The United States Army Motion Picture Service: A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Atlantic Coast Section of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers November 19, 1942
At a meeting of the Atlantic Coast Section of the Society, held at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, N. Y., on November 19th, a group of presentations by members of the Army Motion Picture Service described the growth of the Service since its inception and the details of its operation and contributions to the prosecution of the war. — The U. S. Army Motion Picture Service, as part of the War Department, was well organized and had a considerable number of theaters throughout the country showing pictures at Army posts prior to the war, but since the declaration of war in December, 1941, it has been necessary to expand the activities of the Service tremendously. How the emergency has been met, its methods of financing, and its relation to civilian theaters are described in this symposium. Details of the management of what, in effect, is the world's largest theater circuit are fully discussed.
- Print ISSN
- 0097-5834
- Published
- 1943-01
- Content type
- Information
- DOI
- 10.5594/J09860