PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20648, 10 September 1932, Page 19

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

DEMONSTRATION OF CINE FILM. The monthly meeting of the Photographic Society was held on Thursday evening, and there was an excellent attendance of members and friends. A small but interesting display of prints were hung, covering action objects, tree studies, and a copy of the soaiety e syllabus. Mr Casbolt, who was scheduled to give a on sub-standard cine film and apparatua ably carried through a strenuous programme. After giving his listeners some information, on the world-wide popularity of 16mm and 9mm film for amateur motion picture shooting, he detailed a few of the scientific and commercial uses to which they could be nut. The technical perfection of the»e small films was well illustrated in the demonstration which followed. After the screening of a personal film, the lecturer showed a number of English and Continental- reels, covering the following subjects: "coal-mining,". which took the audience right down into the mine, and followed the coal from the electrio hammers at the face of the seam to the railway waggons readv for shipment; "From Tobacco Leaf to Cigarette," depicting the treatment of the leaf from the fields of Macedonia to the carton of cigarettes; "The Conquest of the Ocean Depths," in which the latest fashions in diving equipment were illustrated, one so heavy that it had to be lowered by a block and ' tackle, encased in whicli the diver was able to wield a blowtorch at cutting heavy steel plate 520 feet below the surface. Other films shown were: "From Bubber Palm to Motor Tyre.'' "A Modern Waterpower Plant," in which the 60,000 horsepower Alz hydro-electrio station and the 160.000 horse-power installation below 'he Walchensee were fully described; "The Manufacturer of _ Phcto-rapbio Lenses," a commercial film issued by an Kncrli'h optical eompanv, and finally "Hedgehog and Adder, a Fight to the Death." The final shot showed the hedgebosr reclining at leisure, consuming his freshly killed dinner ' At the conclusion of the screening, Mr Casbolt answered several questions, and m accorded a hearty vote ct than Ira.