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Its history goes back to the Cinema Camera Club in New York City founded by Phil Rosen , Frank Kugler , and Lewis W. Physioc and the Static Club in Los Angeles founded by Charles Rosher and Harry H. Harris . Both were created in 1913, and were united into a national organization when Rosher and Rosen moved to LA in 1918. The ASC was chartered in California in January 1919, and claims to be the "oldest continuously operating motion picture society in the world". The following year, the William S. Hart film Sand was released on June 27, bearing to Joe August the first cinematographer credit followed by the letters "ASC".
Along with the magazine, the most well-known publication of the society is the American Cinematographer Manual , sometimes referred to as "the Bible" among camerapeople. The first edition was brought out in 1935 by Jackson J. Rose as The American Cinematographer Hand Book and Reference Guide, and it evolved from the Cinematographic Annual only published twice, in 1930 and 1931. Rose's handbook went through nine editions by the middle of the 1950s, and it was from this book that the modern American Cinematographer Manual originated. The first edition of the new manual was published in 1960Events January-February January 1 Independence of Cameroon January 9 Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 11 Chad declares its independence. January 14 Ralph Chubb, the gay poet and printer, dies at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. January 23, and is now in its eighth edition ( 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap).
See also: Cinematographer