The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-27
Wonderful fogress of Photography

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NO invention in history has fur
snished 1.-THE of the entertainment
which has been provided by what is
known as the moving picture machine.
And by the same token less is known
by the general public, perhaps, about
the modus operandi of the moving
picture than OF any other invention
designed for amusement
1t is common knowledge that the
machine projects a picture or series
OF pictures on screen which have
the appearance of life motion; that
these pictures are taken by means of
camera. which, in some inexplicable
way, moves with the subject and
throws on coated film the images or
mirages which the lens of the camera
reflects; that these pictures are placed
IN sort of magic lantern and pro-
Jected by means of light on a screen
in a darkened theatre. But how the
picture is taken, how fast or slow,
now many exposures per second, how
it is developed, printed and finally per-
fected to the consecutive story which
it tells to the spectator, these and
hundred other questions are Greek to
the average amusement loving man
and woman
E'ittsburE's Picture Plant.
Pittsburg has one of perhaps dozen
moving picture manufactures in the
United States. This place is located
at BIZ Fifth avenue, above tibet penny
arcade known as "Dreamland," and is
the property of Harry Davis. Here
experts turn out many of the finest
moving pictures that are exhibited in
various amusement enterprises in
Pittsburg, Buffalo, Rochester, Cleve-
land. Philadelphia and other cities.
Pictures are also supplied other man
ayers, for the market is large and
rapidly expanding.
The plant was installed in May, and
its rst work was the reproduction of
the magnificent parade of Knights
Templars on the occasion of the tri-
ennial conclave in that city. This
picture represented 1900 feet of film,
was taken in three sections on the
afternoon of Tuesday and was exhibit
ed the next day in the Grand opera
house. The second notable picture
was that of the Decoration day base
ball game at Exposition, baseball
picture which has never been equaled.
Then the idea man got on the field
and mapped out number of humor-
GUS subjects, and for these a company
of actors was engeged to pose. The
mute little plays created much amuse-
ment for the people of the neighbOr-
hoods in which they we're taken.
1000 Feet Long.
The manufacture of the film or pic
ture ribbon used in the various NOV
ing picture machines is attended with
many difficulties and obstacles not
realized until costly experiments have
been made. The film for the standard
machines is one and three-eights of an
inch thick. 1t comes in lengths OF
200 feet and Is put up in rolls, covered
with tin foil and black paper, 'encased
in tin box, sealed with adhesive tape
such as is used by electricians.
The standard size of picture is y by
inch, this being the dimensions be-
tween the perforations which guide
the film through its course in the