KODAK COMPA NY Vol. 5, No. 42 Copyright 1947 by Eastman Kodak Compa ny, Rochester, N . Y . French man Deplores Engineers Show New Camera Ready Food Waste Seen Here Recording Device At Convention To Aid in Television "The food left on tables in the Kodak cafeterias would seem like A new 16-mm. motion picture a feast to the people of France," declared Andrew R. L aurent. camera for recording television The president of the French Chambre Syndicale Nationale de programs on fi lm was a nnounced - -------------- Ia Photogravure came to Kodak today by the Company. recently to study developments in First of its kind, the camera pro­ the field of graphic arts. His visit duces movies from the face of the Metal Show meant much to him, he stated, be­ monitoring "pictur e tube" in a tele­ cause of the tremendous progress vision broadcasting station. made by Kodak in contact screens, Three Camera Works engineers, Features El( stripping film, masking, color film Joseph L. Boop, William Feldman and color separation since just be­ and J oseph Stoiber, described its technical ~etails in a paper pre­ Copy Paper fore the war. In France, because sented toaay by Feldman. The of the German occupation, the camera was put on display at the Demonstrations at the National shortage of paper and the lack of 62nd semiannual convention of Metal Exposition in Chicago this goods to advertise, there have been the Society of Motion Pictur e En­ week are showing the public just no such developments. gineers in New York City, where what can be expected of the new ' It Mak es M e Sad' the paper was read. Kodagraph Autopositive Paper. The Company said t~ camera From comments made by photo­ "But," he continued, "it makes was developed in cooperation with copycrs viewing the Kodak exhibit, me sad, unhappy, tres malheureux, the National Broadcasting Com­ they believe this daylight-han­ to see the good food left to be pany studio at Station WNBT and dling, silver-sensitized paper may dumped as garbage. Meat, lettuce, the Allen B. DuMont Studio at Sta­ well revolutionize the reproduc­ parts of rolls, butter and desserts tion WABD. tion of engineering drawings. are seen left on almost every table Announced with the Company's - and in France we are allowed 24 F~;.ames a Second complete Kodagraph line at the only a few ounces of butter and The device takes pictures at the National Business Show early this 40 ounces of sugar each month. Tea r ate of 24 frames a second. Sound month, this initial demonstration is nonexistent for the Frenchmen, is recorded separately. for the trade of the paper's use is and the bread is dark and poor. For Television _ Joe Boon and Bill F eldman. seated , Cam era Main uses of the new camera being handled at the exposition by White wheat bread is an almost Works engineers, make a l ast min ute che ck of in television broadcasting w ill be: the Company's Industrial Photo­ unknown delicacy now. the n ew 16-mm. motion p ictu re ca m era for r ecording t elevision pro­ 1. To enable the recorded pro­ graphic Sales Division. " If just this waste, no good to gram s which w as exhibited today at convention in New York City. grams to be reused by the sponsor anyone, could somehow be shipped for institutional public relat ions M ak es Good Copies to France, we would think we were and advertising. Its importance lies in its use as eating like kings." 2. To record transmitted shows Social Security 'In A Nutshell' for billing requirements. a high-contrast intermediate. One Buy What You'll Eat (Here are a n umber of ex a mples t o give you some idea of w h at your -can now take very poor drawings 3. To record all "live" programs I n line with President Truman's Social Security p ayments w ill be w ithout much figuring. Simply that go out on the air, which would or blueprints, and, by printing pick out the line that best fi ts your case. If you want to go into a them on Kodagraph Autopositive edict to conserve food, he declared be important for legal purposes. he thought much could be done by little more detail and find out m ore ab ou t Social S ecurity and your Another possible major use, still Paper, make satisfactory final retirement, read the following ar ticle.) diazos or blueprints from such in­ just avoiding waste, by buying in the experimental stage, is in a only an amount of food that will be If your a v e r a ge television "film network." termediates. monthly p a y (on The n you would r eceive m