Pathéscope
Camera
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
