Richardson's handbook of projection (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
Richardson's handbook of projection
Date:
1930
Publisher:
New York : Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Richardson's handbook of projection
Leaf #:
000259
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Picture Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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MANAGERS AND PROJECTIONISTS 1183 Film Inspection Mechanism I T would seem reasonable that any device which makes * for improved film inspection, or in any way tends to reduce damage to films, may well be included in a book dealing with sound projection. That view is based on the fact that with the advent of sound came the added amount of damage to results, as heard and viewed by audiences, set up by mechanical faults in the films. This is true both as to film which carries the sound record, and film which is synchronized with sound carried on a disc record, the latter because of the fact that small faults which might be passed by in a hand inspection, may rapidly grow into larger ones requiring the making of splices, with the elimination of film incident to that process. And as you know, if any film be cut out of film synchronized with sound carried on a disc record, it must be immediately replaced, either with opaque blank film or by the insertion of an exact duplication of the piece which was eliminated. If this be not done, then the sound will be thrown out of synchronism with every following projection of the film. There is now on the market a film inspection mechanism originally designed for use in exchanges only, but now available in a theatre model, which is little less than uncanny in its detection of even the slightest film fault. The device has been carefully examined by the author, whose hearty approval it has. It may be set to detect