The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-28
EXPORT $4,000
MILES or film
Pictures Shipped From U. S. in
1918 Would GridIe Globe

twenty-five Thousand miles OF mo-
ton picture hlms-rnm'gh 10 stretch
around the globe az the equator-will
be- the export record of tine United
states in the calendar year 1913. The
United States Is the worlds greatest
manufacturer of motion picture films.
probably three fourths of the entire
films of the world being manufactured
in this country. Large quantities of
ilms are sent ont Of the country, both
as blank or uneXposed films and as
Gnished films ready for use in the ster-
oopticOn.
The rapid increase in this branch Of
the export trade of the United States
resalted in the establishment by the
bureau of foreign ana domestic COM
merce. department of commerce, of n
detailed record which shows the guam
tty measured by feet, and the value
Of the films exported from the coun-
iry; the plain films and those ready
for use, separately stated the coun-
tries of destinations; and the ports
through which this distribution Is
made This record shows a total ex-
Uortation I'm the nine months ended
with September of 65la million feet 90
nnexposed or plain films To be used in
other parts of the world I'm taking mo-
ton pictures and 2Sh million feet 81
exposed or finished films, ready for
use in the stereopticon, making total
Of 80 million feet during the period. For
the single month of September, how
Yer, the total was l4A million feet
ana should the remaining months OF
the year make similar record, the
total exports Of the year which ends
with next month would be 1873 million
feet or slightly more than $4,000 miles,
the distance around the earth at the
equator. In 1912. the first fun calendar
year for which figures are shown, tn"
total length of films exported was 62h !
million feet, or less than half the pros
pective total of 1913
The stated value of the films export
sd in the nine months ended with Sep
tcmber, 1913, is about SO million dol
lars. being SlSl 900 for the 65h mil
lion feet of uneXposed films. and ST.
$50 900 for the 23iA million feet Of ex-
posed films ready for use in the ster-
eopticon; or an average of &c cents per
foot for the uneXposed and of Z cents
per foot for the exposed films
Enelsnd the Biegest Purchaser.
England Is by far the largest pur-
chaser of films from the United States
and this applies especially To the meX
posed films. OF the 80 million feet of
films of both classes exported in the
fiscal year 1912, 20 million feet went to
England. : 1-3 million feet to Canada.
q little over million feet To France,
three quarters of a million to the phil
ippines, over half million to Brazil
nearly half million to Newfoundland
and Labrador a quarter OF a million
10 Australia. and slightly less than a
quarter of million To Japan. Most Of
the films going To Canada, Newfound-
land and the Philippines are exposed.
The importation of motion picturei
films amounts to a little more than a
million feet per month, the total for
the nine months, ended with Septem-
her 1913. being 1914 million feet and
for the corresponding months of 1872,
1915 million feet. Nearly all of the inn
ported films are in the finished state
ready for use. the import price aver
aging from : To cents per foot. About
one half of the total importation Is
from France. which supplied approx
imately million feet out of 1i% mil
lion feet imported i'm the fiscal year,
1912. Italy supplied 2% million feet;
England. . 1-3 million: and Denmark.
"a million: while $4,000 feet came
from Japan and $4,000 feet from In
dia.