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A Technological History of Motion Pictures and Television by Raymond Fielding

A Technological History of Motion Pictures and Television is an anthology from the pages of the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, edited and with an Introduction by Raymond Fielding

As time permits, a selection of the following is being prepared for addition to this site to enable further study of some of the lesser known players in the development of the motion picture

Contents

Part I :  Autobiographical Reminiscences

History of the Motion Picture, C. Francis Jenkins, October, 1920. 1

Early Stages of Kinematography, C. H. Bothamley, March, 1933. 7

A Brief History of the Kinetograph, the Kinetoscope, and the Kineto-Phonograph, W. K. L. Dickson, December, 1933. 9

My Part in the Development of the Motion Picture Projector, by Thomas Armat, March, 1935. 17

What Happened in the Beginning, F. H. Richardson, September, 1925. 23

Kinematographic Experiences, Robert W. Paul, November, 1936. 42

The Lumière Cinematograph, Louis Lumière, December, 1936. 49

Technicolor Adventures in Cinemaland, H. T. Kalmus, December, 1938. 52

My First Fifty Years in Motion Pictures, Oscar B. Depue, December, 1947. 60

Gaumont Chronochrome Process Described by the Inventor, by Leon Gaumont, January, 1959. 65


Part II :  Historical Papers Motion Pictures

A.  Early Film Technology

    Pioneer Experiments of Eugene Lauste in Recording Sound, by Merritt Crawford, October, 1931. 71

    Career of L. A. A. Le Prince, E. Kilburn Scott, July, 1931. 76

    The History of the Animated Cartoon, Earl Theisen, September, 1933. 84

    Another Armat Intermittent Movement, Alexander J. Wedderburn, August, 1955. 88

    Thomas Alva Edison's Early Motion-Picture Experiments, by Harold G. Bowen, September, 1955. 90

    Early Projector Mechanisms, Don G. Maikames, 7

B.  Cinematography and Film Stocks

    The History of Nitrocellulose as a Film Base, Earl Theisen, March, 1933. 118

    History of Motion-Picture Studio Lighting, Charles W. Handley, October, 1954. 120

    History of Professional Black-and-White Motion-Picture Film, by C. E. Kenneth Mees, October, 1954. 125

    Early History of Amateur Motion-Picture Film, Glenn E. Matthews and Raife G. Tarkington, March, 1955, and errata, June, 1955. 129

    Norman O. Dawn: Pioneer Worker in Special Effects Cinematography, Raymond E. Fielding, January, 1963. 141

C.  Laboratory Practice

    The Motion Picture Laboratory, J. I. Crabtree, January, 1955. 150

D.  Sound Motion Pictures

    Some Accomplishments of Eugene Augustin Lauste, Pioneer Sound-Film Inventor, Merritt Crawford, January, 1931. 172

    History of Sound Motion Pictures, Edward W. Kellogg, June, 1955; July, 1955; August,1955. 174

    Joseph T. Tykociner: Pioneer in Sound Recording, John B. McCullough, August, 1958. 221

    Technical Notes and Reminiscences on the Presentation of Tykociner's Sound Picture Contributions, Joseph E. Aiken, August, 1958. 222

Part III :  Historical Papers: Television

    Historical Sketch of Television' s Progress, L. R. Lankes, September, 1948. 227

    The Early Days of Television, John V. L. Hogan, November, 1954. 230

    The Evolution of Modem Television, A. G. Jensen, November, 1954. 235

    A Short History of Television Recording, Albert Abramson, February, 1955. 250

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