The thinnest slice, 1949 [titles & credits only]

Introductory titles and credits only (almost 2 minutes) for a medical film entitled “The thinnest slice” written and produced Daniel H. Chapman, directed by George Pratt, at the University of Southern California, 1949. “Titles - The thinnest slice – sound stills – ‘Beer is the name’” – container. “Titles – The thinnest slice – head – R909005B – USC P114 – Neg” – on leader. 24 frames per second. 66 feet. “Tissue is sliced to 1/500,000th of an inch on a microtome by Dr. Daniel Pease in a technique which he and Dr. Richard Baker developed in the USC laboratories. The tissue is put through eleven solutions before mounting. Dr. Richard F. Baker photographs the tissue through an electron microscope. An enlarged photomicrograph shows, for the first time, the gene, the determining factor in heredity.” – Glenn McMurry. “Productions by the Department of Cinema, USC” in Journal of the University Film Producers Association, vol. 11, no. 2 (Winter 1959), p. 19-20. Pratt received an award at the 1951 Edinburgh Film Festival for the full 21-minute film.本片为1949年于南加利福尼亚大学（University of Southern California，简称USC）制作的医学影片《The thinnest slice》（《最薄切片》）的仅含片头字幕与鸣谢片段（时长近2分钟），由Daniel H. Chapman撰写并制作，George Pratt执导。片盒标注为「片头 - 《最薄切片》 - 有声静帧 - 《Beer is the name》」；片头胶片上标注为「片头 - 《最薄切片》 - 头片 - R909005B - USC P114 - 底片（Neg）」。帧率为每秒24帧，胶片长度为66英尺。Glenn McMurry的解说内容如下：「Daniel Pease博士与Richard Baker博士于南加大实验室开发的切片技术中，使用切片机（microtome）将组织切片至1/500000英寸厚度。组织在封片前需依次经过11种溶液处理。Richard F. Baker博士通过电子显微镜拍摄该组织样本。本次放大的显微照片（photomicrograph）首次呈现了作为遗传决定因子的基因。」该影片由南加大电影系出品，相关信息刊载于《大学电影制作者协会期刊》（Journal of the University Film Producers Association）1959年冬季刊第11卷第2期，第19至20页。George Pratt凭借完整片长21分钟的正片，于1951年爱丁堡电影节斩获奖项。