALLEN B. DuMoNT Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc. FERDINAND L. EICH Paramount Pictures, Inc. PHILO T. FARNSWORTH Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation CHARLES R. FORDYCE Eastman Kodak Company LORIN D. GRIGNON Twentieth Century-Fox Films M. A. HANKINS Mole-Richardson Company GARLAND C. MISENER Ansco Corporation EDWARD S. SEELEY Altec Service Corporation JOHN E. VOLKMANN RCA Victor Division FRED WALLER Vitarama and Cinerama Corporations