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

Record Details:

Title:
Sound motion pictures : from the laboratory to their presentation
Date:
1929
Publisher:
Garden City : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
Volume:
Sound motion pictures : from the laboratory to their presentation
Leaf #:
000130
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--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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CHAPTER VI OPERATING MANUAL If this text were addressed only to the general public the present chapter and the one following would undoubtedly be omitted. Yet I cannot fail to include them without depriving the book of some of its practical value for theatre operators. When a subject is well established one may venture to omit precise instructions, since it is likely that most people familiar with the field have already learned them. The reproduction of sound is surely not to be so regarded. Nor is it the main function of these pages to review or to classify things known, but to acquaint the industry with matters new and strange. Under the circumstances, I feel that I owe it to my readers in the field of operation to leave out no detail that may serve for guidance or reference. I therefore beg the forgiveness of the reader if I seem to turn from him to my brothers in the industry and speak to them of matters that intimately concern the conduct of our common project. To them I offer the opportunity of profiting from the recommendations of the Electrical Research Products, Incorporated, and the technical staff of the Fox West Coast Theatres. The reader will have realized, from the perusal of what already has been said in this book, that in the comparatively short existence of this new art several different types and sizes of equipment have come into use, some to meet the diverse conditions of the theatrical field and some because of the steady progress that has been and is