In addition to the hand cranking of cameras, projectors were also hand cranked. It was not unusual for the last show of the day to be shown at faster speed. There was in general resistance to mechanized drives on the part of camera operators and projectionists who felt that their independence as "artists" would be impinged by standard speeds. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> SCREENsite -- A Film/TV-studies site on the World Wide Web URL:http://www.sa.ua.edu/TCF/welcome.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]