'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski

Made:
1912 in Poland
maker:
Kazimierz Proszynski

'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski, patented 1912. Also samples of film and carrying box.

The OKO camera projector was invented by Kasimir Proszynski in 1912 and first demonstrated in 1914. His unusual design used a strip of film 12cm wide which was perforated on both edges. The camera exposed horizontal rows of 15 pictures 7 x 5mm in size, across the film, which then moved on a step, taking a futher row of pictures back in the other direction. For projection, the same mechansim with the addition of a special electric lamp was used. OKO is Polish for eye.

"Oko" sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski, patented 1912

"Oko" sub-standard Cine Camera/Projector

1912
Framed sample of film from "Oko" sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski, patented 1912.

Film Sample from "Oko" sub-standard Cine Camera/Projector

1912
Original carrying box and accessories for "Oko" sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski, patented 1912. Accessories include; spare lamps, lens unit, and voltmeter housed in pocket watch case.

Case and accessories for 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

1912
Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski

1912
Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 12 negative images showing men in a car/men outdoors wearing top hats/man doffing a top hat/man in uniform by a parade. 1ft, 1" (33cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski

Small roll of unexposed film for OKO cine camera/projector by Proszynski.

Small roll of unexposed film for OKO cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 15 positive images showing two men and one woman in a park or square putting on a hat a coat. 10" (25cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 12 positive images showing a woman and a dog in a park, 8.5" (21.5cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 12 positive images showing a street scene with a bus/men and women in a square feeding pigeons/man in a suit looking to camera. 19" (48cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 12 positive images showing two women on a balcony who are then joined by a dog. 16" (40.5cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 12 positive images showing a young woman/an older woman with flowers/an older man (possibly Proszynski and his family). 15.5" (40cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 12 positive images showing a zoo with an elephant and people/a bear in a cage/a woman stroking a cheetah/a woman with a chimp next to a tree/a woman with two chimps/a woman seated with a chimp/two women with a lion cub/a pride of lions in a zoo/two women in a park (possibly Proszynski's wife and daughter)/three women in a park. 3ft (91cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 15 positive images showing people by a lake with swans/agricultural workers/people in a park or square/a statue and building. 19" (48cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 15 positive images showing people in a garden/people seated eating with a dog/dogs frolicking. 3 ft (92cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 15 positive images showing women on a street/a man walking towards camera doffing his hat/other men leaving a building. 1ft (30.5cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. No image visible, rows of 15 frames. 10cm in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 15 positive images showing horse and cart on a street/man cleaning up horse manure/young woman on a street/man showing women a small motor/man showing another man a small motor. 18" (46cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 15 positive images showing people getting out of a car/people with a small dog on a street/a tennis match/a man looking to camera/a man walking towards the camera/a man putting his wallet into his inside jacket pocket. 19" (48cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 15 positive images showing men walking towards the camera/a man holding a piglet/a man with dogs/puppies/a man holding a puppy and a piglet/pigs and men in a field/a car driving up to a building/men in a street. 3ft (91cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 15 positive images showing various people in the street/people in fields/a daschund/a man with a rifle/people with a horse and cart/chickens/dog and kennel/people in woodland or parkland. 3 ft (91cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 15 positive images showing people picnicking near a lake/women with a sundial/a swan on a lake. 19" (48cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 15 positive images showing men shovelling/women in a park/a lake with a grand building in the background/women climbing around a ruined building/people in a park or grounds. 3 ft (91cm) in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 15 positive images showing a ram being examined at an agricultural show interspersed with Polish intertitles. 32" in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski. Rows of 15 positive images of an unidentified feature film with Polish intertitles. 12ft in length.

Sample of film associated with 'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

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Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
1959-23
Materials:
metal (unknown) and cellulose nitrate
Measurements:
overall: 180 mm x 310 mm x 130 mm,
type:
cine camera
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford

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