Practical cinematography and its applications (1913)

Record Details:

Title:
Practical cinematography and its applications
Date:
1913
Publisher:
Philadelphia, Lippincott
Volume:
Practical cinematography and its applications
Leaf #:
000330
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Gerstein - University of Toronto
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
14
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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NATIONAL LABORATORIES 251 contemporary scientific societies throughout the world he obtained adequate funds for the establishment of the Institution, the necessity for which he had advanced so vigorously. The City of Paris gave valuable help by granting the use of a tract of land attached to its physiological station, and here Marey established a com- modious building with spacious workrooms, a library, lecture hall, and other conveniences, for the profitable prosecution of cinematographic research. Since the foundation of the " French Cradle of Cinematography," innumerable and valuable con- tributions to scientific knowledge have been made by investigators of all nationalities, who have gone to Paris to take advantage of the facilities offered. Many extraordinary films dealing with the various branches of science have been pre- pared. Many of the most prominent scientists of all nations, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Roumania, Switzerland, the United States of America, are numbered among its members. It may be said truthfully that the Marey Institute has anticipated all the great develop- ments that have been made during recent years concerning the instructional or informative side of film production. Unfortunately the original investigations were made so long ago, before the possibilities of animated photography were