Talking pictures : how they are made, how to appreciate them (c. 1937)

Record Details:

Title:
Talking pictures : how they are made, how to appreciate them
Date:
c. 1937
Publisher:
Richmond : Johnson Publishing Company
Volume:
Talking pictures : how they are made, how to appreciate them
Leaf #:
000302
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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Talking Pictures removed and cleaned. No professional would think of storing his camera at night without removing and wiping each movable part. Makers of home movie equipment try to make it foolproof, but finely built cameras and projectors should be kept from persons who will not give them reasonable care. Fifty years from now, the home movie will be a vital and established source of new motion picture directors and cameramen. The author predicts further that within a quarter of a century no school or college will consider itself well equipped without at least a hundred 16 mm. cameras. These will be loaned to stu Type of Projectors In Elementary and High Schools In Colleges Total 16 mm. Sound 35 mm. Sound 675 400 300 300 975 700 Total Sound Projectors 16 mm. Silent 35 mm. Silent 1075 9000 4500 600 1000 200 1675 10000 4700 Total Silent Projectors 13500 1200 14700 Total All Projectors 14575 1800 16375 Figures supplied early in 1937 by the Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior. [258]