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AMERICAN

Cinematographer
International Journal of Motion Picture Photography and Production Techniques

SEPTEMBER, 1968

Vol. 49, No. 9

FEATURE ARTICLES

Herb A. Lightman

editor

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The hell of war in Southeast Asia is recreated with stark realism
on location in Fort Benning, Georgia.

Joseph Braley

editorial assistant
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Rae Moore

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670

673

Burnett Guffey
676

An Interim Report on High-Wattage Tungsten-Halogen

Part-way through a full-scale shakedown test of new quartz
lamps under actual production conditions, certain important
facts are noted and reported.

Harold Rosson

1782 North Orange Drive
Hollywood, Calif. 90028
876-5080

Mexico Plans Massive Filming Project For The Olympic Games

XIXth Olympiad will be recorded on film by 70 Techniscope
camera crews made up of Mexico's top technicians, plus foreign
cinematographers.

Robert de Grasse

Editorial-Business Offices

Modifying A Projector For Use As A Sound Reader

For the film-maker on a budget-a way to make equipment serve
a double-duty purpose.

Charles Clarke

Winton Hoch

Recent Trends In Location Lighting

With more films than ever being made on location, the time has
come to reappraise equipment and techniques with an eye to¬
ward more creative, more efficient and more economical produc¬
tion.

Editorial Advisory Board

Arthur C. Miller
chairman

Filming "THE REDWOODS"

Three young film-makers with a special feeling about the giant
trees perform a labor of love and win themselves an Academy
"Oscar" for best documentary of the year.

circulation
research

The Vietnam War-As Filmed By U.S. Air Force Cameramen

How war heroes behind the cameras photograph action of war
heroes in front of the cameras in Southeast Asia.

Barbara Prevedel

advertising

Pat Barrier

The Vietnam War-As Filmed For "THE GREEN BERETS"

678 "The New Dimension"

Super-8, having proved its worth in the professional arena, has
spurred a vast tide of new production.
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DEPARTMENTS

Advertising Representative

640 Behind The Cameras

Paul Gilbert
485 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10017
297-5614

647 What's New

688 Industry Activities
714 Index of Advertisers
ON THE COVER: (TOP) A U.S. Air Force combat cameraman of the 600th Photo Squadron
prepares to film takeoff of a soldier-laden helicopter on an assault mission in South
Vietnam. (BOTTOM) Director-star John Wayne leads an attack on enemy positions for a
sequence of his Batjac production for Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, "THE GREEN BERETS."
Realistic battle sequences were filmed at Fort Benning, Georgia.

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