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 #:
000333
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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254 PRACTICAL CINEMATOGRAPHY later knowledge, the new results would be quite as striking as the old. In Germany the cinematographic laboratory might be attached to the world-famed testing laboratory at Charlottenburg. At present, although the recording instruments in use are of a most modern and perfect description, there are innumerable instances where improvement might be effected by photographic methods. The German military authorities were not slow to appreciate the value of Professor Cranz's system of photographing projectiles in flight. Directly the initial experiments were concluded the work was taken up by the War Department. Although certain particulars of the apparatus employed and its method of operation have been published, the essential details have been kept secret. It is admitted that the method evolved by Cranz is imperfect in certain features, but the authorities have the germ of a useful invention, and are now developing it indepen- dently. In Italy also the value of the cinemato- graph is being appreciated in a certain direction. The Minister of Marine has established a special department of photography and cinematography in Rome, after personal investigation of the utility of the invention during the naval manoeuvres. The United States of America has been no