Pathéscope
Camera

Pathé Cinema

Maker
French

Pathéscope

ca. 1912
Wood, leather, metal and glass
Overall: 10 × 6 × 12 in. (25.4 × 15.2 × 30.5 cm)
1978.1651.0016
DescriptionBlack leather-covered, rectangular, 28mm, hand-crank, motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, 1.75" f/4.5 lens, lens cap, lens hood, footage gauge, crank-speed indicator, one magazine and black leather handle. The magazine accepts 400 feet of film.
Inscriptions Engraved in white above lens: PATHÉ FRÉRES Paris breveté S.G.D.G. / Engraved in white on lens: Special-Cinema-Anastigmat 45mm f/4.5 No.127363 / Engraved in white on aperture lever: 4.5, 6.3, 9, 12, 18, 25 / Engraved in black on dial on right side of camera: PATHE FRERES PARIS, 0-120 increments / Enbossed and stamped in brass on right side of camera: PATHE FRERES 960

Review and updating of the museum's collection data is ongoing.
Inclusion of an object in this database does not guarantee its availability for loan.
For permission to use images from the online collections, please contact Image Rights and Reproductions.