COLLECTION NAME:
Ira Current Collection
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CUB~21~21
Ira Current Collection
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Collection Name:
Ira Current
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Ira Current
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false
Title:
A cinema enterprise
title
A cinema enterprise
Title
false
Name:
Current, Ira B.
name_part
Current, Ira B.
Name
false
Name and Role:
Current, Ira B.;Photographer
name_and_role
Current, Ira B.;Photographer
Name and Role
false
Resource Type:
Moving Image
type_of_resource
Moving Image
Resource Type
false
Genre:
Amateur films
genre
Amateur films
Genre
false
Genre:
sound films
genre
sound films
Genre
false
Place Created:
[New York]
place_term
[New York]
Place Created
false
Date Created:
1950/1951
date_created
1950/1951
Date Created
false
Date Captured:
2020-02-24
date_captured
2020-02-24
Date Captured
false
Language Term:
English
language_term
English
Language Term
false
Extent:
1 film reel (8min., 33sec.)
extent
1 film reel (8min., 33sec.)
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false
Form:
color film (film, material)
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color film (film, material)
Form
false
Internet Media Type:
video/mp4
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video/mp4
Internet Media Type
false
Form:
16mm (photographic film size)
form
16mm (photographic film size)
Form
false
Abstract:
A Gateway Picture; photographer, Ira B. Current. Reel contains hand-edited footage of the Current children at the family workbench, using tools and making drawings. Also includes close-up images of camera parts on the work bench and an extended sequence of Michael and Susan Current speaking into a microphone.
abstract
A Gateway Picture; photographer, Ira B. Current. Reel contains hand-edited footage of the Current children at the family workbench, using tools and making drawings. Also includes close-up images of camera parts on the work bench and an extended sequence of Michael and Susan Current speaking into a microphone.
Abstract
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Note Type:
Segment sequence
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Segment sequence
Note Type
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Note:
00:00:00 Opening credits appear. Instrumental music is also playing. 00:00:17 Current’s two children, Michael and Susan are seen sitting and standing at a work bench. The camera pans to show the rest of the machinery near the bench. 00:00:41 Close-up of Ira Current talking to the camera. He says, “One day last fall Michael and Susan and I got to wondering what we would do for a winters project. After debating the matter for several days, we finally settled on the idea of making a little sound on film motion picture camera.” The scene changes to show Susan drawing a sketch of the camera in a notebook and asking Michael for something. Michael continues to file a tool on the work bench. 00:02:19 Close-up of tools spinning their gears. Ira, Michael, and Susan all stand at the workbench and work on the camera. 00:03:09 Close-up views of different camera parts in motion. 00:03:42 Ira talks to the camera again. He says, “Well, after working all winter, we’ve finished our camera and took it upstairs for its first trial.” Scene changes to show Michael and Susan talking and singing in a microphone. Their mother talks to them off camera. 00:05:39 Ira talks to the camera again and he says “After making a few necessary adjustments in the camera movement, and after constructing a blimp lined with fur to keep out the unwanted noise, we were finally able to produce some sound on film pictures with our homemade camera that were something like the following.” Scene changes to show Susan sitting in a chair and holding a book. Music plays along with the film. The music stops and Ira is off camera handing Susan tools and asking her what they are called. She also sings “Rudolph the Red-Noised Reindeer.” He reminds Susan she does not need to talk so loudly for the film. 00:08:21 Title card reading “The End” appears on the screen. 00:08:33 End of recroding.
note
00:00:00 Opening credits appear. Instrumental music is also playing. 00:00:17 Current’s two children, Michael and Susan are seen sitting and standing at a work bench. The camera pans to show the rest of the machinery near the bench. 00:00:41 Close-up of Ira Current talking to the camera. He says, “One day last fall Michael and Susan and I got to wondering what we would do for a winters project. After debating the matter for several days, we finally settled on the idea of making a little sound on film motion picture camera.” The scene changes to show Susan drawing a sketch of the camera in a notebook and asking Michael for something. Michael continues to file a tool on the work bench. 00:02:19 Close-up of tools spinning their gears. Ira, Michael, and Susan all stand at the workbench and work on the camera. 00:03:09 Close-up views of different camera parts in motion. 00:03:42 Ira talks to the camera again. He says, “Well, after working all winter, we’ve finished our camera and took it upstairs for its first trial.” Scene changes to show Michael and Susan talking and singing in a microphone. Their mother talks to them off camera. 00:05:39 Ira talks to the camera again and he says “After making a few necessary adjustments in the camera movement, and after constructing a blimp lined with fur to keep out the unwanted noise, we were finally able to produce some sound on film pictures with our homemade camera that were something like the following.” Scene changes to show Susan sitting in a chair and holding a book. Music plays along with the film. The music stops and Ira is off camera handing Susan tools and asking her what they are called. She also sings “Rudolph the Red-Noised Reindeer.” He reminds Susan she does not need to talk so loudly for the film. 00:08:21 Title card reading “The End” appears on the screen. 00:08:33 End of recroding.
Note
false
Subject Topic:
Sound recordings
subject_topic
Sound recordings
Subject Topic
false
Subject Topic:
Photography--Equipment and supplies
subject_topic
Photography--Equipment and supplies
Subject Topic
false
Subject Topic:
Father and child
subject_topic
Father and child
Subject Topic
false
Subject Topic:
Cameras
subject_topic
Cameras
Subject Topic
false
Subject Name:
Current, Michael
subject_name
Current, Michael
Subject Name
false
Subject Name:
Current, Susan
subject_name
Current, Susan
Subject Name
false
Subject Name:
Current, Ira B.
subject_name
Current, Ira B.
Subject Name
false
Subject Temporal:
Twentieth century
subject_temporal
Twentieth century
Subject Temporal
false
Identifier:
U183050992451_narv_currentIra_aCinemaEnterprise_a.mp4
identifier
U183050992451_narv_currentIra_aCinemaEnterprise_a.mp4
Identifier
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Identifier ARK:
identifierark
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/5h2d2871q8hj
Identifier ARK
false
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
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University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Physical Location
false
Shelf Locator:
COU:491
shelf_locator
COU:491
Shelf Locator
false
Access Condition:
This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
access_condition
This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Access Condition
false
Access Condition URI:
access_conditionuri
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Access Condition URI
false