AN ANALYSIS OF THE LOGISTICS OF 'CINEMAT'

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 1, 1961
• Content Type: MF

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JBJ1?.'CT: An Analysis of the Logistics of 'Cinemat
1. 1 have, as a result of considerable discussion within PIC on
the subject of "Cinemat, undertaken a brief analysis of some of the
logistic details required to operate the proposed system. I have used,
as a basis for my-analysis, a Staff Study entitled "Cinemat", prepared
by That Study proposes a multi-stage approach to the
total "Cinemat' system. 1 shall deal primarily with the film supply
Sroblems that would result from the adoption of the first two phases of
this system.
Phase One, as set forth in the subject Study, envisions tine re-
r? cordiLg, uni, once, on 35 m film at a 2X to 4X magnification of each
Point on an input. To elaborate then, let us consider a possible input
ohich would consist of 10,000 linear feet of 10" film per week. If
this input may be assumed as reasonable, we may extrapolate as follows:
1.0,000' x by weekly film input.
Multiplied by 4X (the "Cinemat' magnification factor) equals
40,000, x 40" per week film required for the "Cinemat" record.
x3ince 35mm film is 1.3" wide, we then have a requirement for
---.0 lengths (40' ; 1.31 of 35mm film, each length being 40,000'.
This amount of film represents approximately 240 miles of 35mm
ilm required per week by the first phase Cinemat concept.
in 1200-foot spools, this 240 miles of film represents 1)5h
rolls of film per week. This is equal to approximately
10.50 prninds of film per week, and at per rollSTATINTL
n quasi. to
This represents an amount of film roughly 120 Niles in length
r,nu one hundred and seventy three feet in width. (A w Ai 0A-S. / )
if Phase Two is to be considered, our results suffer a marked
change. Phase Two proposes that each point on the input film will be
recorded 240 times. This number of frames results if you accept ten
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seconds as the optimum average viewing time for an area and multiply that
t,en by the 24 frames per second of a movie projector. Let us accept 240
as a valid number, and to determine its affect on our earlier calculations,
we need only multiply our Phase One results by 240. We get for our
results:
21:3,400 1200-foot rolls of film required per week.
h. 2,534,400 pounds of film per week.
c. 126.7 ten-ton truck loads of film per week.
tt. 13,1'(8,880 rolls of film per year.
STATINTL of 35mm film per year - exclusive of waste.
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f3, of 'ion An orderly step-by-step procedure utilizing in-house equipment
as unolementod by off-the-shelf eoui.opant utilized by the
?`yid 1.I dUstrif teoC?#" y`a not, revolutio t: A eQrtXp#_e e 37t >t_ttrp o c2...1. syst 'nis
_ri1? into being and on the horizons are many nAw ,''o:t.lnctien systems,
r' -t t with its o wn7. fo7 o iat size and all with ever ine_reAni.ng r' soly d ig capability,
'' E :;kemat is 0 method of viewing to be used exciu l ve_[y In 1st. phase Fl.
ally in second - hale P"t_, and about 50% of the viewing time in third phase
W. It is to be "see an a: hart of the PI Cell. .,.
',?o enable the Photo Interpreter to view this nmiti. dins ensione i photography
4h'hz limit of its respective resolution, as excpe, i.? lou..ly as pos>i.ble, with
viewer and when stereo is available to view the photography in stereo.
A. J'Ci:! w tS will be delivered in the future of d im as i ns from 70 mm to
i. ebe , with lenstbs from square to 60 inches.
Hi-Quality projection lenses for viewers ibi_6a cover the larger for-
s .re non-exisLnt and if developed woW be ea:: re'1'r cor.?I l!,_y.
-;. complete new family of viewers for each fov.,int s? otuld be Trade, cr
a new net nd of viewing whi_ h would take nilformats.
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OIre r the format a. 11 r?.i.f f_;.cul t to assure that A) riot o r a by hei been viewed.
It -i. J sn 3o ibie for the first phase PT t em to view the photography
in :=." C G eo because o the time involved to find the oonjugate images. Even
qu "8ra phase tF'amwa ; a,l-i_ t ir1?s miss stereo pairs )5 e of he non- ;l",:^u-nd a7
hods of over] .r.
When la.rve r form s are sunned a sing a ", e ? that does not completely
3 ~ e S' P kii, a 3 L FLtio integrations of lu'q " `6? Ca ~~T f th sane
OW a Wha't last. Motion picture rojecirioni is , ?4 na - ?s ssga2 rapid
tiii. s? ng tE s 'k h viomarl-R.
" 3 f ~ s v e Lis o,'ffects 'tp t.#?s 3arin eri 4_ ?i' e a ? by ti T'S4s m ba i C-'
alp ..adm Ave Koehler illumination c,:_:.n to
jrUVAU ph se coUa. _.c; or ;mat`i.ai filterine image nil.znce viii- The-,y' also are
t iicd to ,.rotr de: :~. w cU :wolves or fedes t=phi?{i? 1, Interpreter,
z.? :a density cuts ard is another proven system of i.l 6 ge enhancement. In ad-
tii.tion.7 these lrrinterr: a.~. a 2 are Mn ~~tis-~;.~ d. to :' ml c