Papers, 1935-1968.

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Papers, 1935-1968.

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Collection consists of correspondence, reports, catalogs, brochures, manuals, files, and ephemera related to Beyer's career as motion picture engineer. Includes material from his work with Paramount Pictures, the development of wide screen and 3-D film processes, the Motion Picture Research Council, and Universal Pictures Company. Also contains material related to wide screen film processes such as: Techniscope, Todd-AO, Technirama, Superscope, Cinemascope, VistaVision, Panavision, and Cinerama.

45 boxes (22.5 linear ft.)3 oversize boxes.

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Motion Picture Research Council

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Private American research organization. From the description of Motion Picture Research Council records, 1927-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866961 ...

Beyer, Walter, 1913-1969.

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Beyer came to the US from Germany in 1951; joined Paramount Pictures in 1952 as a special projects engineer and worked on shutter timing devices, design of stereo-camera setups, experimental stereo projection, and the development of VistaVision, Paramount's wide screen process; joined staff of Motion Picture Research Council (MPRC) in 1955, and oversaw mechanical and optical design problems; later he worked briefly for Review Studios; became head of research engineering at Universal Pictures; di...

American society of cinematographers

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