Film Record: El Camino Real

Date produced: 1936

Filmmaker(s):

John Walter

Languages:

English

Length:

2 reels (650 ft)

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1937 - Equipment Prize, Mitchell Camera Corporation, special award for Photographic Composition.

Description:

"For his excellent composition in the 650-foot 8mm. Kodachrome subject of "El Camino Real" John E. Walter, retiring vice president of the Los Angeles 8mm. Club, was awarded the f :1.8 20mm. Astro lens contributed by Mitchell Camera Corporation. The subject is a most interesting pictorial tour of the Pacific Coast missions, with intimate shots around each." American Cinematographer, Jan. 1938, 28.

Resources:

Shot using an Eastman 8mm. No. 20 f:3.5 camera, and Eastman 8mm. Kodachrome film (American Cinematographer, Jan. 1938, 27).

Locations:

• El Camino Real, California (Filming)

Subjects:

• Arts
•      Art
•           Architecture
• North America
•      United States
•           California

Genre:

• Documentary

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened by the Los Angeles 8mm. Club in 1938: Los Angeles, CA
• Screened as part of a Los Angeles 8mm. Club "Old Timers' Night" program in 1941: Los Angeles, CA

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