Sound motion pictures : from the laboratory to their presentation (1929)

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THE GROWTH OF SOUND 27 wide. In each of the four buildings are two sound-proof stages, making eight in all, each with its own equipment, apparatus rooms, test laboratories, and projection rooms. On one of the stages is a huge Wurlitzer pipe organ, especially equipped with every appliance and effect that can be used in the making of sound pictures. Between the two pairs of stage buildings are others containing complete air-conditioning plants, for heating and refrigerating. Each air-conditioning plant has a capacity of 350 tons of refrigeration a day. As a result, it is virtually possible to manufacture in any weather and to assure ideal atmospheric conditions on any stage at all times, irrespective of the outdoors. There is also provided any desired humidity — a great boon to air conditioning. The Administration Building is a structure 200 feet long by 60 feet wide, and is set off by a tower 75 feet in height. At the extreme rear of the walled city are two one-hundredfoot towers; one, the cooling tower for the air-conditioning system, and the other, the gravity tower containing water for the automatic sprinkler system, which is installed throughout the studio. A power house is equipped with huge generators that supply electric power for every requirement within the studio. There is a recital hall fully equipped for auditions, and in addition a test laboratory, a building for the film assemblers, a master projection room, and a wardrobe and property building. Dressing rooms are located in a two-story building 216 feet long by 50 feet deep. Close by is a garage that will accommodate a large number of cars. The carpenter shop, paint shop, and lumber yard are in one large building equipped with a construction platform. A special structure has been erected for the music library. A film storage vault, in which two million feet of film may be kept safely, and a fully equipped hospital with physician and surgeon in at