Quota Problem
FEARS OF REDUCTION IN BRITISH OUTPUT PROVE UNFOUNDED i ! PRODUCTION IS GREATER (From Our Own Correspondent) WELLINGTON, Friday. Established on a sound footing for only a year before the advent of the talkie film, the British film industry has been faced with fresh difficulties in consequence of the revolution in motion picture production. Rumours have been current that sufficient British talking films to meet British quota requirements would not be forthcoming this year. The British Trade Commissioner’s office has received figures from the Federation of British Industries, which represents practically all the film-producing firms. These figures cover two-thirds of the industry and show that whereas their aggregate output for 1928-9 was 81 films their output for 1929-30 will be 55 silent films and 55 talkies, while 19 films will have both silent and sound versions. The trade is at present endeavouring to obtain cheaper equipment and also the right of interchangeability for all films, instead of being bound to use American reproducing equipment.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 732, 3 August 1929, Page 25
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165Quota Problem Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 732, 3 August 1929, Page 25
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