Movies for TV - Early Television Foundation

MOVIE-MAKING EQUIPMENT 79
Fig. 3-17. The blend of compact construction and convenient
arrangement of equipment achieved by the RCA film recording
section in its design of the first mobile unit for 16 mm film and
disc recording is indicated in this view of the interior of the
"recording studio on wheels," custom-built by RCA for the
Coronet Instructional Film Company of Glenview, Illinois. The
optical system and film path of the standard RCA Model PR-23
film recorder shown at the left was specially modified to permit
recording of direct-positive as well as negative variable-area
sound track. The power control panel and amplifier racks are
seen at right of photo.
unit. While the Maurer camera and sound recorder are naturally
complementary, either may be used separately, and in fact very often are.
they
RCA Sound Recording Rack This is a permanent installation
for studio work and is of the highest possible completeness as well
as being quite expensive. It is seen usually only in professional film
and /or sound recording studios where a large volume of work is
done. The equipment shown in Figure 3-16 is for 35 mm film.