onthly p ayments, according t o The 80-foot display prepared by eaten at the meal. c o vered e mploy- For Reb r oadcast KO's Exhibits Div. features the Also president of the Establish­ ment up to time tho n umb e r o f y ears employed, as follo ws: ment Gillot, an engraving concern, of retir e m e nt) If a film network proves feasible whole Kodagraph line, the new w as: 10Yeara 20Years 30 Years 40 Yeara the camera would photograph tele~ Kodagraph Contact P rojection, Laurent was sent as a representa­ $100 527.50 530.00 532.50 $35.00 tive of the French government to 150 33.00 36.00 39.00 42.00 vision programs by recording them F ast Projection, and Projection 200 38.50 42.00 45.50 49.00 as shown on the monitor tube. Transfer Papers, as well as De­ the recent Buffalo convention of 250 44.00 48.00 52.00 56.00 These film records of " live" pro­ veloper and Fixer, according to the American Photo Engravers' As­ grams then could be rebroadcast Maynard Sandell, Industrial Pho­ sociation. After the sessions, he by stations in other cities. This tographic Sales member, who has came to visit Kodak. would su pplement the present lim­ charge of the Kodak display. The From here he headed for Holly­ Here's How Social Security ited and expensive television net­ E a s t m a n High-Speed Camera, wood to see the drawing of art works using coaxial cables and Type III, is an integral part of the work for, and the filming of, Walt radio relays. Directly televised show, which most spectators have Disney productions. He also plans Fits Into Your Retirement Plan programs now are limited in range stopped to see. Examples of com­ to visit Mexico, to see the life in Since distribution of the statements last w eek show ing the to "line of sight" transmissions, or plex problems it has solved with "New Spain." about 50 miles. its time magnification abilities Traveling with him is Raymond status of each individual Kodak person in r egard to various Com­ Mouy, general secretary of the pany plans, several have asked " How does Social Security into Basic design features of the have created much comment. fit camera include a 1200-foot film An industrial X-ray exhibit con­ Chambre Syndicale and general my retirement program?" sources. magazine that permits continuous (Contlnued on P age 4) manager of Photograveurs Reunis. Because of the interest shown, recording of a half-hour program; here's a brief "recap" of the Social There are other features of So­ separate, synchronous motor drives Security program which will en­ cial Security such as lump-sum death benefits and benefits paid for the shutter and fi lm-moving able K odak people to estimate mechanisms ; coated <Lumeni2ed> how much they will r eceive from to survivors, but this article will deal only with the retirement f/ 1.6 lens and 2-inch focal length. the government upon retirement, The double-chamber magazine is and, simply by adding this to their angle, without going into minute details on eligibility and the like. a self-contained unit housing both EK annuHy, determine their total the unexposed and the exposed retirement income from these By and large, anybody in industry 10 years or more is covered under fi lm. It may be removed readily Social Security. from the camera. Light locks allow changing of the loaded magazines Advertisers' Board The payments you will receive in a lighted room. under Social Security are based on your average monthly wage. Names W.B. Potter However, no benefits are calcu­ W. B. <P ete) P otter is the new lated or paid on ear nings in excess Edwards Directs vice-chairman of the board of di­ of $3000 in any year. Consequently rectors of the Association of Na­ the maximum average monthly New Film Service tional Advertisers. wages or salary under Social Se- A new service has been estab­ The director of Kodak's adver­ (Con tinued on Page 4) lished for users of motion picture tising operations was elected to fi lm in the non-theatrical field, un­ this new post at the fall meeting of der direction of Kenneth Edwards, the association in Atlantic City. Social Security Formula adviser on non-theatrical films. F or two years, P otter has served F igure w h at you thin k y our Interest in films has increased on the board of the association pay will h ave averaged per greatly in the minds of educators, which represents 497 of the larg­ m onth up to the time when you businessmen, religious leaders and est concerns in the country en­ are 65.