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...most active painters in the College, Kranz is a member of the Harvard Artists' Association and the Buffalo Society of Artists. While in the Army he became known in art circles by his use of plexiglass as a medium of expression. Subsequently, plexiglass etchings by him were hung in a servicemen's exhibition in London, and in two one-man displays in Buffalo. Several of his etchings were reproduced in Life...
...camera technique of "Best Years" is, without exception, of high excellence--as in the shots of America, seen through the plexiglass of a hedge-hopping Army bomber, in the pictures of the vast airplane graveyard, and in the close-ups of the film's characters. Equally impressive are the fine performances given by all who take part in the production; March and Andrews are especially good. This reviewer would have enjoyed the picture a bit more if it had featured Russell's psychological, rather than mechanical, triumph over his artificial hands, and if, in another scene...
Mantz will save about 75 of his planes to rent to movie companies at $100 to $300 a day, scrap the rest. He estimates that the aluminum alone will bring in $160,000; manufacturers of novelty jewelry will buy the plexiglass for 10? a pound, etc. Mantz hopes to make $1,350,000 on his junk deal. But the Reconstruction Finance Corp. thought that he was a bit optimistic. Its estimate of the scrap value of Mantz's planes...
...short and straight. At 9 : 1 5 a.m. Major Thomas Ferebee pressed the toggle and the single bomb was away, down through the substratosphere. Colonel Paul Warfield Tibbets, the pilot, took back the controls and ten pairs of eyes strained at the plexiglass windows as Tibbets turned the plane broadside to Hiroshima. It took less than 60 seconds. Then the brilliant morning sunlight was slashed by a more brilliant white flash. It was so strong that the crew of the Superfortress Enola Gay felt a "visual shock," although all wore sun glasses...
Gunners sitting inside plexiglass blisters sight the target through a small square of glass, track it to get speed, range and angle. A computer of complex and secret design sets electronic and mechanical elements in motion. The computer also makes corrections for such errors as might be caused by wind, the pull of gravity, parallax (i.e., the distance between the gunner's sighting position and the turret he is operating), and the speed of both target and firing planes. All-electric, from sight to firing pin, the guns respond to the most delicate adjustment. All a gunner...