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This was the scene of the crime in our book it's murder same old story to begin
with victim young good looking wanted to get on television had everything it takes
for a great career. Some place along the line got mixed up with the wrong guy.
You know wound up that.
We don't know who did it or how and what we're trying to find out about the body.
Pretty beat up mutilated pretty bad hard to believe anybody do a thing like
that but if you've got a strong stomach. Take a look alive and healthy a month ago.
Now she's dead couldn't get her through a projector.
If you could nobody could stand to look.
Yes Speaking to morrow.
But you tell me next week but you've got.
Well I mean I'm not going to happen then make up
my mind who did it.
We don't know all the gutter suspects. There's a guy name of Jones left man.
It makes prints of films he handled this print at Brant was perfect.
When she left me I had nothing to do with Governor. And there's Smith.
He's a film distributor he sent the print to the station.
Why would I do anything to hurt her I loved her
and Brown he's film director at the station.
I know you're trying to make me the fall guy. It will work. She was with me a lot.
Sure but I was taking care over and Harris projectionists at the station.
I only had that print long enough to thread or up.
I couldn't have done or any harm somebody did somebody murder my job.
Find out who would question the suspects got their stories.
First this man Jones from film opportunity. What do you pick on me far.
I never heard that brand.
How do you figure
that I know the kind of treatment film gets air that's my business protecting film
turning out perfect France. Why ask me all these questions just routine.
Well I've got nothing to hide. I'll tell you how it was that France.
Here's where she came from.
First I saw her she was coming off this processing machine brand new and perfect
and we kept her that way to tell.
Well figure out what's the biggest danger to film dirt our right look around.
No dirt in here. Even the air is filtered not a chance for any dust or dirt
or stuff to get to or.
Go on another thing before she ever left the machine before I ever touched her she
was lubricated you boil or. No no wax solution here.
Film goes over this glass cylinder that rotates
and puts the lubricant on the amounts inside. Lubricant.
Yeah we make it up ourselves about a tenth of a gram of Hercules be sixteen cents
but why X. Two hundred grams of solvent applied here dries almost instantly.
What's the idea of protection against scratches abrasion keeps the film from
sticking on a projector gate for instance you ever hear of people having trouble
with Green Prince green print.
Yeah that's a print that hasn't been lubricated
that Brushy Mountain gelatin is only saw a little tacky sticky.
Unless you lubricate
that surface the first few times you try to projected you're going to have trouble
you get sticking little tiny particles of that soft emulsion come off
and pile up in the gate result is generally picture not steady
not only if it sticks bad the conflict too much tension on the perforations maybe
even terram or you can lose a loop break the film
or the film runs off in the sprockets punch new hose.
A green print will do that right.
Another thing where
that soft emotion piles up dirt gets Man it drags against the film
and you get abrasion shells like what happened to this print no couldn't have
because like I said she was over. K.
To like all our friends
that waxy coating prevents prints sticking so don't blame Avery what happened to
that brand guy you're looking for must be. Never mind anybody else.
What else did you do with her. What else.
Well no Took the real off the machine made a rag. Visual inspection.
We do can only do fax if very very nanny
and we're still working in clean filtered air remember put her on a corner labelled
or packaged Europe and shipped Iraq. That's all. Yeah.
So if I did all that took all
that care how could I have heard her wonder if you did all
that next.
We talked it was Smith works for this film distribution outfit is story it was sure
I remember she came to us from the lab on a cooler we inspected her while rewinding
her onto a real careful where you.
Sure brand new real like always side straight no burrs was she in good shape then
perfect and then. Well she went out to two or three stations.
I could tell you which ones. No names. OK.
Anyway the next I saw her she was still in a one condition that was one morning
when I got out of the rack for timing and inspection.
All in the sign this film of fire hazard.
Was there all no it's all safety film the point of no smoking is it helps keep the
place clean. That's the first rule in handling film.
Don't let dirt
and stuff get to it so they tell me you can see for yourself how clean we keep it
around here. There's no windows to let the dirt
and grime in from the outside tables.
Nothe anonyma except what we need to work with no chance for dirt
or abrasive material to get to our film.
This is the way it always is show our films our business.
You know how much it costs us when a print get scratched up
and has to be junked plenty plenty is right.
That's why I keep my place looking like this.
You never catch me doing like some people let my table turn into a junk pile.
That's murder on film but I got more sense than that.
I'll tell you some of the film.
