The motion picture industry (Nov 1935)

Record Details:

Title:
The motion picture industry
Date:
Nov 1935
Publisher:
United States. National Recovery Administration. Division of Review
Volume:
Evidence study no. 25 of the motion picture industry
Leaf #:
00067
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
December 02, 2023
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-21 PABT II: PIOHJCTIOI Chapter III. Materials Cost of principal Materials Used The principal material used in the production division of the Industry is raw film, purchased from the Eastman Kodak Company, the Dupont Film Manufacturing Corporation and from a few foreign countries, principally Germany, France, and. England. Table XXI shows the total cost of materials, fuel, and purchased electric energy used "by the production division of the Industry in 1929, 1931, and 1933. This cost averaged about 21 per cent of the total cost of production in each of the years shown. TABLE XXI Total Cost of production and Cost of Materials, Fuel, and Purchased Electric Energy Cost of Materials, Fuel, Total Cost of and Purchased Electric Energy Year Production Amount Per Cent of (OOOi s) (000' s) Total Cost 1929 $184,102 $38,441 20.9 1931 154,436 32,222 20.9 1933 119,343 25,153 21.9 Source; Census of Manufactures, 1933, "Motion Pictures, not Including Projection in Theatres," a/ Materials consist of miscellaneous studio supplies and containers for films. Source of Equipment and Supplies Table XXII shows the number of establishments producing photographic apparatus and supplies by states for 1929, 1931, and 1933. It must be understood that these data pertain to the entire production of such material and not just to that used by the Motion picture Industry. 8976