The film company whose symbol was a large gong is the Rank Organisation. Their trademark, known as the "Gongman," featured a man striking a huge gong and was used in the introduction to all Rank films. This logo first appeared in 1935 with General Film Distributors, a company that later became part of the Rank Organisation when it was established in 1937 by J. Arthur Rank. The Gongman became an iconic emblem associated with the company’s films, many of which were shot at Pinewood Studios. The gong used in the logo was a large prop, while the gong sound was produced by striking a smaller real Chinese tam tam gong