Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1948)

Page scan 000246 from Movie Makers

Record Details:

Title:
Movie Makers
Date:
Jan-Dec 1948
Publisher:
Amateur Cinema League, inc.
Volume:
Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1948)
Leaf #:
000246
Language:
English
Collection:
Non-Theatrical Film
Format:
Periodicals
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:
Movie Makers, the official publication of the Amateur Cinema League, documented and championed home movies and production by local film clubs. During 27 years of publication, Movie Makers provided extensive coverage of the growth of 16mm, the availability of Hollywood films to the home, filmmaking style, amateur production, and color cinematography. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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228 JUNE 1948 Super Smooth Pan and Tilt with the PROFESSIONAL JUNIOR FRICTION TYPE TRIPOD 360 pan and 80° tilt smooth-as-silk action. 5-year unconditional guarantee! Large pin and trunnion assures long, dependable service. "T" level attached for precision accuracy. Comes complete with steel rubbergripped control handle. "Professional Junior" friction type removable head interchangeable with Geared Pan and Tilt tripod head. Both fit "Professional Junior" standard tripod base, "Hi-Hat," and "Baby" all-metal tripod base. Top plate of each takes 16mm E. K. Cine Special, with or without motor; 35mm DeVry; B & H Eyemo, with or without motor and 400' magazine, and with or without alignment gauge; any type of 16mm hand-held camera, Speed Graphic or 8 x 10 View, and other still cameras. FREE new 8-page illustrated catalog. Describes superb products. Write for a copy today. 15 FRANK C. ZUCKER (7flin€Rfl€ouipm€nT(o. These fine tripods, formerly priced $50 plus tax now available direct to consumers at the new re duced price. Finally a professional type tripod in the medium price field, MINI-PRO JR. combines all the rugged and steady features of the larger "Professional Junior" tripod with the lightness and compactness of other tripods in this field. MINI-PRO JR. tripods can be used with all types of 8mm and 16mm movie cameras and most still cameras. MINI-PRO JR. has a built-in spirit level; tilt-tension adjustment knob; finger tip pan lock and treated hardwood legs. Weight Vh lbs. 125° tilt and 360° super-smooth pan action. At normal leg spread MINI-PRO JR. extends from 24" low to 60" high. Height adjustments quickly made by simple wrist-action, positive-locking knobs. Pan & tilt handle is metal with unbreakable grip. Unconditionalty Guaranteed 5 Years CAMERA EQUIPMENT CO. 1600 Broadway New York, N. Y. screen that I could use in showing movies outdoors. Also, I would like to make my own beaded screen but I find it hard to locate any source of the necessary glass beads. Can you help me on these two problems? Fred G. Anger McKees Rocks, Penna. For an outdoor screen, impervious to weather, try Aluminox A, a flexible aluminum paint manufactured by Subox, Inc., 348 River Road, North Arlington, N. J. Glass beads suitable for a projection screen can be had from Walco Bead Company, 37 West 37th Street, New York City. The No. 10 Ballotini is a good size. You will need 6 ounces for each square foot of screen surface. In this column Movie Makers offers its readers a place to trade items of filming equipment or amateur film footage on varied subjects directly with other filmers. Commercially made films will not be accepted in swapping offers. Answer an offer made here directly to the filmer making it. Address your offers to: The Swap Shop, c/o Movie Makers. FILM CHAMBER FOR CAMERA AND TUBES Dear Sirs: I want to trade a used but like new 100 foot film chamber of the Cine-Kodak Special for a Cine-Kodak Magazine 16 with 1 inch f/1.9 lens and a complete lens extension tube outfit for the Special, both new or like new. The trade may be made directly or through the consulates. Jose Estadella Plaza de Espana 24-1° Lerida. Spain PARKS FOR NORTHWEST Gentlemen : I think your Swap Shop is going to fill a great need for amateur movie makers. I have some perfectly good 16mm. footage of Vernal Falls in Yosemite. considerable footage of Yellowstone and other shots that I would like to trade for some logging footage in the Pacific Northwest and Bumpas Hell in Lassen. I will be glad to send inquirers a list, but am interested only in Kodachrome. W. R. Homan 7859 South Shore Drive Chicago 49. 111. NOTE: The Swap Shop is intended for the individual trading by our readers of items of equipment or personally made, amateur film footage — either 8mm. or 16mm. — as offered in the notes above. Movie Makers can no longer accept swapping offers involving commercially made pictures.