Whenever a film's been handled mood other words wound
and rewound it builds up static electricity. It gets just like a magnet.
It attracts particles of dirt stuff from the air cigarette ashes dirt on the table.
I have stuff gets ground into the film and you've got scratches.
But about this murder. You took this print to your table for timing and inspection.
Meaning what. Well to measure the footage first using this counter.
But that can hurt film providing you don't pull it through too fast.
Did you know took it slow thing is while I was timing
or I was checking for any damage in the abrasions or scratches. Hell.
How do I check.
Helders all the light reflects off the film any scratches I'd see him.
Did you see any know what I should check for in these places in the print.
Is there been any bad will side repair them.
But there weren't look for any damage to the perforations then a torn ones they
were all OK. Anything else. Yeah.
I made sure that the last station had left in the commercials in the film
and I checked for improper cue marks what marks. Q marks.
You know the little marks we put it certain points in the film to signal the
director of projectionists when the switchover or when the films about over or
when to bring in a commercial you know I get you the reason I checked that.
Well you should see some of the films we get back rather the Q.
Marks these jokers all think they've got to have their own special cue mark set
their own special places and make them good
and big so they can't miss them looks awful ruins of print.
I can understand why they don't use a standard cue system. Believe me.
OK but this print and a few marks on her only the right ones I saw
and the other injuries no. Like I say she was in beautiful shape.
Sure that sure anything wrong. I reported it.
But there wasn't a condition a one no scratches no perforation damage everything OK.
If you weren't gloves always don't catch me getting fingerprints on a needle clean
gloves. Yeah clean gloves change them every day maybe oftener.
Look I know what you're getting
that gloves pick up dirt particles while you work run film over the cloth
and it acts just like sandpaper only thing is I didn't do that.
My gloves were clean. And I didn't drag the film over the dry cloth.
I held it by the edges like always so then one well after inspection we rewound
her and cleaned her at the same time cleaned her hole with wax and saw
that the same thing they use in the labs lubricant is it. Yeah.
Any time you clean film you ought to use a lubricant to do it just makes sense to
give it that protection. This machine. It's safe.
Sure they don't run through the scripts of rain on plush so Lucian grips on the
material keeps it moist.
The precious chainsaw no dirt gets a chance to pile up and scratch the film.
Takes up on a real home.
That's it no use to say that I couldn't have hurt that print.
She went right into the can and the ship in case and left here.
Like I say Condition A one.
I swear it anything that happened to her later I had nothing to do with it. I pass.
Yeah I see what pass and the book
that followed the thing a little farther talk to this man Brown film director at
the T.V. Station it minute he had a lot to do with the victim.
And there truly did I'm responsible for all of them here at the station.
Our own parents than the ones we lease or rent.
I make up the programs so that the films time doesn't cleaned. But in commercials.
Make repairs all that but I didn't hurt that film. What did you do to her.
Well the day she came in I got her out of the rack to take her in for time human
spectrum sciences no smoking. I didn't smoke.
We don't allow smoking where film is being handled because I know
that one took her in butter on the table and started timing. Table pretty tame.
Yeah clean sure look at it in the time I know what dirt does the film.
We're careful.
Anyplace where handling film it's clean air conditioned and that's all we do there.
Just handle film don't get touchy. You project this print.
No Why not why I haven't got time to project all the film we get in here hundreds
of feet a day some stuff diaper ject sure if there's a question about it
but not this one. I don't think you're not sure you know but if I had
that wouldn't of heard or you can see our preview projectors in real good shape.
Why we clean the gate every other day I know what a dirty projector can do to film.
And I know what happens if you don't try to project your right. Soul.
So I'm careful about threading every time but like I say this brand.
I didn't project.
All I did was time urns spectrum and
but in the commercials take it a step at a time.
Well what I did was run her through the footage counter at a good same speed to
some guys pull him through so fast they scream. Love not me.
I've seen what that can do to film.
So if you know I went slow means I might check for scratches
and damage preparations that the usual things are and then by. Any damage.
No it didn't. And you know I figure distributed made a real thorough check
and cleaned it.
So there was no reason to think anything was wrong he claims there was nothing
wrong with it. OK well I couldn't avert it either. Then what do you do.
Splice then the commercials. Like I always do.
Listen I know how to make a splice Mr You can watch me anytime right by the book
put the film in carefully don't jam it on the pans never use God
stapler masking tape the back up a splice I know
that stuff gets cut in a projector gate. All then eyes straight the emotion.
