Visit digitalscreen.com for an article by Jonathan Erland on the history of front-projection of backgrounds for composite cinematography.  Scientific or Technical Awards (Class I) 1968: For the development of a successful embodiment of the reflex background projection system for composite cinematography. (w. Dr. Herbert Meyer & Charles D. Staffell)  Scientific or Technical Awards (Class III) 1972: For the development of the Nextel simulated blood for motion picture color photography. (w. Leonard L. Olson & Frank P. Clark) 2 Scientific/Technical Awards