Memorandum for the the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company concerning the investigation of their business by the Department of Justice / submitted by M.B. Philip and Francis T. Homer. (1913)

Record Details:

Title:
Memorandum for the the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company concerning the investigation of their business by the Department of Justice / submitted by M.B. Philip and Francis T. Homer.
Date:
1913
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : United States. Department of Justice
Volume:
Memorandum for the the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company concerning the investigation of their business by the Department of Justice
Leaf #:
00017
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Early Cinema
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 30, 2023
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(luring one t hree-hundredtha of a aecor.d for each picture. The Court of Appeals of the second Circa't (ibl Fed. Reo. 767), in sustaining the first tbree claims of the Edison reissue, to \rfiich we will refer later on, said quoting from its former decision by it on the Mdi'jon original patent, that "the nrior eurt did not dinclo se the jspecific type of apparatus which is described in his patent. His apparatus is capable of using e. ein;le sensitized and flexible film of great length with a single lens camera, anrl of producing an indefinite number of negatives on such a film with a rapidity theretofore unknown." and further said: "The meritorious feature of the device is that they seixo liold of the film firmly, move it positively, regularly, evenly, end very rr-.pidly, without jarring, jerking or slipping";, prcducing a negative vhirh can be printed from and reproduced as a whole without rearrangement to correct imperfect spacnr^r of the 5?ijccegHive pictures.** By such device operating in connection rritli Hie row of holes at the edges of the film, a negative was produced with sharply defined pictures; because of the positive motion of the film througiv a device entering, the holes it could be