And I use a scraper that's made for it's great big wet the emotionless off.
Take it all off without without cutting down into the base.
Then the cement. Put it on closer up give a ten or fifteen seconds to dry.
Well and I've got up perfect splice but that's how I always do it
and I keep my Spicer adjusted to so there's no chance of the spices being crooked.
OK after inspection what you clean is all it did didn't need it the distributor
always ever clean film here.
Sure sure our own library prints or any prints of needed. Use machine.
Oh no we clean
that by hand we run it through soft cotton pads moistened with cleaning fluid.
I say cleaned. We keep changing the claw so dirt cam pile up and scratch the film.
Cleaning fluid. Yeah solvent with a little synthetic wax
and at the lubricate the film makes it move through the projector nice
and smooth right. Now about this print after inspection you rewound it.
You know and I was careful there to first place. My rewinds are lined up perfectly.
No way a film can Greg against the sides
and then I kept the constant tension on the film.
I'm not one of these wise guys when it comes to rewind and film wise guys.
Yeah you've seen them show off building up speed then then coast
and letting the film drag over the table.
So it gets stretched cranking it through with a jerk emotion.
So you won't get a good snug roll and none of that stuff for me.
Steady speed constant tension when I rewind. You know something else.
I've seen guys do a sloppy job so the film's loose on the real then they'll gig on
the end of the film till it's fight worst thing you can do any dirt particles on
the film just get grounded along against the emotion and the grooves thinks marks.
You've seen them look like this.
I've seen why I didn't think the film never do.
Rio under Gooden's not going to good real no bad sides no burrs
butterine with the next day's programmes. That's all I did I didn't hurt but print.
You can't prove I did. I'm innocent. So help me. Funny thing.
If you're going to send. Why would you want to help
that just with one more suspect Harris projectionist at the T.V.
Station had an answer to everything.
I grant you a film can get ruined in a projection.
It happens
but not of the film is in good shape in the projector is working right now.
That's my job. No boundary old and I never spend
that take up real after I'm fretted up and I'll tell you now.
My projector never harmed that. Print out your bigger and out.
I'm supposed to get a good picture on the screen only way I can do
that is to keep that project a clean.
If I the gate gets dirty
and the picture starts jumping around like this.
Or the sound scanning system gets dirty
and the sound goes haywire like this noisy you say it has friends
or your approach drama drops it will go for that you know I'm a flavor.
I remember the organ drops are doubling ridged now twice as effective if the hand
found economy sized and your neighborhood camel.
So I don't let those things happen. I work on that project or work on it all.
Well take the gate every chance I get I pull it out and clean it.
Especially along these rails let emotion are dirt pile up here
and it's liable to scratch the film particularly on the soundtrack area then you've
got to know is the track. Go on another thing.
If the gates dirty the film can't move through freely tends to stick on the
Internet and pulls down on the perforation now
that extra strain can scar those perforations Navan terram then you'll lose your
loop get run off really chew up the venom. That's what happened here.
The victim know that's what didn't happen because I cleaned
that gate got the dust out of it and
that isn't all I checked every film contact point made sure the rowers were all
really Rolen not stuck so the film was Dragon overrun. Now that could happen.
Did it.
No I told you I checked it part of my normal maintenance like checking the sound
system all the time clean all the film contact points to make sure we get the best
sound quality and also.
Make sure the film doesn't get scratched when it goes over the drum.
Main thing with the projector is to keep it clean
and lubricated right then it will never damage film not of the film's OK to begin
with. About threading. Well what about it.
Listen I know my job I thread that projector fifty times a day
and I do it right as can about it that tell you
or you can watch me your sound anything goes wrong during projection.
It's because their band splice is in the print or torn perforations
or dirt on the film.
I take care of this projector and I thread it up the right way.
Now that's all I can do. I projected that print and I put her in the rack.
That's the last I saw her not quite what do you mean you see
or no soul there it's a murder
that everybody says could have happened. We don't know.
Did it all we know is this if all the suspects had treated the victim like they say
they did. She'd be alive today only She's not somebody who's guilty.
Maybe all of them together. But if they stick to their stories.
We're stuck with a perfect crime. It happens more than you think.
As for you. We figure innocent this case you can go just one thing.
You want to stay in the clear and get this straight.
Every time you handle film better figure it's a matter of life
or death because ideas get a little careless
and we may be after you for murder on the screen.