MOVING PICTURES IN DAYLIGHT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17010, 7 April 1923, Page 6 (Supplement)

MOVING PICTURES IN DAYLIGHT.

SU CLESSF li 1. EX 1> EKIM ENTS. It is known that experiments have been going oil for a number of year.-, with tne object of devising some meaiio ot showing motion pictures in daylight. A recent Press exhibition oi kinematograph films in daylight which took place in London is therefore of con siderable interest. 'J he apparatus in question is known as the Cineojour and is the work of a French inventor, M. Ernest Bertron, who has been domiciled in Belgium for some time and carried out his experiments in tiiat country. A British firm of film exporters, hearing a rumour that sue cess had attended M. Bertron"s experiments, went carefully into the matter, and has bought the patent rights ioi this invention for the whole world with the exception of Belgium. Like most important inventions, the Cineojour is quite simple in design, and the following details may be of interest: —Pro | jection is arranged from the back ol the screen, which consists of a simple linen sheet which has undergone a snecia.l preparation. The basis ot the system consists of a series of “ voles ” or deflertors arranged in front oi the screen, with the object of cutting ofi reflected light. Their appearance is somewhat similar to the bellows of an ordinary photographic camera. the | screen being placed at the smaller end. With a screen nine feet by j sevbn feet the deflectors would extend I forward in front of the screen approxi- » mately twelve feet. deflectors are black in colour, and, being scientifically arranged, do in fact cut off practically all reflected light, so that, looked at from the front in broad sun light, the screen is no longer white in colour, but is of a dull grey appearance. and in fact hardly visible. The ■ result, is that when a picture is pro jected on to the screen a startlingly clear image is obtained. The back projection gives additional and im portant advantages, one of which is that there is no distortion or eye strain, however close the viewer is placed to the screen.. »*•.roscopic and most life-like effect is also secured and the picture is remarkably visible even when viewed from distances ex ceeding those usual in the . largest ordinary picture theatres.