1966 - HISTORIC ASPECTS OF THE SMPTE

The Historical and Museum Committee has served for many years as a cle aringhouse for authors of historical papers. Since the early 20's, mor e than 70 historical papers have appeared in the Transactions and the Journal. These papers have documented many important events related to early developments in motion-picture engineering and, more recently, in television engineering and photo-instrumentation. Historical papers appearing in the Journal are a continuing source of information for r eseachers and writers. The origin and early work of the Historical Com mittee are discussed with reference to some of the leading historical papers published by the Society. A classified bibliography of historic al, research and review papers published in the Transactions and the J ournal lists more than 300 references.