Historic gems from Wolf’s archives and the historic film-vault.
These historic documents depict all categories from film history, spanning from historic moments to technological singularities and innovations since the invention of Film and Television.
Digital Day: Aufbruch ins neue Filmzeitalter
HD-Experte Louis Philippe Capelle sbc (links) beim „Digital Day" des AAC mit Vorstandsmitglied Wolfram Zöttl, aac an der Kamera.
Read moreDas erste Wiener Kino
NEUE KINO-RUNDSCHAU OFFIZIELLES ORGAN DES REICHSVERBANDES DER KINEMATOGRAPHENBESITZER IN OESTERREICH Nr.8, WIEN, 28. APRIL 1917. Von U.Tartaruga Die unzähligen modernen…
Read moreUsing Light To Help Composition
by J. Belmar Kail, Instructor, Department of Cinema, University Southern California American Cincmatographer • February, 1936 We often hear some…
Read moreColor Television in England (1942)
By J. H. BAIRD Baird Television, Ltd. from the American Cinematographer Magazine, February 1942 WHEN war broke out, television in…
Read morePhilips LDK44 Video 80 Kamera – Info-brochure 1981
The LDK 44 was an outstanding colour camera system from Philips.It provided a simple, versatile and economic means of obtaining…
Read moreLighting to Photoplay Is Like Music to Drama (1916)
DECLARES CECIL B. DeMILLE from MOTOGRAPHY January 29, 1916. AS a result of experiments which he has carried on for more…
Read moreREELS of THRILLS – A newsreel cameraman’s life is plenty thrilling (1935)
A newsreel cameraman’s life is plenty thrilling—and this is why. from the Movie Action Magazine December 1935 ABOUT ten years…
Read moreTHREE-POINT LIGHTING (1950)
THREE-POINT LIGHTING How to combine a camera light, modeling light and back light for easy indoor filming CHARLES H. COLES,…
Read moreDo Motion Pictures Injure the eyes?
Prominent Optometrist States that Eyes Found to Be Source of Trouble By Herbert S. Marshutz, A.B, D.O. From American Cinematographer…
Read moreBlack Light – 1926
“Invisible” Light Brings Interesting Speculation in Scientific World By Herbert S. Marshutz, A. BM D. Opt. From American Cinematographer March…
Read moreAncient camera trick
Photographing a catastrophe From Photographic Amusements 1922 BY WALTER E. WOODBURY INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF A NUMBER OF NOVEL EFFECTS…
Read morePortrait Pitfalls (1931)
By Lawrence Grant ASC Magazine February 1931 Mr.Grant is one of Hollywood’s best known character actors. Photoghraphy is his hobby,…
Read moreMaking Movies Under Water (1933)
by Joseph Walker, A.S.C. As told to Walter Blanchard from an ASC Magazine August 1933 EVER since the release of…
Read moreThe Cameraman – Buster Keaton’s masterpiece (1928)
The story is of a humble tintype photographer (an out-of-date profession even in the late ’20s) who falls in love…
Read moreShooting the Newsreel (1930)
A Noted Newsreel Cameraman Writes About His Experiences in Photographing News Events That Have Made History by RAY FERNSTROM from…
Read moreKodak Brownie Commercial: THE BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT (1959)
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT 1959 “MAKE THIS THE BEST CHRISTMAS FOR YOUR FAMILY TO REMEMBER!” This is a classic…
Read moreThe Kindergarten and Cinematography (1911)
from The Moving Picture News February 18, 1911 “Kindergarten” in this country has come to mean little besides a school…
Read moreLets Try Some Cinetricks With Mirrors (1935)
from the ASC Manual October 1935 by Jerome H. Ash, A.S.C. WOULD you like to make lap-dissolves without rewinding—to…
Read moreCorrective Makeup as an Aid to Cinematography (1935)
by Perc Westmore President, Motion Picture Makeup Artists’ Association, Director of Makeup, Warner Brothers’-First National Studios American Cinematographer Magazine May…
Read moreAGFA Superpan Ad (1935)
from January 1935 To get indoor scenes that can be projected to large size with clear, sharp detail, you need…
Read moreJames Wong Howe’s first Color Movie (1937)
REACTION ON MAKING HIS FIRST COLOR PRODUCTION Veteran Cinematographer Discusses Experiences in Filming Tom Sawyer By JAMES WONG HOWE A.S.C.…
Read moreTelevision in Color (American Cinematographer Magazine June 1931)
Television in Color from Motion Picture Film by HERBERT E. IVES Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York. From an American…
Read more10 Common Mistakes of the Amateur Cameraman (American Cinematographer Magazine October 1933)
by Frank B. Good, A. S. C. from an American Cinematographer Magazine October 1933 PERHAPS there are more than…
Read moreFilm Lingo
Found in an American Cinematographer Magazine December 1921: WHICH is your favorite expression??? Film Lingo RELEASE—The film is released when…
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