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"Dr, James E.Bliss, head of the cinema laboratory at the Western
Reserve University, has been kind enough to prepare a paper entitled,
'Let There be Light == Enough!, a discussion of illumination and camera
problems for the taking of indoor baskotball motion pictures. Copies
of this paper are available to to the members of our Association, and
will be distributed shortly. The committee is indeed very gratefulf¥
to Dr, Bliss for his contribution. Those of us who have been taking
basketball pictures will find valuable information in his article,

In a communication from Dr, Bliss, arriving as late as the twenty-fifth
of March, in answer to a lotter of recent date, he asks me to call

your attention to the following: 'You can make the point at the meeting
that the dark wood on the basketball floor from long use will not reflect
light as a lighter color of wood. This may make quite a difference in
the photographic value of a given amount of illumination. In other
words, results from any suggested lightings may vary from gym to gym.

On the whole, tho maximum set-up with the 2000 watt bulb in efficicnt
reflectors, 18! to 20' feet in height, will give gocd pictures in
almost any gym,! "

"At the request of the committec, arrangements were made with lr.
Ned Irish, Basketball Director of Madison Square Garden, to have a
motion picture taken of the Templo - Colorado basketball game played at
the Gardon in the First National Collegiate Championship Tournament.
The committec, as well as the Association, wishes to publicly express
its appreciation and thanks to Mr. Irish for his kind contribution.

His willingness to serve as well as cooperate with this committee has
stimulated us to further efforts in the future. ‘These pictures are
here and will be shown to you soon,"

T would be happy to recommend to the Chair that a letter of thanks
be sent to Mr, Irish for this very fine thing he has done for us.

"Lastly, we have solicited the cooperation of Mr, Leslie Winik,
an alumnus of N.Y.U.,to prepare a non-technical article for our members
relating his personal experiences in the taking of indoor basketball
pictures at the Madison Square Garden, Mr, Winik has been making cole
legiate basketball pictures at the Garden for the past four years, and
has given us some valuable suggestions. He has had wide experience in
this ficld. He has taken gracticly all the football pictures for N.Y.U.
and then moved into the Garden to continue his work in the sport of
basket ball. Copics of his paper will be distributedto you along with
the other data prepared by this committee,"

"Those of our less fortunate colleages who come from sections of th:
country which are so geographically located that they are prevented from
being at the intersectional contests, will profit immeasurably by these
pictures. They are entertaining, educational, and instructive. The
committee will appreciate romarks or criticisms concerning the improve-
ment of this undertaking. It is our opinion that the assembling of - .
these game pictures into one large roll of films is one of the most
forward moving projects ever attempted in the ficld of basketball."

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IMPORTANT NOTICE - "COLLEGE BASKETBALL" is now available for purchase,
It is approximately 1300 ft. and requires 50 minutes for projection.
The cost is $57.50 including projection reel and humidor can, f.0.b.
destination.

The National Basketball Coaches Association has authorized me to act
as its agent in the distribution of this film for the benefit of
basketball coaches. To simplify handling, remittance must accompany
your order. This film is not available on either a rental or a loan
basis. Mail your orders to Nat Holman, Chairman, Visual Interpretation
Committee - City College of New York, New York City, N. Y.