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

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482 NEWLAND F. SMITH November room where the switching is done. Also, of course, it is important that tally light circuit information and intercommunication facilities for the particular camera and camera control follow the proper program console. For this purpose a special tally and intercommunication patch panel is provided in the equipment racks directly above the coaxial jack panels. Thus, any camera control can be set up on any of the three camera switching systems for tally and intercommunication control. In this way a camera control operator may plug in a headset to any one of the control sections which he is working and have complete two-way intercommunication with the video switcher down in Fig. 3. Camera Control Center with camera cable patch panel at right. the program control room and also with the cameramen. In addition, on a separate earphone he may listen to the program audio from that studio. The film camera control sections are located adjacent to and on the left of the studio camera control sections, forming part of the over-all console. Switching of these and patching is handled in a manner similar to that of the studio camera controls with the exception that the camera cable from each camera control is tied directly to its corresponding film camera in the projection room. The film projection room is next door to the Camera Control Center. Here three iconoscope film camera chains are installed, each