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 #:
000488
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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1950 TELEVISION STUDIO SYSTEM 483 with a mirror multiplexer system to combine optically several sources of film or slides on one camera. Two 35-mm film projectors, two 16mm film projectors, a Gray "Telop" (opaque projector), three 2X2 slide projectors and a straight opaque projector comprise the film room projection equipment. Picture monitors for each of the camera chains are located in equipment racks beside the projectors, enabling the projectionist to line up each of his film cameras before being switched on the air. An intercommunication system associated with each film camera enables the projectionist to be in communication with anyone of the three program control rooms to which he is assigned. Fig. 4. Master control switching console. In the Camera Control Center is also located the master control switching equipment. The master control switching section is the left wing of the large U-shaped console (Fig. 4). This equipment is all relay-operated and comprises a switching system for handling six studios to four outgoing channels. It is a preset switching system for both audio and video and is arranged for either simultaneous or independent audio-video switching as required. Provision is made for either tripping all four outgoing channels with a single master switch or any group of them together. A picture monitor and oscilloscope