MOTION PICTURES.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20903, 10 July 1933, Page 6

MOTION PICTURES.

♦ DEVELOPMENT IN BRITAIN. PROGRESS OF TELEVISION. The new third-dimensional screen i$ expected to be in general use in picture theatres in the very near future, according to Mr A. C. Davis, of Wellington, managing director of Australian and New Zealand Pictures, Limited, Who returned by the Rangitiki last week, after a business trip to England. The original invention had been improved considerably, he said, a mechanical device having been perfected for attachment to existing cinematograph machines, thus avoiding the necessity of using special wide film, as was originally planned. A wide screen, filling the entire proscenium of a theatre, was needed, Mr Davis continued, and in one of the two systems on the market new wiring was necessary. The other system required only the wide screen and the projector attachment —an arrangement of lenses which gave a perfect sense of depth and perspective in the pictures. The wide screen was already in use in some London cinemas, but was used only for newsreels and other supporting films at present. However, the results were remarkably good. "It is difficult to say when the new device will actually be in general use," Mr Davis said. "Most cinemas are at present still struggling with the expense of talking picture installations, and the electrical companies are waiting a favourable time before they put forward a new device which will mean additional expense." Practical television was much nearer than most people believed, Mr Davis continued. Opinion in England was to the effect that television could hardly be used successfully in conjunction with radio broadcasting, and that its future development would be in the hands of the film industry. An announcement had been made that a new radio television broadcasting studio would be opened in Hollywood this year.