Radio age research, manufacturing, communications, broadcasting, television (1941)

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idea of the variety and iniportanee of the work being done by motion picture sound recording a!id projec- tion eciuipment in the war i)rogram of the United Nations. A dramatic impression of the scope of this work, in which EGA products are playing a major role, may be gained from recent govern- ment reports, as quoted in leading film trade papers. It was revealed by these I'eports, for example, that the latest Hollywood movies are now being seen by an average of 630,000 overseas men in uniform each night in all theatres of the war. The figure was based on data ob- tained from a survey of attendance at 1,269 motion picture shows pre- sented the night of October 1 at Army camps around the world Attendance figures ranged from 15.000 in an open-air amphitheatre in New Guinea to 11 men in an Alaskan outpost. It also was reported that Amer- ican forces in the Aleutians are be- ing shown 125 film shows daily. There is at least one 10mm. projec- tor on each island occupied by U. S. forces, according to thi;, report, with a total of 63 on the Aleutian chain. In the field of training films, it was stated that copies of nearly 2,000 such films from the various military forces of the United Na- tions have been assembled in Wash- ington, D. C, by the United Nations Central Training Film Committee. The Photophone Section and the Sound Picture Section of the RCA Victor Division are gratified by the extent to which the performance, durability, and other (lualities of RCA eciuipment have been recog- nized by the armed forces and other branches of our government and the governments of our allies in their selection of the means to carry on this important work. For U. S. Army use alone, RCA has suiiplied more than five hundred :S5mm. sound film projection equip- ments and several thousand lOmm. sound film projectors, and delivery is being made on more than 150 portable recording equipments. In addition to these equipments, in use in training camps, recreation centers, and base hospitals through- out the United States, and on fight- ing fronts throughout the world, more than a score of RCA film, sound and projection equipments liave been furnished for special government installations in Wash- ington. D. C. These included one in the White House for the use of the President and his advisers, and others for the Navy Department, the Army and Navy Staff College, and the Army War College. RCA Supplies Equipment Of the several thousand 16mm. sound projectors supplied by RCA thus far this year to the armed services, a large proportion has been destined for use on various fighting fronts and at bases over- seas. These projectors are used to show both training and entertain- ment films for units "on the march" or at bases where 35mm. installa- tions are not feasible. An impor- tant use of these equipments abroad has been in providing quick, effec- tive, visual instruction for combat troops. RCA studio recording systems and mobile recording units have been furnished to government re- cording studios in Washington; Anacostia, D. C.; Astoria, L. I.; Wright Field; and Hollywood. In addition to manufacturing the various types of ecjuipment and su- pervising installations, RCA has assisted in the training of oper- ating personnel and in furnishing continuing maintenance and repair services. But even the imposing list of RCA film sound equipments being used by United States armed forces and government agencies at home and abroad does not encompass all of the broad field in which such equipment is contributing to the United Nations' undertaking. Further bolstering the training and morale programs of the democ- racies, is the motion picture sound equipment which has been supplied by RCA Victor's International De- partment to various foreign gov- ernments. This includes large (piantities of both recording and reproduction equipment supplied to the English government through RCA Photo- phone, Ltd., of London, and to the government of India through Pho- tophone Equipment, Ltd., of Bom- bay; quantities of recording equip- ment furnished for the use of the Russian government; and repro- duction equipment furnished to the Dominion of Canada, and, through RCA Photophone of Australia, Pty., Ltd., of Sidney, to the government of Australia. Equipment has been especially designed to meet conditions under which it must operate. Portable projection outfits supplied to Aus- tralian military forces, for exam- ple, have been fashioned to permit maximum adjustability to local re- quirements, easy dismantling, and parts-within-parts packing. This has facilitated the movement of these "theatres on wheels" over thousands of miles of rough coun- try, and their operation at great distances from sources of replace- ment. Unit stands are of tubular metal, so constructed that one section fits P left: one of the thousands of GOVERNMENT-ORDEREID 16 MM. PROJECTORS IS SHOWN ON THE INDIANAPOLIS ASSEMBLY LINE; BELOW: SOUNDHEAD GEAR BOX sub-assembly AND HIGH-POWER AMPLIFIER EQUIPMENT RECEIVING FINAL TOUCHES BY GIRL EMPLOYEES.