Herbert E. Britt

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Herbert E. Britt (born November 30, 1908 , † September 19, 1964 in Los Angeles , California) was an American film technician who was awarded an Oscar for technical merits at the Academy Awards in 1947 and 1950 .

Life

At the Academy Awards in 1947, Britt received a Technical Achievement Award of Class III "for the development and application of formulas and systems for the production of clouds and smoke effects" ("For the development and application of formulas and equipment for producing cloud and smoke effects" ).

At the Academy Awards in 1950 he was again awarded the Technical Achievement Award, this time "for the development and application of formulas and systems for the production of artificial snow and ice for processing on film sets" ("For the development and application of formulas and equipment producing artificial snow and ice for dressing motion-picture sets ").

On November 5, 1956, Britt was also issued a patent certificate under the number US 2898934 A for the invention of a drain valve , which was published on August 11, 1959.

Award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Herbert E. Britt in the California Death Index
  2. ↑ Database ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / awardsdatabase.oscars.org
  3. ^ Technical Achievement Award - Winner Awards for 1947 in the IMDb - Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ Patent US 2311635 A, published February 23, 1943 at google.com/patents (English)
  5. ^ Technical Achievement Award - Winner Awards for 1950 in the IMDb - Internet Movie Database
  6. ↑ Patent US 2594725, published April 29, 1952 at freepatentsonline.com (English)
  7. ↑ Patent US 2898934, published August 11, 1959 at google.ch/patents (English)
personal data
SURNAME Britt, Herbert E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film technician
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1908
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1964
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States