Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1946)
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SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, June 22, 1946
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{Continued from Page £-26) by approved fire shutters arranged to operate automatically with the port shutters.
(j) Provision shall be made so that the auditorium lights can be turned on from inside the projection room and from at least one other point in the building.
Note. — Automatic sprinklers in projection rooms have been very successful in controlling fires and reducing losses, and their installation is recommended wherever practicable.
Motion Picture Theatres
211. Enclosure for Projectors. — Motion picture projectors shall be installed in an enclosure in accordance with subsection 191.
212. Rewinding. — (a) Rewinding of films shall be performed either in a special rewind room at an approved location, or in the projection room. If done in the projection room, approved enclosed-type rewind machines should be used. An approved can for scrap film having a selfclosing hinged cover shall be provided.
(b) Rewind rooms shall be at least 80 square feet in area . . . and shall have a vent to the outside of the building of not less than 27 square inches. (See paragraph 191 (g). Exhaust ducts shall comply with paragraph 191 (h) . Shelves, furniture and fixtures shall comply with paragraph 191 (f ) .
213. Care and Use of Film. Motion picture film used in connection with the projection of motion pictures (as in theatres, motion picture theatres, screening or projection rooms, sound recording studios, and motion picture titling studios) shall be limited and kept as follows:
(a) The quantity of film in any projection room or rewinding room not equipped with an approved system of automatic sprinklers shall be limited to that given below; if equipped with an approved system of automatic sprinklers, double the quantity of film specified may be permitted.
(1) In a projection room, constructed of brick, hollow tile, concrete or other approved masonry, not exceeding 125 pounds (25,000 feet of 35 mm film) ;
(2) In a rewinding room constructed of brick, hollow tile, concrete, or other approved masonry; separated from projection room with openings thereto protected with approved fire doors, not exceeding 125 pounds (25,000 feet of 35 mm film) ;
(3) In a projection booth constructed of metal frame covered with asbestos board or sheet iron, not exceeding 75 pounds (15,000 feet of 35 mm film);
(4) In a special room constructed and vented as required for rewinding rooms when approved by the inspection department having jurisdiction, not exceeding 125 pounds may be kept in lieu of the amount permitted in either the projection room or the rewind room. The total quantity in the three rooms shall not exceed 250 pounds (that is, 50,000 feet of 35 mm film).
(b) The above quantities of film shall be kept as follows:
(1) Up to 40 pounds (8,000 feet of 35 mm film) of film may be kept in Interstate
Commerce Commission shipping containers, or approved cabinet in each room;
(2) If the amount of film on hand exceeds 40 pounds, an approved cabinet shall be provided, in which the amount of film in excess of 40 pounds shall be kept.
214. No collodion, amyl acetate or other similar flammable cement or liquid in quantities greater than 1 pint shall be kept in the projection booth or room or rewind room.
215. Splices in film shall be made on mechanical cutting and splicing machines. See paragraph 212 (a) on handling of scrap film.
216. Location. The number and location of motion picture projection rooms or booths in any non-sprinklered building shall be subject to the approval of the inspection department having jurisdiction.
217. Operation.— Motion picture projectors shall be operated by and be in charge
of qualified projectionists, who shall not be minors.
218. Procedure in Case of Fire — In the event of film fire in a projector or elsewhere in a projection or rewind room, the projectionist should immediately shut down the projection machine and arc lamps, operate the shutter release at the nearest point to him, turn on the auditorium lights, leave the projection room, and notify the manager of the theatre or building.
The United Artists Theatre on Market Street has installed new Century Projectors supplied by Walter G. Preddey.
Film Row has been shocked to hear the news of the death of Mrs. Oastler, wife of Harry Oastler, formerly of Winnemucca, Nevada.
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