American motion picture technician and visual effects specialist who received the Academy Award for Technical Achievement Award in 1940 . After leaving school, Belt trained as an officer at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis . As a lieutenant at sea (ensign) he was between 1911 and 1912 commanding officer (commanding officer) of the destroyer USS Bainbridge (DD-1) . He did his military service in the US Navy during World War I and was last promoted to Lieutenant Commander. He later worked as a film and photo technician for the Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Belt, who had worked as a rear projection specialist on Gone with the Wind in 1939, was awarded an Oscar in 1940 along with FR Abbott and Alan Cook for Technical Achievement Award "for important contributions in cooperative development of new and improved process projection equipment: for faster projection lenses". In 1961 he was among the pallbearers at the funeral of Admiral Richmond K. Turner , who was among his classmates at the US Naval Academy. After his death, he was himself buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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American motion picture technician and visual effects specialist who received the Academy Award for Technical Achievement Award in 1940 . After leaving school, Belt trained as an officer at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis . As a lieutenant at sea (ensign) he was between 1911 and 1912 commanding officer (commanding officer) of the destroyer USS Bainbridge (DD-1) . He did his military service in the US Navy during World War I and was last promoted to Lieutenant Commander. He later worked as a film and photo technician for the Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Belt, who had worked as a rear projection specialist on Gone with the Wind in 1939, was awarded an Oscar in 1940 along with FR Abbott and Alan Cook for Technical Achievement Award "for important contributions in cooperative development of new and improved process projection equipment: for faster projection lenses". In 1961 he was among the pallbearers at the funeral of Admiral Richmond K. Turner , who was among his classmates at the US Naval Academy. After his death, he was himself buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Contributor: THR (48277533)
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