Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1928)

Record Details:

Title:
Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Date:
1928
Publisher:
New York : Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Volume:
Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1928)
Leaf #:
0008
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Cinematography -- Periodicals
Collection:
Technical Journals
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Preceeded by an unnumbered issue published in 1916 called: Incorporation and by-laws
Date Added:
February 15, 2024
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The Society of Motion Picture Engineers Its Aims and Accomplishments. ^7°HE SOCIETY was founded in 1916, its purpose (0 as expressed in its constitution being, "advancement in the theory and practice of motion picture engineering and the allied arts and sciences, the standardization of the mechanisms and practices employed therein, and the maintenance of a high professional standing among its members." The Society is composed of the best technical experts in the various research laboratories and other engineering branches of the industry in the country, as well as executives in the manufacturing and producing ends of the business. The commercial interests also are repreted by associate membership in the Society. The Society holds two conventions a year, one in the ing and one in the fall, the meetings being generally >ur days' duration each, and being held at various places. At these meetings papers are presented and dison various phases of the industry, theoretical, nd practical. Demonstrations of new equipment and methods are also often given. A wide range covered, and many of the authors are the highest authorities in their distinctive lines. The papers presented at the convention together with full discussions arc printed as Transactions after Transactions form the most comlibrary in existence of the motion picture indv jenl to each member of the Society obtained by non-members at a very nominal Bum, From the Hon. Secretary: L. C. Porti.r