1937 BELL AND HOWELL FILM “ HOW MOTION PICTURES MOVE AND TALK ” 16mm & 35mm FILM PROJECTORS XD14224

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This 1937 film was produced by the Bell and Howell Company (:16) in order to promote the 16mm film format for home use. The film explains the basic principles of motion pictures and shows how sound is recorded onto a strip of film. It opens with footage of female hula dancers (:40) and an airplane flying low near one of the Great Pyramids of Egypt (:45). The White House (:57) and former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt are pictured (1:01). A large projector in use during a theater film feature is shown (1:15) as well as a small 16mm projector in use in a residential home (1:20). Footage is shown of a small boy playing with a dog (1:37) which is slowed down to show it is comprised of a series of slightly different pictures (1:42) -- and that motion is perceived through the phenomenon known as persistence of vision. An optical illusion of a card with one side showing a bird and the other showing a bird cage is demonstrated by spinning the card quickly which makes the bird appear to be within the cage (1:57). Historical footage of Thomas Edison, the inventor of the first talking motion picture follows (2:18). An animation artist is shown drawing the images to be used for a cartoon on an animation stand (2:29). These images are photographed and printed onto a transparent strip of celluloid film (2:47). A close up shot of a projector follows (2:59). Essential parts of the projector include the pre-focused light source (3:02). The revolving shutter is pointed to in action in slow motion (3:31) as well as is regular speed (4:27). A cameraman operates a camera which records the images to be shown through the projector (5:08). The punches which produce the sprocket holes that control the film’s movement are zoomed in on (5:17). Footage is shown of a composite scene meaning it had been made from two separate pictures (5:29). Next, the movie discusses how sound is added onto 35mm films (5:47). Variable density tracks are pointed to (5:50). These could be reduced to the smaller 16mm films (6:03). A film strip is passed through a focused beam of light produced from an exciter lamp (6:11). The volume control is used to turn up the light and increase the sound (6:15). A demonstration follows of exactly how the sound track was added onto this particular film (6:48). Audio recordings for the narration of the film is conducted after the film has already been edited (6:55). Film is shown being threaded up for a take in the recording room (7:00). The negative is pointed to which will have the sound recorded onto it (7:04). The monitor man is shown at the control board (7:08) and the narrator of the film is pictured while reading from his script into the microphone (7:16). Another demonstration follows of film being recorded with picture and sound captured simultaneously (8:08). The scene is recorded in Hollywood at the Grand National Studios (8:14). Development of negative film conducted in machinery follows (8:35). After the film has been cut and edited, the picture and sound negatives are printed together (9:11). A stack of completed film reels called “Any Old Love” are pictured at (9:21). 35mm films are then shown which are of a ten-reel feature production (10:12).
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[@MrHmg55]

"It brings to us the life of foreign lands and strange peoples." -- the strangest of whom live in Hollywood!

[@MaryEve004]

So good and truthfull hilarious comment ☺️

[@wntu4]

Amen to that.

[@bendeleted9155]

I'll bet this one is near and dear to Periscope, the very reason we are all here. Thanks Periscope!

[@389383]

Still seems like magic to me.

[@imark7777777]

You can now show a film anywhere at any time... barring the licensing...

[@totallyfrozen]

The 8mm home movie cameras from the same era were not capable of recording sound. All those old, 8mm home movies were silent. For example, if you remember the scene in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation when Clark was trapped in the attic and was watching the old 8mm home movies, they were all silent. That was the limitation of those old cameras.

[@PungiFungi]

It is a wonder that we get any form of cartoon at all considering how many pics are need to be drawn…..

[@MaryEve004]

Thanks for this lesson of how mecanic it was before then we see nothing of that but more of illusion create 😉

[@c.l.7525]

I like watching the moving pictures and talkies.

[@masterbondofox8982]

As an A/V geek in recovery, I learned something new!

[@malmaoo]

Really great film clip and although i have seen the soundtrack on the side of movie film This brilliant film tells a story super8 film 5min recorded could be made soundtrack but 35 mil film was

[@davids8449]

Strange Bell & Howell make a film like this . Then puts a worm gear in their 16 mm projectors that falls apart after a year or so

[@stanburdick9708]

Remember using these at the ymca in the 60s to show us kids neat war movies...those machines are a work of art!

[@amberola1b]

kind of an interesting little film. I looked up the title of the feature that they were showing a clip of in this film and it was an actual film released by a short lived company called Grand National Films. I thought it was just a fake feature they were showing us, but it was from a real studio.

[@totallyfrozen]

Looks like Steve McQueen to me.

[@jamesbriskin1299]

Is it possible to reprocess the audio to filter our the terrible annoying HISSSSS. Do you have an audio processing software program,?

[@markmarkofkane8167]

Fascinating. I believed for years soundtracks were synced from records, or magnetic tape on the film.

[@michealgilliland8830]

Actually, some films had their soundtracks on a separate medium (like a record). For example, in the late 1920s and early 30s, Warner Bros. had a system that used 16" discs rotating at 33 1/3 rpm called Vitaphone. I believe that certain IMAX movies, when presented in IMAX, have their soundtracks presented on a separate film reel than the film itself.

[@bagnome]

Some formats did use magnetic tape on the film. 70mm use to, though any new 70mm prints use a time code system to keep a separate, off-film, digital track in sync. Some Super 8 also used magnetic strips. From the 80s until the present day, 35mm presentations have QR code looking digital data printed between sprocket holes on the film for Dolby Digital. They can also sometimes have the time code system like 70mm. 35mm also continues to retain the analog optical soundtrack.

[@फारुखशेखम्यूजिकल]

Sandar.💜

[@jesusislord27]

We think we're so high-tech these days, and so we are....And so were they!

[@totallyfrozen]

To be fair, I think they were more amazing than we are. They worked in the electro-mechanical age. We work in the computer age. Computers make everything easier. You can now make an entire feature length film on your smartphone.

[@gabriellerossonfilmstrailers]

Love it

[@alext8828]

Great video. The English language has changed so much since then.

[@Toast0808]

How? You mean the “transatlantic” accent?

[@alext8828]

@@Toast0808 I meant the old rolling of the Rs and the pronunciation of all the syllables of some words. I doubt if normal people talked like that, but announcers were probably following some old handbook somewhere that demanded diction be so.

[@tubi333]

I think this has to do with the ancient sound quality which wasn’t that good yet. The speakers had to talk very clearly and loud like in the theater to be understood well.

[@totallyfrozen]

@@alext8828 That’s the “transatlantic” accent. It’s an artificial accent that was taught in broadcast school. They thought it made people easier to understand. It’s an artificial mix of American Midwest and British accents.

[@alext8828]

@@tubi333 That's an excellent thought. I would bet that you're totally right.

[@ylieutzerolom3085]

Lovely 😍💋 💝💖❤️