Freddie Young began working in the British film industry at age 15, joining Gaumont-British Picture Corporation in 1917 and managing its film lab by 19. Over a career spanning nearly 70 years and more than 130 films, he became one of the most respected cinematographers in cinema history. He won three consecutive Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, all for David Lean collaborations: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Ryan's Daughter (1970). He served as a captain and chief cameraman of the British Army's Kinematograph Unit during World War II, and later became head of cameras at MGM Elstree.
Panavision
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Super Panavision 70 is a 65mm spherical camera system introduced in 1959 to compete with Todd-AO and MGM Camera 65. It shoots on 65mm film with a 5-perforation pulldown using spherical lenses, producing a 2.20:1 aspect ratio on 70mm prints. The first film shot in the format was The Big Fisherman (1959). The original camera bodies were eventually succeeded by the Panaflex System 65 in 1991, though the Super Panavision 70 name persists as a format designation.
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Panavision
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Spherical lenses designed for Panavision's 65mm camera system, producing a 2.20:1 aspect ratio when projected on 70mm prints. Originally developed in the late 1950s for large-format widescreen productions.
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Panavision
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Custom 450mm telephoto lens built by Panavision for 65mm large-format cinematography. Designed to cover the full 5-perf 65mm frame at long focal lengths, where standard telephoto lenses would fall short on image circle coverage.
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Early Kodak color negative stock introduced in 1959, rated at EI 50 tungsten and EI 32 daylight. Available in 65mm for large-format cinematography and used on Lawrence of Arabia (1962) in Super Panavision 70.
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Mole-Richardson
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The Mole-Richardson Brute Arc Lamp is a high-intensity carbon arc spotlight that draws 225 amps of DC power through a 24-inch Fresnel lens. Brute Arcs were a dominant lighting tool on Hollywood sound stages from the 1930s through the 1980s, when HMI lamps gradually replaced them. A small number remain in rental stock but have not been manufactured for decades.
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