Arri-news 2014

during the mid-twentieth century, and variants of the famous ARRIFLEX 35, which in 1937 became the world’s first movie camera to feature a rotating mirror shutter and reflex viewfinder. Alongside the cameras is a written history of the company and photographs of August Arnold and Robert Richter, who founded ARRI in 1917. Museum Director Dr Wolfgang Immel, who put the collection together, has been in touch with ARRI since the 1970s, when his contact was Volkmar Öhme, Director of Public Relations and Advertising at that time. It was through this close relationship that ARRI cameras came to be so well represented in the collection. When the museum was opened in 1990, a speech was given by Dr. Günther Schwab, formerly on the managerial staff at ARRI, entitled: “Film and video – will video technology make museum pieces of film cameras?” This subject has become ever more pressing and poignant in the years since, and the museum is now attempting to update its exhibits to convey today’s transition from analog to digital image capture, as well as possible future developments. To this end, ARRI is donating further information and equipment, with Dr Martin Prillmann, Executive Board Member of ARRI AG, pledging to provide the museum with an ARRIFLEX D-21, one of the company’s first digital cameras. Recognizing his tireless work building the collection and maintaining it as a publically accessible educational resource, Dr Wolfgang Immel was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit in July 2014. This prestigious accolade was ceremoniously presented by Culture Secretary Walter Schumacher, on behalf of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr Joachim Gauck. ARRI warmly congratulates Dr Immel on his award, and on the continuing success of his museum. DEUTSCHES FILM + FOTOTECHNIK MUSEUM Weinstrasse 33 D 67146 Deidesheim ARRI continues its support for a German museum tracing the history of image-making technologies TECHNICAL HERITAGE ARRIFLEX 16ST Dr Wolfgang Immel (center) receiving the German Federal Cross of Merit ARRI NEWS 39