P3D Stereo Cameras in the Movies

[Bill Davis <bd3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This has probably been mentioned before, and someone will probably tell me
it's been on so-and-so's website for years, but I hadn't seen it before. 

While surfing during commercial breaks from an excellent hovercraft program
the other night,  I came across a movie starring what looked like a
youthful Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn.  They were playing a married
couple apparently travelling around Europe.  

One scene shows him taking snapshots with a stereo camera, with the
following dialogue exchange (more or less):
He: "This is a 3D camera, for taking 3D pictures"
She: "Take me, I'm 3 dimensional"
He: "No, it's for things with 3 dimensions, like buildings" (The character
is an architect)

I hadn't been paying close attention so I didn't get a good look, but I
think it was one of the Colorists.  Plain face, with just a couple of
lenses, no center viewfinder.  Maybe a Verascope or Belplasca, although I
didn't notice any knobs. 

The movie was one of those chronological hoppers that kept flashing forward
and back to various times, and the camera was slung over his shoulder in
several more scenes, although I didn't saw it out of the field case again.
(I had to get back to the hovercraft program) Later saw a flattie camera in
his hands.  Lost interest in stereo, I suppose.  

Newspaper says the film was called "Two For the Road", from 1967, which
makes it surprising that a stereo camera would show at all. 

Just checked  Maltin's movie guide.  "Two For the Road" is right, so are
the players' names.  The guide says they are a married couple reminiscing
on twelve years of marriage.  That could have put that scene into the
proper chronology. 

Interesting that they would call attention to the camera.  
Best regards,
Bill Davis
mailto:bd3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



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