Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1945)

-: ; and if covers are to be installed over the ; idows to keep out the light, they also must fireproof (such as steel Venetian blinds, ). The toilet room should also be conducted so as to be fireproof throughout. A tercloset, a lavatory, and a medicine cabX should be installed in this room. . All doors in the projection room should be least 2 feet, 6 inches wide by 6 feet, 8 inches :cj£h. They should be self-closing and swing 'ivard. The projection room should have o such exits for separate and independent •ess and ingress. Vertical iron ladders, trap orSj and scuttles should never be installed; •y constitute a menace. In every case the ia ^sage halls or stairwells to the projection :ora should be fireproofed. JX1LIARY ROOMS Ka The film rewind and film storage room k )uld be constructed essentially in the same y as the projection room proper. The miniim floor area to be allotted to this room suld be at least 80 square feet in order to ve free and safe working space, especially lil the event of a film fire. The d.c. power equipment room should be : istructed similarly, with a floor of sufficient ength to carry safely the load of the equip•nt to be installed. A motor-generator room should not be rated directly over an open archway leading the mezzanine balcony or foyer. Consid>j ible mechanical hum and vibration are genii ited by motor-generator sets, and if the or is not properly constructed, or if the iipment does not set on soundproof bases, jectionable noises may be transmitted to the ditorium. The minimum floor area for this om should be at least 80 square feet for Dtor-generator sets up to 10 horsepower cacity each. When they are over 10 horsewer and it is found that a proper installa>n cannot be made on the projection room /el, other space should be allotted, preferlv in the basement. that the average saving in light (cost of current) that results from washing and dusting lighting fixtures once monthly will be from four to ten times the cost of the cleaning? that fixure bowls and the light wells in back of the attraction board letters in marquees often collect films of dust, dirt, insects, etc., which cannot be seen, but which materially reduce the efficiency both of the reflection and transmission of light? that dilute ammonia is effective for cleaning all glass? that light fixures in high ceilings should be installed so that they can be lowered for easy and safe cleaning? ;-Woyt and Means" continued on next page. <5=TTER THEATRES, MARCH 3, 1945 YOU may not go all out for the mailman, who brings your Theatre Television Handbook — but you will be vitally interested in learning the what, how and why of theatre television from the booklet's timely articles and discussions. The Handbook was designed for projectionists, but also contains news of television developments of interest ,to exhibitors and theatre managers — such as television reception and largescreen projection. There are chapters dealing with the commercial possibilities of television, handling of programs, audience response. RCA's television experience is backed by a quarter century in the field of electronics and includes television installations at the New York World's Fair in 1939, and demonstration large-screen television projection at the New Yorker Theatre in 1941. This new book is offered by the RCA Service Company as an aid to projectionists and exhibitors in preparing for the advent of theatre television. Send for your free copy, today! Address: RCA Service Company, Inc., Box 70-176J, Camden, New Jersey. RCA SERVICE COMPANY, INC. A Radio Corporation of America Subsidiary FREE! NEW BOOK ON Don't wait — get your copy of this inTHEATRE TELEVISION formative book on Theatre Television right away. No obligation. RCA SERVICE COMPANY, Inc., Box 70176 J, Camden, ft. J. Name Theatre Are you: Manager? Projectionist?..., Address City State. • 70-6436-176 MODEL NS-40— THE ALL "N" ONE JOB 35 M M REWINDER This is a new model for adaptation to a motor drive. The live end is fitted with a special shaft and a 10" pulley. A special feature is the auxiliary "Snap-On" handle that instantly converts it into a hand rewinder. More economical too, because there are no gears to wear out. Be sure to send for complete descriptive folder W.C. 14. Mention your dealer's name.