Brian R  Pritchard - Motion Picture and Film Archive Consultant

British Motion Picture Laboratories

Cinemascope Information for the Cinema

Cinemascope Information for the Theater       Published in October 1954 by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation - Second Edition Third Revision     PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION A year has now elapsed since CinemaScope was first introduced into the theatre. The fact...

read more

RCA Sound Manual

Instructions for Quality Control of Variable-Area Sound Tracks       INTRODUCTION 1. It is the purpose of this instruction book to describe means of establishing values for the best photographic reproduction of sound, and for maintaining a consistent...

read more

Hi-Range Prints

Procedure for Projecting H-Range Prints This booklet was produced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Research Council.  It is not dated but it mentions two film titles, 'Maytime' and 'One Hundred Men and a Girl', both of which were made in 1937. Please...

read more

Before 1910- Kinematograph Experiences

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ‘BRITISH KINEMATOGRAPH SOCIETY No. 38 "BEFORE 1910: KINEMATOGRAPH EXPERIENCES" By R. W. PAUL. C. M. HEPWORTH and W. G. BARKER Delivered to a meeting of the British Kinematograph Society. held at Gaumont-British Theatre, Film House, 142, Wardour...

read more

Dworsky Film Machine Corporation

Dworsky Film Machine Corporation This is an advertising leaflet that was found inside a booklet issued by the SMPE 'The Lubrication of Motion Picture Film' in 1927.  It is describing a machine to wax film prints  that will eliminated scratches. Their address is given...

read more

Spontaneous Ignition of Nitrate Film

MARCH 1950 JOURNAL OF SMPTE Volume 54   BY JAMES W. CUMMINGS NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORD SERVICE, WASHINGTON, D.C. AND ALVIN C. HUTTON AND HOWARD SILFIN NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, WASHINGTON, D.C. Submitted February 9, 1950.   Summary—Cellulose nitrate motion...

read more